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Re: Weekly Vocab 18

From:Mike Ellis <nihilsum@...>
Date:Thursday, August 28, 2003, 5:34
Christopher Wright wrote:

Mair yarjukom: 2650 orpe
Sonra yarjukom: 2662 orpe

>1. right (inalienable privilege, not direction)
drenoz
>"We hate Rights as much as we hate Wrongs," said Gregory.
"Nubie suac'in ebie drenozin g'alamu," Gregori zduais'. " as-much wrongs-ACC that-much rights-ACC hate-1PL ," Gregory say-3SG:PAST (this doesn't sound come off so clever in Rhean)
>2. to bless
(ay)urbak
>Those around him blessed him.
Nastrudi tan urbaiz. around-PL him:ACC bless-3PL:PAST
>3. anarchist
bizrekzanok
>They were anarchists, you see.
Bizrekzanoki as'ez z'e. anarchists be:3PL:PAST EMPH
>4. to reach [for]
tagvek
>They reach for the stars to pull them down.
Zvisit tagviz, ver citayem c'eleku. stars-DAT reach-3PL , for downward pull-INF-DAT
>5. freedom
svab
>Anarchy is about complete freedom rather than even a modicum of sanity.
Bizrekzakaf razda svab fkas'ma, ki baviar mierlet bile de. Anarchy complete freedom(-ACC) concern-3SG , and sanity-GEN tiny-bit even NOT
>6. law
zank
>To them, law is by nature evil.
Tiazt zank c'avunem skiras'.
>7. language
izka
>I wonder what they would think of the rules governing language.
Ora izkan jitrizna nyamim kunie karjiz yedrim. about language-ACC govern-3PL-REL rules-INST how think-3PL wonder-1SG
>8. burn
ak'rabza
>I have a burn on my finger.
Ot yai izbam ak'rabza anc'e. on my finger-INST burn exist:3SG
>9. to hurt
(sbdy) derpek
>It hurts horribly.
Anfinaie yan derpe. horribly me:ACC hurt-3SG
>10. cheerful
najacec'
>Despite the anarchists and the pain, I am cheerful.
Bizrekzanoki ki derep dire najacec'igim. anarchists and pain despite cheerful-be-1SG M ... now on to 19. I hate being behind.