Getting there. Number 25 will have to wait though.
Christopher Wright wrote:
>1. field
pola, zmocia
>A well-fertilized field creates much joy.
Saatie agustabza zmocia dag' prain sace.
well fertilize-PASS field much joy-ACC cause-3SG
>2. chicken (animal)
tawok (guess where!)
>Chickens don't help with fertilization since they're too acidic.
Tawoki agustaku mu curiz, daze skijie hamidiksoi c'ez.
chickens fertilize-INF NEG help-3PL , because too-much-ADV acidic be:3PL
>3. copper
c'upro (sorry)
>I found large deposits of copper in my field yesterday.
I yai zmociam kina c'upror noon somin bulmaim.
in my field-INST yesterday copper-GEN large blobs-ACC find-1SG:PAST
>4. mine
godukhaz
>The king's men installed a mine before I could so much as tell my neighbor
>about it.
S'uza otok'i godukhaz izkodioz, yel du yarurzu radak riom bile.
king-GEN men mine(-ACC) install-3PL:PAST , before THAT neighbour-DAT tell-
INF be-able-1SG:PAST even
>5. please
kraza (would you...)
cai (may I...)
>Those men weren't very nice. They didn't even say "please".
Eya otok'i hazie simpa. O "cai" bile mu zduaiz.
those men not-very-ADV nice . OBJ "please" even NEG say-3PL:PAST
>6. thousand
dural
>A thousand hides of my land were taken as part of the mines.
Godukhaza dil saceku yai zema dural ande toribza.
mine-GEN part(-ACC) make-INF-DAT my land-GEN thousand "ando"* take-PASS
*an ancient measure, probably not even nearly equivalent
>7. structure
c'atik
>They have built a hasty, rude structure over the mine.
Wirzabza brika c'atik gom godukhazom g'aduioz.
rushed rude structure(-ACC) over mine-INST build-3PL:PAST
>8. ugly
fengai
>It's as ugly as a demon's butt.
Nubie jauba zat fengai c'e.
as demon-GEN butt ugly be:3SG
>9. typical
tülpi
>Such is typical of government work.
Reks'asana kitrudu tor tülpi c'e.
government-GEN work-DAT this typical be:3SG
>10. lazy
agür
>I'm not giving a tenth term for this vocab because I got lazy.
Daze agüru neliom ba toya yarjuku as'onk'em orep mu kudirma.
because lazy-DAT become-1SG:PAST COND this exercise-DAT tenth word(-ACC)
NEG give-1SG:FUT
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