Re: Weekly Vocab 11

The experience of dining outside the home. Oh, what joy.
1. restaurant
Where might I find a good restaurant?

Cofanhaun, f’yb mu badau ymben bona tabenh?

[k@faJon] [f1b mu badomben b@na tabeJ]

cofanhaun(ex) – f. companion, friend
f’yb (< fy yb) – where?
fy – prep. In, at (< Etruscan epi)
yb – where?, there (< ubi, ibi)
mu – 1 sg personal pronoun, nominative
badau – 1 sg future helping verb
ymben – find (<invenio)
bonau – good
tabenh(ax) – f. inn

2. food
What sort of food would I find there?

Parex cybaux fy fsa mu badau ymben?

[pareS c1boS f1fsa mu badomben]

par(ex) – what kind? (<qualis)
cyb(aux) – m. food
fsa - = tabenh

3. to order (food)
"Do you know what you would like to order?"

Tu cxix pyd tu dexirax mandat?

[tu kSiS p1d tu deSiraS mandat]

tu – 2 sg personal pronoun, nominative
cxix – 2 sg pres of cxit ‘know’ (<scitus)
pyd – interrog. pron. what?
dexirax – 2 sg pres of dexirat ‘want’
mandat – v. order (complementary infinitive)

4. intestines, guts
I almost lost my appetite [conculture: increased my appetite] when I saw
the platter heaped with pig intestines.

Mu xort auct mi jychux yb mu dau bix fsa frat beran a bycxorex do xu.

[mu x@rtokt mid_Z1t_SuS 1b mu dobiS fsafrat beran a b1kS@reS d@Su]

xort – 3 sg imperfect helping verb
auct – v. to increase
mi – 1 sg personal pronoun, genitive
jychux – m.pl. appetites (< gustus)
dau – 1 sg perfect helping verb
bix – v. to see (< visus)
frat(ax) – f. plate
beran(daux) – gerund from berat v. to cover (< velare)
a – prep. by means of
bycxorex – f.pl. intestines (< viscera)
do – prep. of
xu(x) – m. pig

5. salad
I ordered a plain salad with water. [Carnivorous conpeople: well,
whatever's appropriate for people with delicate stomachs.]

Mu dau mandat xyfrycax orbax c’acu.

[mu domandat S1fr1kaS @rbaS kaku]

xyfrycau – adj. simple; unadorned (< simplicem)
orb(ax) – f. grass; f.pl. herbs
c’ = co
acu – f. water

6. waiter
The waiter looked at me disdainfully.

Xorb do cybaux xort fsoct xyforbe.

[S@rb d@k1boS S@rfs@kt S1f@rbe]

xorb(aux) do cybaux – waiter (lit., servant of food)
fsoct – v. look at
xyforbe – adv. disdainfully

7. to bring
He brought me what I asked for, though the servings were small.

At rat y me pod mu dau mandat, pancu fsax fachex huerun faucaux.

[atrat 1me p@d mu domandat] [paNku fsaS fat_SeS werun fokoS]

at – 3 sg perfect helping verb
y/n – prep. towards, into
me – 1 sg personal pronoun
pod – that which
pancu – conj. Although (< quamquam)
fach(ex) – f. servings, portions
huerun – 3 pl perfect of ‘to be’ (<fuerunt)
faucau – adj. little, small

8. hungry
Since I am still hungry, perhaps I'll go to another restaurant.

Cauxad niromina huame, huoxitan mu badau bat n’aria tabonh.

[koSad nir@mina wame] [w@Sitan mu badobat narja tab@J]

cauxad – on account of, because, since (< causa de)
nirominau – adj. Still present (< nihilominus)
huame(x) – f. hunger
huoxitan – adv. perhaps (<forsitan)
bat – v. go, walk
y/n – prep. towards, into
ariau – adj. Other

9. to belch
On the way, I belched loudly.

Co mi badand, mu dau eryct co mamnau xon.

[k@ mi badand] [mu do er1kt k@ mamno S@n]

eryct – v. to belch
mamnau – adj. big
xon(ux) – m. (loud) sound

10. to stare
Several people stared oddly at me.

Arpotaux huirix at afsoct y me mirymmod.

[arp@toS wiriS at afs@kt 1me mir1mm@d]

arpotau – adj. some (<aliquot)
huiri(x) – m. man, person
at – 3 sg perfect helping verb
afsoct – v. to stare (<adspectus)
mirymmod – adv. oddly (< mirum in modum)

~Wright

"commune id vitium est, hic vivimus ambitiosa
paupertate"
"this is our common fault; here we live in ostentatious poverty"
Juvenal, Satires 3.182-3

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