From: "Henrik Theiling" <theiling@...>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 5:02 AM
>> 1. forest
vinim
>> 2. mushroom (edible)
tulang
>> 3. to look for something
balangao (to search)
>> 4. To find something after searching for it
sungao
>> 5. base, bottom
avan
>> 6. moss
itray
>> 7. basket, bag
kasu, ladang
>> 8. pine needles, leaves of a conifer
singay (< singaya, lit. "stitcher")
>> 9. each
-en (every)
>> 10. always
tadayen
>> 1. The forest is in that direction. (or "over there",
>> said while
>> pointing to it)
Vinimreng ada-bukanea.
Forest.A that-direction.LOC
>> 2. I like mushrooms very much!
Le vatyayang tulangyeon kangan!
TRG=P like.1s.A mushroom.PL.TRG *very*_much
>> 3. I often go searching for mushrooms in the forest.
Ang balangasayin komila tulangyeley vinimea.
TRG=A search.HABIT.1s.TRG often muchroom.PL.P forest.LOC
>> 4. She kept the mushroom that I tripped over.
that means?
>> 5. At the base of which tree did you find that
>> mushroom?
Eyran elinam mehirea le sungevang ada-tulangon?
Under which tree.LOC TRG=P find.2s.A that-mushroom.TRG
>> 6. There is no moss on the base of that tree.
Ya yomoyarareng itrayley avan ada-mehirin.
TRG=LOC exist.NEG.3s-inani.A moss.P at_bottom_of
that-tree.TRG
>> 7. Put the mushroom in the basket.
Tapiu tulangley kasuea.
Put.IMP mushroom.P basket.LOC
>> 8. These baskets, the handles of which are made of
>> pine needles, are useful.
Eda-kasuyereng numerambay, sondamyeley sirengena singayena
mehisingayena.
This-basket.PL.A A.useful, handle.PL.P REL.A.GEN
needle.PL.GEN needle-tree.GEN
>> 9. That is the woman to whom I give each of the
>> mushrooms.
Adanyang envanaris si ang ilayin eda-tulangyenley.
That.A woman.P REL TRG=A give.1s.TRG
this-mushroom.PL.every.P
>> 10. I always go looking for mushrooms is the forest
>> through which we
>> walked today.
That should have been "in the forest", no?
Ya balangasayang tulangyeley kong vinimin manga luga siya
lampaynang davano.
TRG=LOC search.HABIT.1s.A mushroom.PL.P inside_of forest.TRG
through REL.LOC walk.1p.A today
('manga luga' = through; 'luga' itself means 'among,
between', 'manga' indicates motion from one place to another
by means of the following preposition)
> - elucidation, n.
> an act of explaining that serves to clear up and cast
> light on
taboyisao (lit. "to clarify")
> - snap at, v.
> bite off with a quick bite; "The dog snapped off a
> piece of cloth from the
> intruder's pants"
bitogao mangasara (lit. "to tear away/off")
And another 9 new words, that makes 1401 entries in the
dictionary. The sentences were really more difficult than
the words themselves.
Yours,
Carsten
--
"Miranayam kepauarà naranoaris." (Kalvin nay Hobbes)
Palayena, Ravikan 16, 2315 ya 15:08:25 pd