Re: Vocab #10a and b

I just realized I had half a translation exercise still
lying around unfinished...  that would have been an
unfortunate waste, seeing how rare those "weekly" vocabs
are!  =P



--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Aidan Grey <grey@F...> wrote:

  > 6. grief
  >         She couldn't come to grips with her grief.

Obrenje:

    Myzmae tabyse i jen roca.
    [myz'ma: ta'by:S i j@n 'ro:ha]
    put_on_a_leash:GND  NEG:can:PST:3i  OBJ  POS:3a  grief

    Note: "Put a leash on (an emotion)" is idiomatic for "come
          to grips with (an emotion)".

Jovian:

    Nau poessiva uenger suun luctun.
    [no pas,si:'vyNg@r sum'bluxt@n]
    not  can:PST:3s  best:INF  POS:3s:m:ACCs  grief:ACCs



  > 7. decrease
  >         The profits have not decreased for 2 years.

Obrenje:

    Tash dunnuk cintoe roj con dajne.
    [taS dMn'nMk sin'to: rOj hOn dajn]
    not  descend:PST:3e  profit:d  through  two  cycle

Jovian:

    Lugra nau se miunivan per duo annis.
    ['lu:gr@ no s@ my'niv@n p@r du@ 'anni]
    profit:NOMp  not  RFL:ACCp  reduce:PST:3p  through
       two  year:OBLp



  > 8. annoy
  >         You couldn't annoy me if you tried.

Obrenje:

    Xyxhae tabisre ow ajle levile e.
    [zy'za: ta,bisr'ow ajl l@'vi:l E]
    bother:GND  NEG:can:2  even  if  try:FUT:2  PER:3i:OBJ

Jovian:

    Nau poesses me irridare eja si gas id conare.
    [no 'pass@s mirri'da:r 'e:j@ si ,gazikkA'na:r]
    not  can:2s  me:ACC  bother  even  if  would:2s  it:ACC
       try:INF



  > 9. camera
  >         That is not a camera - it's a calculator.

    Tas tje u fendremo, moe kollecmo.
    [tas tjE M hEn'dre:mO mo: kOl'lECmO]
    not:3e  that  PRE  camera  be:3i  calculator

    Note:  |Fendremo| means "portrayer-thing", |kollecmo|
           "accountant-thing", where |kollec-| "to keep book,
           calculate" comes from |kor-| "to count; number..."
           and the very useful verb |lec-| "to play (* an
           instrument), operate, direct; drive; manage
           (money)".

Jovian:

    Nau ix a caemmer, ix u countadur.
    [no iS @'gEmm@r iS @ kun'ta:d@r]
    not  be:3s  a:f:NOMs  camera:NOMs  be:3s  a:m:NOMs
       calculator:NOMs



  > 10. boot
  >         She doesn't like boots.

Obrenje:

    Ny bryl tanaqe.
    [ny bryl ta'na:N]
    CAT  boot  NEG:like:3i

Jovian:

    Nau mehe caelgas.
    [no me:C 'kElg@s]
    not  like:3s  boot:ACCp



  >         Don't boot him out!

I don't understand that sentence.



>  > 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.  =)))
Obrenje:

Sow kawre, mu funtee cintee yste ur tine u tetrae jen
    nagojda cuze i naw cajjam prikota i conajae.

[sow 'kawr@ mO fMn'te: sin'te: 'ystMr ti:n M t#'tra: j@n
    na'gOjda hu:Z i naw haj'jam pri'ko:ta i hOna'ja:]

among  other  be:PST:3e  bad:d  service  sex  of male:d
    PRE  cause:d  POS:3a  decide:GND  wise  OBJ  way
    act:PTC  CES:have:GND  OBJ  pair_relationship:d


Jovian:

Ys xaver servidsun seoxaele era, inner audris, oringe
    sui degredi sabindis praehizeri conuegun.

[y Sa:v@r sEr'vi:dz@ndE'Sajl 'e:,rinn@r 'awdrizA'riNg
    suze'gre:diza'bindi ,prEhi'ze:ri kA'ny:g@n]

PER:3s:m:GEN  poor_quality:n:NOMs  service:NOMs
    sexual:n:NOMs  be:PST:3s  among  other:n:OBLp
    origin:NOMs  POS:3s:n:GENs  decision:GENs  wise:n:GENs
    cut_off:INF:OBLs  relationship:ACCs


Phew!  That was tough!




-- Christian Thalmann

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