Re: Weekly Vocab #1.1.6 (repost #1)

Senjecas:

1. bead (n) = bândos

There are beads all over the place!
¡band-ôes-ë sólu vûûl-a!
bead-NOM.pl everywhere there.be-IND

2. thread (n) = snêêtos

I have thread stuck in my teeth.
snêêt-os m-úsïo dzemv-ôm éna gêlm-a
thread-NOM.sg I-GEN.sg tooth-GEN.pl in stick-IND

3. needle = siµûros

Ow! I sat on a needle!
¡aû! m-ús-ë siµûr-om éna per sêd-a!
ow I-NOM.sg-EPEN needle-ACC.sg on PAST PARTICLE sit-IND

4. sew (v) = sîµa

My sister sewed me to the chair.
m-úsïo süesôr-es-ë sed-ôsïo ántïa m-um per sîµ-a.
I-GEN.sg sister-NOM.sg-EPEN chair-GEN.sg to I-ACC.sg PAST PARTICLE
sew-IND

5. bead (v)., put beads on something, make something with beads =
bânda

He beaded a bunny with a knife. He's sick in the head.
n-us siim-ôsïo µééla os£êmbël-em per bând-a. n-us miin-sûqt-us ês-a.
that-NOM.sg knife-GEN.sg with bunny-ACC.sg PAST PARTICLE bead-IND.
that-NOM.sg mind-sick-NOM.sg be-IND

miinsûqtis, mind-sick, insane, is a new word.

6. spill = ÿêma

Dang! I spilled my beads into my coffee!
¡âi! m-us m-úsïo caµpôôj-om éna m-úsïo bând-on per ÿêm-a
dang I-NOM.sg I-GEN.sg coffee-ACC.sg into I-GEN.sg bead-ACC.pl PAST
PARTICLE spill-IND

7. cut = sîîma

Cut the thread between this spot and that spot, please.
t-us spac-ôsïo d-ôsïo-cüe n-ôsïo-cüe entéra snêêt-om sîîm-o.
you-NOM.sg spot-GEN.sg this-GEN.sg-and that-GEN.sg-and between
thread-ACC.sg cut-SUBJ.

The subjunctive is used for polite commands.

8. shiny = ôôdzis

Those beads are shiny. I like shiny things.
band-ôes d-ôes oodz-ôes ês-a.  m-us ôôdz-on pîîr-a.
bead-NOM.pl this-NOM.pl shiny-NOM.pl be-IND. I-NOM.sg shiny-ACC.pl
like-IND

9. stitch (n) = sîµos

For this stitch, bring the thread through the bead, over the
previous  bead, under the thread, and back through the bead again.
t-us, siµ-ôsïo d-ôsïo nééµÿa, bând-om tércüa, pêro bând-om ólna,
snêêt-om ner, bând-om tércüa µéru, snêêt-om sîµ-e.
you-NOM.sg stich-GEN.sg this-GEN.sg for, bead-ACC.sg through,
previous bead-ACC.sg over, thread-ACC.sg under, bead-ACC.sg through
again, thread-ACC.sg stitch-IMPER

10. obsessive / obsessed with / obsessing about = ênsa, haunt
"X is obsessed with Y" becomes "Y haunts X."

Lately, I find my self obsessed with beads.
band-ôes, ól-vi, m-um êns-a.
bead-NOM.pl late-ADV I-ACC.sg haunt-IND

deer trail, n., a trail worn by the passage of deer = jorcësââgos

outweigh, v., be heavier than X = X sóma ôlvis têla, X than more
weigh.

Charlie
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