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Re: Weekly Vocab 16

From:JR <fuscian@...>
Date:Thursday, July 31, 2003, 8:16
...delurking...

I couldn't resist translating these into Kar Marinam. Hope the accents come
through all right. If anyone wants to know how to pronounce it, I finally
put this up: http://www34.brinkster.com/fuscian/kmphon.html

on 7/28/03 12:26 PM, Christopher Wright at faceloran@JUNO.COM wrote:

> 1. to stand > I am standing in the [place where ruling body meets; palace entry].
'sòram' sòrer pàmlör hgáshly gÿram .
> 2. only > I feel like I'm only an ant, staring up at the murals in awe.
'uhìntep' uhìnt dholep ebas èsgehop muralek ewamsum wody gÿri . ('dhol' is actually 'bug', not 'ant', and 'mural' is borrowed)
> 3. banana > I've got a hankering for a banana right now.
sorry, no banana bananalím gasi pälentebìr .
> 4. excitement > That first bite sends jolts of excitement through my bones.
'remél' páh smagäf`ywy sgásgir hremél gènrapi dòmel nludohar ëliga .
> 5. blue > Blue four-sided triangles dance through my head.
'gylémÿs' páh shòmwy wënïli gyl sintëpròshémÿsir shomir hmesga .
> 6. juice > That juice must have been past its prime.
'brùl' bädeshesöp màsdanhir brùlur ás . (quite literally 'I think that juice fell from the cliff')
> 7. better > No matter; it's better this way.
'kösgösnam' ('köskösnam' underlyingly, from 'kösnam') läwydrá úgonshoser ynt kösgösnam ty .
> 8. distant > My hands are distant; the sky is close.
'sókemp' sókemp shÿsgÿr nèlek gelà .
> 9. unconscious > I shall soon be unconscious.
'dhÿnrimsu' dlòp dhÿnams gÿri .
> 10. rough > I fall to the floor, my face scraping on the rough carpet.
'róhnam' besh´yplöm ímè róh kapryntam dhàsir apago . ('kapryty' is borrowed)
> Four months in action! Hooray! > > ~Wright
These exercises are great. Thank you! Josh Roth