Way behind, but catching up...
Mair yarjukom: 2718 orpe
Sonra yarjukom: 2737 orpe
Christopher Wright wrote:
>1. dull
dvom
>A dull knife cuts no cheese.
Dvom sikni c'iznar mu lasa.
dull knife cheese-GEN NEG cut-3SG
I think I learned what the Finnish partitive case was about five years ago
and this genitive+negative construction for "not any" might be a little
vestige remaining from that. Also, I apologise for |c'izna|, but I like it
and I'm not changing it.
>2. muscle
zulo (also muskula)
>The cheese sculptor creates a figure with bulging muscles.
C'iznar haktinik hambac' zula anc'er zbazud g'aduis'.
cheese-GEN sculptor bulging muscles exist-PPP figure(-ACC) create-3SG
>3. floor
pöl
>Its cheesy robes brush the floor.
C'iznaksoi sog'oki pöl pefliz.
cheese-MADE robes floor(-ACC) brush-3PL
>4. cloth
tela
>The robes almost seem to be made of real cloth--silk and linen and velvet.
Sog'oki kra hakic' telar sacibza nisraz -- s'wiaka ki nuk'iar ki ganifa.
robes from real cloth-GEN make-PASS resemble-3PL -- silk-GEN and linen-GEN*
and velvet-GEN*
*I have put no thought into Rhean textiles. It's never even crossed my
mind. The |nuk'| in |nuk'ia| is "flax".
>5. white
bes'er
>The cheese for the robes is a pure white mozarella, whereas the skin is
>made of a creamy cheddar.
Sog'okim c'izna saaf bes'er mocarela c'e, po pyelo kra luunec' c'edara
sacibza.
robes-INST cheese pure white mozzarella be:3SG , but skin from creamy
cheddar-GEN* make-PASS
*Italy and England don't exist.
>6. to swing
slunjak
>The robe is so thin that it swings in a breeze.
Sog'ok nap tazom slunjas' ebie skik'ec'.
robe by breeze-INST swing-3SG that-much thin
>7. awkward
ivukli (also "diagonal")
>The expression of the cheddar hero is the awkward embarrassment of someone
>needing to visit the lavatory.
C'edariksoi karma goliut nietukhazu s'edruek fadis'na pöka ivulki ismuc'ut
c'e.
Cheddar-MADE hero-GEN expression washroom-DAT visit-INF must-3SG-rel person-
GEN awkward embarassment be:3SG
>8. to entertain
obvazek
>The careful carving of the sculptor entertains the sort of people who
>memorize games of chess.
Haktinik mödüzec'ie haktek sliranarven g'diinizna pik'a pökin obvaze.
sculptor careful-ADV carve-INF chess-games-ACC memorise-3PL-REL type-GEN
people-ACC entertain-3SG
>9. dot
nok'o
>A dot appears on the hero's nose, spoiling his beauty with a wart.
U karma brünom nok'o unaz'idve ölzom noraban dvipre.
at hero-GEN nose-INST dot appear-GER wart-INST beauty-ACC spoil-3SG
>10. fly
muk'
>The dot is a fly that decided to breathe its last by defiling a piece of
art.
Elor marun dviprekom ültumürz nasfek kric'ais'na muk' ai eya nok'o.
art-GEN thing-ACC defile-INF-INST last-N(-ACC) breathe-INF decide-3SG:PAST-
REL fly SUBJ that dot
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