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Re: Vocab #7

From:Roger Mills <romilly@...>
Date:Saturday, May 11, 2002, 22:21
> Brought to you by f (for finals) and s (for studying) and comparative >constructions.
Kash:
> 1. book-- etengi (< tengayi 'to print') > That book over there (yonder) is thicker than the one I'm using now.
etengi yu riyun lavi yaçuma aloni re tanju yawumit book that yonder more 3s/fat from-it REL now I-use
> > 2. desk-- lacuri (laca 'table' uri 'write') > I sat at my desk longer than the day has hours. (i.e. for more than 24 >hours)
makuka ri lacuri(mi) lavi pandaçu alo aroçini lero I-sit at (my)-desk more long-time from hour/pl/gen-3/poss day
> > 3. study-- telañ > I've been studying with better students than I (am).
senda (mende) matelañ yam kandelañalan re lavi iyiña alomi be..ing (perf.) I-study with student/pl/acc REL more 3pl-intelligent from-1/poss (colloq.; utterly correct would be........alo re mam-- lit.,than that I (am).)
>
examination (acad.) : ñongaya (ñoni 'test, try' kaya 'know')
> 4. finals / final examinations (also as sg.)-- ñongaya lus (...end),
slang ñongalús
> I will do better on the final than him.
lavi malarandato liri ñongalús alo re iya more I-achieve-fut w.r.t. final from CONJ he [=...than that he (will)] is ultra-correct; same except .....aloni for "alo re iya"-- colloq. tho technically incorrect.
> > 5. midterm(s) / midterm examination(s)-- ñongaya cini (...middle) slang
ñongaci (could also be interpreted as 'little test')
> I did worse on my midterm for this class than I've ever done before.
ñongacini andelañ tayu, larandami (lirini) omban alo lunda kandiñi test-3/poss lesson/course this(TOPIC), my-achieving (w.r.t it) less than ever before-it
> > 6. grade / score / marks-- ambinal < pinal 'count' (could be colloq>
pinda)
> I hope to get higher scores on the final exams than I did on the >midterm exams.
matovar laranda/upan ambinalaç laleñ liri ñongayaç lus alo re malaranda/mawupan liri ñongayaç cini. I hope achieve/receive marks better w.r.t. exam-pl end from/than CONJ I-achieve/I-receive w.r.t. exam-pl. middle (very formal, no slang or colloq. usages) More colloq: tovambri, mawupan pinda laleñ ri ñongalús aloni ri ñongaci my-hope, I receive mark better LOC "final" from/poss LOC "midterm" (the "mark" and "exam" words could be pluralized if necessary. There are yet other possibilities, e.g. instead of a prep.phrase, the "exam" words could be in the genitive.)
> > 7. stress(ed): n. or adj.-- cakatindis < tindis 'nervous, anxious' > I am more stressed than I thought I would be.
lavi (ma)cakatindis alo pilami more (I) stressed from my-thought (somewhat elliptical)
> > 8. busy-- cakamepu 'overloaded/swamped with work' < mepu 'work' > I have been busier than ever lately.
veluni lavi (ma)cakamepu aloni lunda lately more (I)-"busy" from/than-poss. ever (colloq.and a little hyperbolic: .....aloni talunda '.....than _ever_!' (lit. than never)
> > 9. write, compose (a paper, article, etc)-- ahan 'create, devise;
compose' (_uri_ is the physical act of writing); "paper" (acad.) is akurum 'proposal, argument (in the non-disputatious sense)'
> I have to write 678 papers by Tuesday.
macayi ahan cima-cima akrumuç kandiñ lero kayiñ I-must compose gazillion papers (slang contraction) before day kayiñ [2d working day of week]. 678 would be ketrongo sopola fan(u)
> > 10. research-- for now, tingas 'look at, inspect', but academe may want
to derive a separate term, perhaps tikras, tringas or tiringas (*-r- historically forms frequentative forms. For now also, "topic" = pitran)
> I have never researched a topic longer than I have researched this one.
talunda mende matingas pitran lavi pandaçu alo re matingas yu tayu never perf. I-research topic more long-time than that I-research the-one this. Or also, colloq/elliptical. ..........aloni tayu '......than this one'