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Re: Weekly Vocab 17

From:takatunu <takatunu@...>
Date:Wednesday, August 13, 2003, 21:35
In Pisina Pirunga:

> 1. safe
pisunu
> The police make sure that my house is safe.
Sumitu a pisu-pisunu surangu yu pikani. Police does make-safe house of me.
> 2. rude
siwaruki (undecent, un-polite)
> They are very rude, however.
Tanangi wa i timiku-timiku a puniri siwaruki. Restriction i.e. that they are very rude.
> 3. illegal
miwakikini sarami ("un-abide law")
> They say that these herbs (hem-hem) are illegal.
Tirasi wa i simuri-simuri pamanga a miwakikini sarami. Information i.e. that grass this does contravene law.
> 4. witness
kitari tunaru ("person evidence")
> They cannot prove my guilt without a witness.
Paiputaki kitari tunaru ai paiputaki kunatu tunanaru wa i pikani a taitanika. Have-no person evidence then have-no possibility prove i.e. that I am liable.
> 5. foreign
kuwaningu (un-domestic)
> They say I'm a dirty foreign wretch, but I'm a naturalized citizen.
Pasimi wa i pikani a kitari pisimu ya kuwaningu u musiti wa i pikani a muringu pirumi ya kukuni-kuningu. Story i.e. that I am man evil who-is foreign @ contradiction i.e. that I am member country who-is made-domestic.
> 6. industry
pitanga sinungu ("business produce")
> Foreigners are a vital part of industry, > providing cheap labor at the expense of the native citizens.
Kitari-kitari kuwaningu a kururungu tasuki ya kiwanusu ai a pusama tusasangu uyu pitanga sinungu. People foreign do supply work that-is unexpensive thus are indispensable contribute to business production.
> 7. supper
siruta piwatisi (meal night)
> All I know is, I'm earning my supper.
Pikani a makakatu taitumanu manura. I do no-more-than earning food.
> 8. mud
pisani
> Actually, I know something else:
Pikani a kaikumusa pamanga kuwanungu u kirasi awa i: I do know this other @ real i.e. that:
> my supper tastes like mud
Manura yu pikani a taitumika pisani. Food of me does have-taste mud.
> 9. cupboard
tamunu sakumi ("furniture trunk")
> My cupboard is devoid of food,
Paiputaki manura u kamini yu tamunu sakumi yu pikani Have-no food @ inside of furniture trunk of me
> as is my refrigerator.
u kanasa wa u kamini yu sakumi tuwakami yu pikani. @ addition i.e. @ inside of trunk unwarm of me.
> 10. alcohol
miruki
> My significant other keeps a large amount of alcohol there, though.
U musiru wa i takunu yu pikani a muka-mukanga puniri miruki u tarami pamanga. @ concession i.e. that spouse of me does stack plenty alcohol @ place that.