Translation of "On Tradition" (Standalone)

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Original: Tradition is the old corrupting the young to please the dead.
Translation:
Jumengwahungem puhen ap swowunnat sum pwann ligenat sa is pitaenat swap jownan.
Interlinear:
[Compound: Jumen (down[ward] adverb) + wahun (pass/hand/give infinitive) + gem (repetitive-action indefinite-number)] [be factual-tense-with-no-direct-object] [when conjunctive-particle]: [compound: swowun (grow infinitive) + nat (one/someone/some-people indefinite-number)] [old-person/people indefinite-number] [change factual-tense-with-person-direct-object] [compound: lige (corrupt) + nat (one/someone/some-people indefinite-number)] [into] [in order that]: [compound: pitae (dead) + nat (one/someone/some-people indefinite-number)] [he/she/they/this/those-people indefinite-number] [please dubious-tense-with-person-direct-object].