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Re: Vocab 2.5

From:Padraic Brown <elemtilas@...>
Date:Monday, November 18, 2002, 2:13
--- Aidan Grey <grey@...> wrote:

In Kerno:

> 1. answer > Her answer was too short. > She answered at length.
Rhespondus sa demays corthes. answered she of.much shortness Rhespondus sa di long. answered she of long (di + adj = adverb) or Rhespondus sa ar llonges. responded she on length
> 2. silence > The silence was uncomfortable.
Bodeor nitendable sa, cela silencea. was unbearable she, that.the silence
> 3. tune > The tune he played was beautiful. > He tuned his tuneable instrument.
Mabel la canció, que yowasot-la. beautiful the tune, which played(he) it Consonus ys la sew ynstrumenthe consoneible. tuned he the his instrument tunable
> 4. camp > Their camp was nearly invisible. > They camped on the butte.
Bodeor am nigouisibles, il sew casteor. was nigh invisible*, the their camp Veckiont le sew ncastre argoer la mbriga. made the their camp at.over the hill * am + adj + -es isn't easily conveyed. Suffice to say that when a Kerno speaker says "am nigouisibles", he means "nearly invisible".
> 5. blood > Blood is red.
Ruz la sancoues. red the blood
> 6. lend > She lends her time to anyone who asks.
Dezis le sew tempoer as cesquem precke. gave the her time to.it any.whom asks
> 7. equal > We get equal pay for our work.
Per le nusteor labeor, payont-nus la zaudarea la mezissif. for the our work, pay-us the salary the same
> 8. determination > Her determination was impressive.
Fecis-me c' impresién, la sew fiscació. did-me an impression, the her determination
> 9. anger > His anger was frightening.
Poneus-me do mette, la sew ira. put-me to fear, the his anger
> 10. name > Their names are far too long.
De zemays longes, y sew nomen. of of.much length, the their names As you can see, apposition of two noun phrases does a lot of "be" work. Padraic. ===== beuyont alch geont la ciay la cina mangeiont alch geont y faues la lima; pe' ne m' molestyont que faciont doazque y facyont in rima. . __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site http://webhosting.yahoo.com

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