Re: Weekly Vocab 30

Better late than never. / Somui dla muc'orod aiyan.

Christopher Wright wrote:

>1. friend (can't believe I hadn't used this!)
druz' (transparent rip or what)

>A good friend is often a source of strife.
Aya druz' knas'tem sekelza c'ara c'e.
good friend often strife-GEN source be:3SG


>2. to take
torek

>For instance, my friend once took all my pens.
Ökruk aze, his'om yai druz' yai yöcuin paiyem torios'.
(idiomatic) , once my friend my pens-ACC all took-3SG:PAST


>3. to tell
radak

>She didn't even tell me.
Yant mu radais' bile.
me:DAT NEG tell-3SG:PAST even


>4. to want
hos'ak

>I wanted a pen and I didn't have one.
Yöcun hos'aim po dira mu anas'e.
pen-ACC want-1SG:PAST and/but any-GEN NEG exist-3SG:PAST


>5. to buy
küpek

>I had to buy a new pen and ink.
Ac'ar yöcun ki smintan küpek fadiom.
new pen-ACC and ink-ACC buy-INF must-1SG:PAST


>6. to end
wovarak
unkonzak
(ji)tomak
terminak (!)

>But a good friendship can't end that easily.
Dire aya druz'ad ebie s'aasie jitomak mu res'.
but good friendship that-ADV easy-ADV end-INF NEG can-3SG


>7. not
mu, mi (negation)
deg'ek (to not-be)

>At least she's not a[n a]theist or [an/mon/dy]archist or a
[revolutionary/conservative].*
Zarec' bile [X] li [Y] li [Z] deg'e.
(idiomatic ..) [X] or [Y] or [Z] not:be:3SG

For [X]:
theist - Yadnok, dunc'anok, Yadakas, Yadsevnok
atheist - bizyadec', buzdunc'ac', Yadörec'

For [Y]:
anarchist - bizrekzakas, rekzakarz (anti-government), bizs'uzakas,
s'uzakarz (anti-monarchy)
monarchist - s'uzakas
dyarchist - laks'uzakas (unheard-of)

For [Z]:
revolutionary - vastunok
conservative - sköfakas (though the whole left/right thing doesn't work the
same *there*)


>8. to support
zöterak
diz'nan kudak

>But then, I'd support her no matter what.
Duba bile mitale tan zöterom.
that_case even regardless her:ACC support-1SG:HYP


>9. definition
imic'na

>That is the definition of "friend".
"Druz'" tai imic'na er c'e.
"Friend" its definition that be:3SG


>10. both
lak yez (= "we two")

>We'd both do the same.
Lak yez datuie heromu.
two we same-ADV do-1PL:HYP

>*I'm so controversial this week.
Nah, not really.
>wright?
Rong.

M