Re: Weekly Vocab 24

In Modern Jovian...

Padraic, don't read #8 too carefully.  ;-D



--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Christopher Wright <faceloran@J...> wrote:
 > 1. field
 > A well-fertilized field creates much joy.

U aher bein duentu licta manore.
[@z a:r ben dynt liCt m@'no:r]

Contrary to what you might expect, |manore| doesn't mean manure,
but is derived from Latin |magnopere| "very much".



 > 2. chicken (animal)
 > Chickens don't help with fertilization since they're too acidic.

Glinae nau duengen bein, nan son nime aectae.
['gli:ne no 'dyNg@ ben  nan sAn ni:m 'ECte]



 > 3. copper
 > I found large deposits of copper in my field yesterday.

Hau iomminde mange un penu nys cupfer in mi aher here.
[ho im'mind maNg @m be:n ny 'kupf@r im mi a:r he:r]



 > 4. mine
 > The king's men installed a mine before I could so much as tell my
neighbor
 > about it.

I hindes ys Rec haen poeste ille an mine ande ud gau poesser
[i hindz y reC hEm baSt il @m mi:n and ug go 'bass@r]

fluoher ei.
['flu@h@r ej]

The Jervan prefers to curse it rather than tell his neighbors
about it.  ;-)



 > 5. please
 > Those men weren't very nice. They didn't even say "please".

I mares eran balbri.  Eja nau haen dicte "bloro".
[i va:rz e:r@ 'balbri  e:j no hEn diCt 'blo:rA]



 > 6. thousand
 > A thousand hides of my land were taken as part of the mines.

Un juoger mi ys terra fi caftun cun ei mine.
[@n 'ju@g@r mi y tEr fi 'gaft@ kun e 'vi:n]

Note the usage of official IB units of measurements.  =)
I assumed a hide to be some 2 m^2.



 > 7. structure
 > They have built a hasty, rude structure over the mine.

Haen tructe praeftade ed cruze un aevigun suore en mine.
[hEn druxt prEf'ta:d ek kru:z @n E'vi:g@ dzu@r em mi:n]

Note how the final -n in |aevigun| causes initial mutation on
the |suore| even though it's no longer audible itself.



 > 8. ugly
 > It's as ugly as a demon's butt.

Ix tuerbe mou is culu nys Cambrindse.
[iS tyrb mu i ku:l ny k@m'brindz]



 > 9. typical
 > Such is typical of government work.

Ix tifcu u naevu nys oeber guornaele.
[iS tifks @ najv nyz 'Ajb@r gur'najl]

Coined |naevu| for "feature, hallmark" from the Latin word for
"birthmark".  I do such things far to rarely.



 > 10. lazy
 > I'm not giving a tenth term for this vocab because I got lazy.

Nau prowo deigeime un worde ei xeirtun cause sou piore.
[no 'pro:vA de'gejm @m mArd e 'SErt@ koz sow 'bi@r]



-- Christian Thalmann