Swearing, the Five Wits, poems

Re swearing:

I read somewhere that most curses could be divided into three categories:
religious curses (Hostie de saint-sacrement!), bodily function curses (Fuck
that shit!), and family curses (Tu madre!)

Anyway, in Lyanjen they have one main taboo word: "aks", meaning "to
murder". (If you wish to refer to murder in polite company, you can use the
verb "tanat" (to kill/die) transitively, and there are a few other idioms.)

As in:

Akste mañen (nas!) "Murder your mother!" ~= "Fuck off!"
Akste k'niriléeinde nan! "Murder her who bore you!" ~= even worse.
R'akste craiand! "Get murdered screaming!" ~= "Fuck you! Go to hell!"
K'aks! "Murder!" ~= "Shit! Goddammit!"
Asajan akseb. "We have been murdered." ~= "We're screwed."




Re the five wits: Where did that list come from?





>English:   He that finds discontentment in one place is not likely to find
>happiness in another.
Iks ercain ca, ni k'laulanda aptobisecan daitoi laulu tobisecan ele'dait.
"It is not likely that a finder of discontent in one place will find
contentment elsewhere."

iks | ercain    -er       | ca   | ni   | k'-    laul -and     -a     |
not | be likely 3pSgPrInd | this | that | ErgPrt find PrSimPrt person |

ap-      tobis      -ec   -an | dai   -t  -oi  | laul -u        |
opposite be content state Abs | place Loc some | find 3pSgFuSim |

tobis      -ec   -an | ele   dai   -t
be content state Abs | other place Loc



>English:   In quarreling about the shadow we often lose the substance
T'ñus'sianandat socat, asajar bleckas menotard troman.
"Through debating the shadow/image, we often lose the substance."

t'-    ñus  sian  -and     | soc    -at | asaj   -ar | bleck -asar
NomPrt know throw PrSimPrt | shadow Loc | weIncl Erg | lose  1pPlPrInd

menot       -ard     | trom      -an
be frequent PrIndPrt | substance Abs


>English:   They are not wise who give to themselves the credit due to
>others.
K'ubiardaja sun k'kaaus elerdajar iks maucagar.
"Those who congratulate themselves for what others have done are not wise."

k'-    ubia   -rd      -a     -ja   | su        -n  | k'-    ka(e) -aus
ErgPrt praise PrIndPrt person NomPl | RfxPlGend Abs | ErgPrt do    GenPl

ele      -rd      -a     -jar  | iks | mauc    -agar
be other PrIndPrt person ErgPl | not | be wise 3pPlPrInd


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GM18, Montreal, Canada             Et pour nous éléver
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