Re: Vocab #10a and b

Aidan Grey <grey at FAS.HARVARD.EDU> wrote:

>Vocab #10a
>
>Topic: negation
Most verbs are negated simply with |mu|, but to "not be" gets its own verb
|deg'ek|.

>1. bathe
k'aba-herak

>        He didn't bathe yesterday.
Kina mu k'aba-herais'.
yesterday NEG bathe-3sg.PAST

>2. narrow
skusk

>        This road isn't that narrow.
Toya samt dag'ie skusk deg'e
this road much-ADV narrow not-be.3sg

>3. jealous
bakurec'

>        I am not jealous!
Bakurec' deg'em!
jealous not-be.1ps

>4. sting
ik'nuak

>        Luckily, the hornet didn't sting me.
Aysunezec' du vacmuk' yan mu ik'nuais'.
lucky THAT hornet me-ACC NEG sting-3sg.PAST

>5. who
kure

>        Who wouldn't?
kure mu heror?
who NEG do-3sg.HYP

>6. grief
iplurak (also the verb "mourn")

>        She couldn't come to grips with her grief.
Iplurak dovlavanelek mu rios'.
grief **-INF NEG can-3sg.PAST
**dovlava-nelek = "become able to tolerate"

>7. decrease
jiagkos'ak

>        The profits have not decreased for 2 years.
Z'dam lak z'ulin rhibuti mu jiagkos'aiz.
during two years-ACC profits NEG decrease-3pl.PAST

>8. annoy
devas'ak

>        You couldn't annoy me if you tried.
Adis fröboc' ba bile yan devas'ak mu röc'.
IF try-2sg.HYP "BA" EVEN me-ACC annoy-INF NEG can-2sg.HYP

>9. camera
fotoc'ik

>        That is not a camera - it's a calculator.
Er fotoc'ik deg'e, hasabnik c'e.
that camera not-be.3sg, calculator be-3sg

>10. boot
saabz
ekvaldak - v. to toss out, "boot" out.

>        She doesn't like boots.
Saabzin mu kunis'.
boot-PL.ACC NEG like-3sg

>        Don't boot him out!
Mu ekvaldyet!
NEG boot-out-2sg.IMP


>Vocab #10b
>
>topic: Up for grabs
>1. her
tan, taar, tant, tak'em
- third person forms which may be translated as "him/her": ACC, GEN, DAT,
INST
tai - possessive "belonging to him/her"
OR if we must mark for gender:
jortan, jortaar, jortant, jortak'em, jortai

>2. poor
byedni - impoverished
fina - poor in qulaity

>3. sexual
z'edzani

>4. origin
c'ara

>5. wise
pragi

>6. cut
lasak

>7. active
diz'enakri

>8. among
bai

>9. service
s'kaerad, güüjak

>10. his
(see number 1)
gender-marked forms:
bantan, bantaar, bantant, bantak'em, bantai

Ki Christian Thalmann sazdvais:

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

Bantai fina z'edzani s'kaeradi, bai k'okim adve, diz'enadve radnurzban
ganitie lasaka jortai pragi kric'uta c'ara as'ez.

his poor sexual services, among others-INST be-GER, active-be-GER
relationship-ACC short-ADV cut-INF-GEN her wise decision-GEN origin be-
3pl.PAST

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