Re: Vocab #10a and b

--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Aidan Grey <grey@F...> wrote:
 > After a nice little break, the exercises are back.

Wheeee!  =D  What could be nice about a break in translation
exercises, anyway?



 > 1. bathe
 >         He didn't bathe yesterday.

Obrenje:

    Tash doljue dzenzae.
    /taS dOl'ju: dZ@n'za:/
    not  bathe:PST:3i  yesterday

    Note:  Obrenje has two distinct words for "to bathe/submerge
           something" (transitive) and "to bathe" (intr.), but
           they both have the same past forms, so the distinction
           is lost in this example.  =P

Jovian:

    Nau baenava here.
    [no bE'na:v@ he:r]
    not  bathe:PST:3s  yesterday



 > 2. narrow
 >         This road isn't that narrow.

Obrenje:

    Tase u tjeni syre ti nom.
    /ta:S M 'tje:ni Sy:r ti nOm/
    not:3e  PRE  such  narrow  this  road

Jovian:

    Ja vija nau ix tan angusta.
    [ja 'vi:j@ no iS tan @N'guSt@]
    she:NOMs  road:NOMs  not  be:3s  so_much  narrow:f:NOMs


 > 3. jealous
 >         I am not jealous!

Obrenje:

    Tafasenza.
    /'tafa,SEnza/
    NEG:be_jealous:LIQ:1

Jovian:

    Nau sou midsosu!
    [no sow mi'dzo:z@]
    not  be:1s  jealous:m:NOMs

    Note:  |Midsosu| is from Latin |invidiosus|.



 > 4. sting
 >         Luckily, the hornet didn't sting me.

Obrenje:

    Cinta mo tse tash ze pitsu ryndzhadare.
    /'sinta mO tS# taS Z@ 'pitsM ,ryndZa'da:r/
    favorable  be:3e  THAT  not  PER:1:OBJ  sting:PST:3e  hornet

    Note:  The word for hornet is a fusion of |rynte zhadar|,
           "dragon wasp".

Jovian:

    Eresmonde, cabrone nau me pungiva.
    [erez'mAnd ka'bro:n nom puN'gi:v@]
    luckily  hornet:NOMs  not  1s:ACC  sting:PST:3s

    Note:  |Eresmonde| is my first borrowing from French.  Whee!



 > 5. who
 >         Who wouldn't?

Obrenje:

    Eu tas e vaj.
    /Ew tas E vaj/
    CNJ  not:3e  PER:3i:OBJ  who?

    Literally: "Who would not_do it?"

Jovian:

    Ci nau ga?
    [ki no ga]
    who?  not  CNJ:3s



 > 6. grief
 >         She couldn't come to grips with her grief.
 > 7. decrease
 >         The profits have not decreased for 2 years.
 > 8. annoy
 >         You couldn't annoy me if you tried.
 > 9. camera
 >         That is not a camera - it's a calculator.
 > 10. boot
 >         She doesn't like boots.
 >         Don't boot him out!

Coming up.



 > Vocab #10b
 >
 > topic: Up for grabs
 >
 > 1. her
 > 2. poor
 > 3. sexual
 > 4. origin
 > 5. wise
 > 6. cut
 > 7. active
 > 8. among
 > 9. service
 > 10. his

Need some sample sentences?  How about this:

His poor sexual services were, among others, the origins of her
wise decision to actively cut the relationship short.  =)))



-- Christian Thalmann