Re: Weekly Vocab 31

2878 words. Getting close to 3000!

Christopher Wright wrote:

>1. oil
k'riis

>If I'm to bake today, I need some oil.
Adis pilonk iyekirmi ba, k'riis laazam.
if today bake-1SG:FUT COND , oil(-ACC) need-1SG


>2. shop (noun)
micen

>There's a shop down the road.
Samta zdem micen anc'e.
road-GEN along-INST store exist-3SG

(It was really hard to render "down the road" without coining a preposition
too similar to English "down")


>3. to stroll
anduak, nodak

>I stroll towards it.
Nak micenu nodam.
towards store-DAT stroll-1SG


>4. flood
inundut

>A flood springs up and blocks the road.
Inundut waiz'adve samt kaada.
flood rise-GER road(-ACC) block-3SG


>5. another
k'okec', faaryec'

>I turn to take another route.
Ver k'okec' joorom yuraku jimagrim.
to another route-INST go-INF-DAT turn-1SG


>6. to split
guc'ak

>The earth splits beneath my feet, but I jump across just in time.
Fes yai pes'im boro guc'a, ak' waktem spenadve s'ulam.
under my feet-INST ground split-3SG, but in:time-ADV jump-GER cross-1SG


>7. to bleed
c'erkuak

>I fell, though, and now my shin is bleeding.
Dire sovaim ki lud s'alz c'erkua.
THOUGH fall-1SG:PAST and now shin bleed-3SG


>8. to continue
raatrak

>I continue toward the shop.
Nak micenu raatram.
towards store-DAT continue-1SG


>9. army
k'örvad

>The army stands to prevent access to the shop!
K'örvad tac'as', micena narut yeltomadve!
army stand-3SG , sotre-GEN access prevent-GER

>10. to run
haz'ak

>I run in regardless, grab the oil, fling some money on the counter, and
run back out!
Mitale ikyem haz'am, k'riis necidve ot bultu denk zvingidve bekyem trek'em
haz'am.
regardless inside run-1SG , oil(-ACC) grab-GER onto counter-DAT money(-ACC)
throw-GER outside back run-1SG


>11. home
praw
(kikinak - to come home)

>But now I can't get home past the flood and ravine.
Ak lud k'au inundut ki uubz kikinak mu rem.
but now through flood(-ACC) and ravine(-ACC) come_home-INF NEG can-1SG.

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