WHEEEEEE!!! Looks like I'll be first on this one!
--- Christopher Wright <faceloran@...> wrote:
> 1. kilogram (appropriate unit of weight or mass for
> you and your
> conculture)
LIVRA
> I need a kilogram of flour.
Juna livra farina fereu.
>
> 2. bread
PANI
> It's for the bread that I must serve to my cousin.
Pera il pani fi jid ad ul mi cuchinu nexidu apuniri.
>
> 3. fever
FEVRI
> He has a fever.
Jun fevrozu esti.
>
> 4. delirious
FRINDIGU
> He is delirious with it, hallucinating that I am a
> (conculturally
> appropriate monster).
Cu fisti jun frindigu esti. Pomu si seri juni djin~i
tres-agan~udi aluchinadad.
>
> 5. medicine
AXIRI
> The illness requires expensive medicine.
Ul maul fistu juni axiri mutu caru nexidad.
>
> 6. witch / quack / healer / shaman
AJURAN~A
> The witch says that her cure only requires a few
> yams.
Al ajuran~a fi ul ti remidju sodandu pocus n~amis
nexidad.
>
> 7. useless
INUDILU
> I thought, if her cure turns out to be useless, I
> can still order the
> doctor's medicine.
Mi mindi, si ulti remidju inudilu avenia, veu il axiri
djul medigu veu podeu combrari.
>
> 8. poultice
PUASTRU
> The witch concocted a simple poultice of yams.
Junu puastru simpuexu djils n~amis al ajuran~a jan
fachi.
>
> 9. to assure
CHERRARI
> S/he assured me that it couldn't fail no matter
> what.
Fi jid cunsini nu podeud defichiri mi cherrud.
>
> 10. to work, succeed
SUCHEDARI
> I am certain it would have worked if she had told me
> to put it on my
> cousin's chest rather than eating it!
> (That is to say, I ate it since it was made of
> yams.)
Si mi eseud dichidu, inul pepu djul mi cuchinu puneu,
nun mandeu, fi eseud suchedudu ju cheru sumu. (Pazi,
pervia fued djils n~amis jid mandi.)
Adam
>
>
> ~Wright