From: | michael poxon <m.poxon@...> |
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Date: | Monday, March 31, 2003, 13:50 |
1. To think I think about many things: Lamekekse marinain da (lamekekse from lau-eke-kse 'to listen inside to oneself') (mar-ina 'a manyness') 2. I plan to go to town today: Mallaro jaru mene maida (mar-la = large place + adessive case : jaru = I aru 'this day' : mene = to go : maida = auxiliary 'to intend') 3. I will go by the low road: Isi maleste mene da (low : road + instrumental case : to go : 1ps aux) 4. I took my warmest cloak: Harkude urutuisto batu da: (cloak-my : heat-making-est : to bear : 1ps aux) 5. I stumbled on the road Laksaro malea da: (fall forward : road + locative case : 1 ps aux) 6. The wind was fierce: Rosto na: (violent wind : 3ps aux) 7. It snapped my cloak: Saiketi harkude nain: (to tear at-active : cloak-my : 3psubj-3pobj aux) 8. My ears are freezing: Labadia dilde kil la: (Ear-dual : to me : cold : 3 pp aux) 9. I think they have become ice: Helike agun dali: (Ice + translative case : believe-relative marker : 1ps-3pp aux) 10. I arrive at the inn half-dead: Duneti anolaro nagurin da: (arrive : inn + adessive case : nagurin = haplology from nagu 'near' gurin 'dead' : 1 ps aux) Mike PS Nice to see the return of the vocab!