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Volcano1985 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

To stay/remain ownerless

"He adores something mystic in a temple, and after the temple was collapsed, he says "Come now owner, I stayed/remained ownerless." (This is my translation)

Is there such a verb in English? What would you say instead?
  

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Hi Volcano I think you will have to try to explain this further. I really don't understand what you're trying to say.

  • Hi Volcano I think you will have to try to explain this further.
  • I really don't understand what you're trying to say.
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Hi Volcano

I think you will have to try to explain this further. I really don't understand what you're trying to say.
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Hi. Ownerless is adjective, indeed. It means being without owner, for example if you see phone laid on the street you can say the phone is ownerless. In your example, I can't also figure out what you're saying.
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Shortly, if someone thinks that someone or something is his owner, what does he say if he lose it.

I am ownerless now?
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He can say:
I'm deprived of that thing.
I'm forfeited of it.

I'm devoid of it.

I think such an adjective should be used with subject. It should have complement.
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"Ownerless" implies a thing that normally would have an owner but at present does not. As a term of usage, I think you would far more likely hear "that phone is unowned" rather than "that phone is ownerless"; using ownerless may be a better term in poetry or drama, however, as it emphasizes that aspect.

I believe a person would rather think of him/herself as
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Actually, thouogh, to do justice to your original question, I don't think I really 'get' the "ownerless" part of your translation. What language was the original in, and can we have a longer snippet of your translation? Translation is a tricky subject at the best of times, of poetry it can be impossible if one is only working from a fragment without the whole context.

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