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Read "Imalye Fotolyi"

You can now read my poem "Imalye Fotolyi" over on Torn World.
Compare two different views of the historic figure Imalye.

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thnidu

thnidu

August 4 2012, 02:58:42 UTC 8 years ago

re the grammatical note at the bottom:

The verb olyi means "to vanquish" but can have either positive ("to prevail, to be victorious, to save") or negative ("to invade, to conquer") connotations. The prefix f- is the first person marker, and the prefix ot- is the agent marker like -er in English. So it means something like "Imalye the Invader" or "She (Who) Prevails."

If f- marks 1st person, shouldn't this mean something like "I, the Conqueror"?