Stuck on fourth link

[Camelkong]

It's the one where the devotee is talking with the bard, and the devotee says "I salute the man". I've tried a bunch of options but I can't seem to crack this one. My initial hunch was that "greetings" was involved? I've tried a bunch of noun noun verb combos as well

[Nixmachine]

Man - I - Salute should work.

[The Sojourner]

Indeed. The word order is bound to trip folks up here (it sure did me!).

[BoonMike]

Do you have every word for the Bard language? What tripped me up for this one was that when I first tried I don't think I had *every* word as I was missing the words that you discover on the mural near the purple door in the Bard level.

[Myriad Destiny]

the bard language was confusing initially, as it was sometimes VS, sometimes OSV. It tripped me up when I first got to the floor as the translations weren't mapping.

just think of it as clause-fronting, or yoda

[Camelkong]

Originally posted by Nixmachine:

Man - I - Salute should work.

that did the trick, thank you!

[The Sojourner]

Originally posted by Myriad Destiny:

the bard language was confusing initially, as it was sometimes VS, sometimes OSV. It tripped me up when I first got to the floor as the translations weren't mapping.

just think of it as clause-fronting, or yoda

I think in certain instances it can even be SOV (this may only apply with the copula tho, idk). What's interesting tho is that this clause-fronting happens in real, natural languages, too (though no major ones afaik), and hence they also tend towards using OSV/SV/OV word order.

[Myriad Destiny]

Originally posted by The Sojourner:

Originally posted by Myriad Destiny:

the bard language was confusing initially, as it was sometimes VS, sometimes OSV. It tripped me up when I first got to the floor as the translations weren't mapping.

just think of it as clause-fronting, or yoda

I think in certain instances it can even be SOV (this may only apply with the copula tho, idk). What's interesting tho is that this clause-fronting happens in real, natural languages, too (though no major ones afaik), and hence they also tend towards using OSV/SV/OV word order.

wasn't the copula also OSV?

the guy with a mirror at the beginning of the bard level has the lines
"Beauty, I love"
"Beauty, I am"

the girl painting at a landing on the stairs says "Bards, we are"

[The Sojourner]

...yeah, I suppose it is OSV even there. The copula is weird like that I guess, confusing subjects and objects.

[Meisteraffe]

I'm stuck on the "Men, we are not" part, can't seem to find a good translation

[1_Pinchy_Maniac]

Originally posted by Meisteraffe:

I'm stuck on the "Men, we are not" part, can't seem to find a good translation

i believe it's "me me not man"

[outdatedautopsyreport]

Originally posted by Nixmachine:

Man - I - Salute should work. [/quote]
There is no word for salute???

[Nick]

Originally posted by outdatedautopsyreport:

Originally posted by Nixmachine:

Man - I - Salute should work.

There is no word for salute???

Greetings

[thump3r_]

I'm stuck on "Abbey is free". I put "free be Abbey","be free Abbey" and "Abbey be free"

[Rundisc]

Originally posted by thump3r_:

I'm stuck on "Abbey is free". I put "free be Abbey","be free Abbey" and "Abbey be free"

OSV

[BetaJ]

Originally posted by Rundisc:

Originally posted by thump3r_:

I'm stuck on "Abbey is free". I put "free be Abbey","be free Abbey" and "Abbey be free"

OSV

Free Abbey Be