Re: Vocab #10a and b

On Sunday 26 January 2003 07:58 pm, Aidan Grey wrote:
> Vocab #10a
>
> Topic: negation
Usually the aspect marker/clausal modifier wá suffices to negate a sentence.

> 1. bathe
>         He didn't bathe yesterday.
wá temeñ anpúra jatalónte;
NEG SE+past+3ps-reflexive cleanliness yesterday
'He didn't wash himself yesterday.'

> 2. narrow
>         This road isn't that narrow.
wá pa jatóna Tó anciéña nápie;
NEG PA road this narrowness too-much
'This road isn't too narrow.'

> 3. jealous
>         I am not jealous!
wá pa lién anrapíññe lá;
NEG PA 1ps jealousy EXCL
'I am not jealous!'

> 4. sting
>         Luckily, the hornet didn't sting me.
ho análneha tele jaséta to jacíla lá;
INSTR good-fortune SE+past+1ps-goal bite SRC bee-analog EXCL
'Luckily, the bee didn't sting me.'

> 5. who
>         Who wouldn't?
Has to be completed in Kélen:
Who wouldn't say that?

wá hiemma jáo ke ma-kéñ;
NEG SE+possible+3ps-source that SRC who-?
'Who wouldn't say that?'

> 6. grief
>         She couldn't come to grips with her grief.
wá temeñ anTírne jé anlórála'mma cé;
NEG SE+past+3ps-refl peace-of-mind in-exchange-for grief+3ps-assoc. COMM
'She couldn't exchange peace for her grief.'
[ wá without the commissive mood marker cé would yield 'She didn't...' The
commissive adds the idea that she wanted to & didn't/couldn't. The commissive
is a statement of intent, and thus works as a mild imperative in some cases.]

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> 8. annoy
>         You couldn't annoy me if you tried.
é céja serle anráNNen wá hí ñarra jacéha;
& can/could SE+2ps-source+1ps-goal annoyance NEG &-if NI+2ps-agent attempt
'You can't annoy me if you try.'
[ While wá usually precedes the relational (SE, NI, etc), here its spot is
taken by céja, and so it moves to the end of the clause.]

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> 10. boot
>         She doesn't like boots.
>         Don't boot him out!
How about Don't do that!

ñarra jáo wé;
NI+2ps-agent that PROH
'Don't do/make that.'
[ wé is the prohibitive mood marker.]

> Vocab #10b
>
> topic: Up for grabs
>
> 1. her
> 10. his
These are identical in Kélen:
sáen is the freestanding form, ma is the reduced form,
-ma. -amma, -emme, are all inflections on se or ñi
-mma is the associative/possessive form.
There are several examples above.

> 2. poor
poor in quality - anwíla
poor in money/worth - ancáliwe

pa jacéla anwíla tó-jáo pa ancáliwe;
PA bowl poor-quality therefore PA (it) poor-value.
'The bowl is of poor quality and is therefore of little value.'

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> 5. wise
matélena - wise, well-educated person
masónena - wise, clever person

That's as far as I got.
Maybe I can do more later.
-Sylvia

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