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Re: Vocab #4

From:Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...>
Date:Tuesday, April 23, 2002, 14:04
Hattic:

Vocab:

 1. bunny / rabbit                      hani (PIE *khas-no-)
 2. ferret                              uzura "otter" (PIE *udro-)
 3. knife                               oja
 4. alien / foreigner                   hälsãder ušik (PIE *alter- "other",
                                                           *Hwes-, bhewH- "be, exist")
 5. ouch! / ow!                         au / auha
 6. help!                               parku! (PIE *bhag- "to share")
 7. aaaa! (a scream of terror)          aaaa!
 8. aaaargh! (a scream of pain/failure/
    death)                              aaaarh!
 9. grrrr! (an intimidating growl)      hrrrr!
10. blood                               äšer (PIE *esór-, *esr-)

Context:

1.  That bunny has a knife!
    Võd ula hani ojã!
2.  This is my ferret. She likes to dance!
    Ad ka ma uzura. Janud ša narsuz!
3.  The bunny with the knife is coming for me!
    Hämud hani šla ojis ta mõ tafod!
4.  Does that alien eat people or not?
    Esad uler hälsãder ušik hirši~ je nä?
5.  Ouch! The rabbit with the knife cut off my arm!
    Auha! Aschachärsu hani šla ojis moj dzihari~!
6.  Help! I'm bleeding to death!
    Parku! Ašra af zo murš!
7.  Aaaaa! The rabbit is coming back!
    Aaaaa! Jelhämud hani!
8.  Aaaargh! It cut off my other arm!
    Aaaarh! Aschachärsu ša moj halni~ dzihari~!
9.  Grrrr! I will step on (crush / squish by foot) that rabbit!
    Hrrrr! Vaicrãsi af ulã hani~!
10. The rabbit cut off my legs. Look at the pretty pools of blood.
    Aschachärsu moj hani fäšeš. Spächu nekseš šurfi~ äšerš.

Jan

=====
"You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought,
wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that
happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great
comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe." --- J.
Michael Straczynski

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