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bkoger
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Help translating

Postby bkoger » August 30th, 2010 4:39 pm

Can someone give me a translation and explanation for the following?

我らは姿無きが故にそれを畏れ

bkoger
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This is what I have so far

Postby bkoger » September 1st, 2010 3:53 pm

Here is what I have so far:

われらはすがたなきがゆえにそれおおそれ

warera wa sugata naki ga yue ni sore o osore

warera - we
wa - topic marker
sugata - shape
naki - -less
ga - subject marking particle
yue - reason
ni - particle
(or yueni - therefor)
sore - there!, draw attention
o - object marking particle
osore - fear

Can someone help me tie the sentence together?

We shapeless reason there fear

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Javizy
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Postby Javizy » September 1st, 2010 9:04 pm

ゆえに can be used with が, so がゆえに is one expression. I don't know if the sentence is some sort of expression itself or taken from a greater context, but the only sense I can make of it is:

We are without form, therefore we fear it.

I don't know what it (それ) is though, obviously.

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