I know these are kinda old but I enjoy doing them and hey, who else would be
(even mildly) interested?
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#1.1: From 29 Mar 2002
1. birch (the tree)
Erghh.. haven't even *thought* about going this far yet. I can barely pick out
different types of trees in English!
2. werewolf / lycanthrope of some variety
Nekebtem (from "nezhu" - wild/"keb" - dog/"teme" - person(non-gender-specific))
(there are no "wolves" per se in this land)
3. to save (money)
i-Teru (to save money/time/etc.)
i-Sehlam (to save/rescue)
4. to conquer
i-Sunik
5. motif
Chap ("style")
#1.2: From 5 Apr 2002
1. forest
Ygbu
> The forest is in that direction. (or "over there", said while pointing to it)
u-hYgbu'z yan* (The forest's over there.) *"n" is not (or barely) pronounced
2. mushroom (edible)
Kruni
> I like mushrooms very much!
Gyehtme krunii mahru!
(like to eat(1stperson common) mushrooms a lot/very much/indeed)
3. to look for something
i-Foytu
> I often go searching for mushrooms in the forest.
Busu kyome f'i-foytu krunii na'u-hYgbu.
(Often go(1stperson common) [for the purpose of] to look for mushrooms in the
forest.
> 4. to find something after searching for it
i-rrkít (this isn't as hard to pronounce as it might seem by looking at it; the
"rr" is rolled, like in Spanish)
> She kept the mushroom that I tripped over.
Tehtannuso u-kruni naswe tehfeskeme.
(past tense keep(3rdpersonfem) the mushroom [over - "na" is a multi-purpose
preposition]which (past tense trip(1stpersoncommon)
5. base, bottom
Base - Des
Bottom - Chenni
> At the base of which tree did you find that mushroom?
A'u-chenni na kyel'egi tehrrkitbeye eké kruni yan?
At the bottom of which tree (past tense)find(2ndpersoncommon)(questionindicator)
that mushroom(that one there)?
> 6. moss
Pèru
> There is no moss on the base of that tree.
Ka'z ka-pèru na'u-chenni na'eké egi yan.
(neg)Is(3rd person common) (neg)moss [on]the bottom [of] that tree (over there).
7. basket, bag
Basket - Chafu
Bag - Bushe
>Put the mushroom in the basket.
Ponsih u-kruni na'u-chafu nan*.
Put(command) the mushroom [in] the basket (this one here).
8. pine needles, leaves of a conifer
These baskets, the handles of which are made of pine needles, are useful.
grrr... nope, can't do it yet.
> 9. each
Shèk
> That is the woman to whom I give each of the mushrooms.
Oko'z u-tomo haKwi funme shèk na wakruni.
That(woman)'s the woman towhom give(1stpersoncommon) each of the mushrooms.
10. always
Zyán
> I always go looking for mushrooms in the forest through which we walked today.
Kyome zyan f'i-foytu krunii 'na u-hYgbu 'naswe tehrrinmée Sèvé.
Go(1stpersoncommon) always [in order to] look for mushrooms in the forest [in]
which (past tense)walk(1st person plural common) this day.
This is good! I'm tired of wracking my brain trying to come up with things to
translate for myself! If nobody minds, I'm going to try to do all of them and
may in the process inundate y'all with stuff you may not be interested in - just
yell at me if I'm not supposed to be spamming this much with antiquated threads
(I guess they're threads, even though nobody responds to them?).