Re: Vocab #4
| From: | Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, April 21, 2002, 18:11 |
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On 19 Apr 02, at 19:15, daniel andreasson wrote:
> 11. 'Tis but a scratch!
Rh'e sul cesuul!
/RE sul ke"suul/
Not=is only scratch!
Verdurian uses a negative construction (rho ... sul) for "only",
similar to the French "ne ... que".
> 12. You've got no arms left!
Rho len nozhuvu brakî!
/RO lEn no"Zuvu "braqI/
Not to-you remain arms!
> 13. Yes I do. It's just a fleshwound!
Nozhuvu! Rh'e sul vazhi rhusë!
/nO"Zuvu RE sul "vaZi Ru"sjE/
Remain! Not=is only wound of-muscle!
> 14. Chicken! Chicken!
Körhom! Körhom!
/"q2ROm "q2ROm/
Coward! Coward!
> 15. What are you gonna do? Bleed on me?!
Kaimei? Krovmei sur et?!
/qai"mEi qrov"mEi sur Et/
What-will-you-do? Will-you-bleed onto me?
> 16. The Black Knight always triumphs!
So mlake shaden vence fsëgdá!
/sO "mlaqE "SadEn "vENkE fsjE"gda/
The black knight conquers always!
> 17. Alright. We call it a draw.
Can't find a word for "draw", nor an expression for "all right" (though
I'm tempted to use "esuat" /E"suat/, which is the imperative of "to be"
in Cadhinor, the ancestor of Verdurian -- for the "classical" touch.
> 18. You yellow bastard! I'll bite your legs off!
Körhy chuch! Azhchamzmai cruri lë!
/q2Ri tSutS aZtSam"zmai "kruri LE/
Cowardly bastard/a**hole! I-will-away-bite legs your!
Hey -- the Verdurian-to-English dictionary has two entries under
"bastard", one for "illegitimate child" and one for "term of abuse"!
How convenient ;)
Cheers,
Philip
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