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Re: Weekly Vocab #1.1.3 (repost #1)

From:Michael Potter <mhpotter@...>
Date:Saturday, September 9, 2006, 16:39
Henrik Theiling wrote:
> Last posted: April 12th, 2002 > >> From: Aidan Grey <grey@...> >> >> Brought to you by D (for doctor) and possessive pronouns. >>
Last week's was helpful, both in increasing the Suvile lexicon and in getting me back in this whole thing, so I guess we'll do it again. I had a typo last week. For "pine needle" I gave the phrase _k'r teshale_, but in the example sentence I used _k'r teshire_. I was right the first time. :P
>> Vocab: >> >> 1. doctor / healer
miþesil - doctor, healer (new word, see #9)
>> 2. medicine
wacan - medicine, artificial (new word) beræn miþos - medicinal herb
>> 3. ear
iv - ear
>> 4. eye
eþ - eye
>> 5. friend
laz - friend (new word; I can't believe I didn't have it yet!)
>> 6. itch and/or scratch
acadz - an itch (new word)
>> 7. hurt / pain (the verb ... or not)
exes - to hurt (new word)
>> 8. diagnosis
wintil - diagnosis (new word)
>> 9. cure / heal
miþes - to heal (new word)
>> 10. ill
vorad - sick (this word is also used to describe generally "bad" things)
>> >> Context: >> >> 1. She is my doctor.
ya miþesilre. ya miþes -sil -re be heal -er -my
>> 2. _That_ is _my_ medicine, and _this_ is yours.
þan wacanre, in iþ ile. þan wacan -re in iþ il -le that medicine -my and this thing -your (The placeholder _il_ is used for ellipsis.)
>> 3. She looked in their ears.
viwnab ivlir iðe. viwn -ab iv -l -ir iðe see -PAST ear -PL -LOC their
>> 4. She looked in (or tested, or..) her (someone else's) eye.
viwnab evir lene. viwn -ab ev -ir len -e see -PAST eye -LOC she -GEN
>> 5. Our friends are ill.
yaið lazeluse vorad. ya -ið laz -el -use vorad be -3PL friend -PL -our ill
>> 6. His scratch (the one on him) is worse than his scratch (the one he >> caused on someone else unspecified).
acadze ðador acetsile. acadz -se ðador acets -il -se scratch -his worse scratch -thing -his (One way to write it. This way distinguishes between a scratch that he had and one that he _caused_.)
>> 7. Do y'all's heads hurt? / Do you guys have headaches?
exesið xawtole? exes -ið xawt -ole hurt -3PL head -your (_-ol_ is 2nd person plural; singular is _-l_.)
>> 8. His diagnosis (that he gave) is that she will get better.
ya iwintil iþ yud len belor. ya i- wintil iþ ya -ud len belor be the- diag. that be -FUT she better (_len_ is a placeholder, here and in #4. It's to mark another 3rd person, but I can't remember the linguistic term. If it were a man it would be _no_, and _sil_ for a person of unknown gender.)
>> 9a. She will cure my friends.
miþesud lazelre. miþes -ud laz -el -re heal -FUT friend -PL -my
>> 10. I am not ill anymore.
esh nir vorad. esh ni -r vorad now not -1SG ill OK, it took longer than I thought. I count 7 new words, which brings the total to 1126. Hopefully I can fill more of the gaping holes in the lexicon next week. -- Michael Potter Idzon Conworld: http://idzon.potterpcs.net

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