From: "Aidan Grey" <grey@...>
> Brought to you by D (for doctor) and possessive pronouns.
>
> Vocab:
>
> 1. doctor / healer
meighe /meIX/ "doctor"
noudrighe /"nu:.drIX/ "nurse"
> 2. medicine
meigijn /"meI.Ci:n/ "medication"
meigijnes /"meI.Ci:.n@/ "medical arts"
> 3. ear
origle /O"ri.Xl=/
(oreille?)
> 4. eye
ogle /"O.Xl=/
(oille?)
> 5. friend
amighe /"A.mi:X/
> 6. itch and/or scratch
oh dear...
picuur /"pI.ky:r/ "an itch"
picaar /"pI.kA:r/ "to itch"
> 7. hurt / pain (the verb ... or not)
doluur /"dO.ly:r/ "pain"
dolijr /"dO.li:r/ "to hurt (intr.)"
> 8. diagnosis
diaghnostiche /djAX"nO.ti:k/ "diagnosis"
diaghnosticaar /djAX"nO.ti.kA:r/ "to diagnose"
> 9. cure / heal
curaar /"kY.rA:r/
> 10. ill
enfirm /"En.fIrm/
> Context:
>
> 1. She is my doctor.
El màlieer êt meu meighe.
the woman is my doctor
/El "ma.LE:r Eht m2 meIX/
> 2. _That_ is _my_ medicine, and _this_ is yours.
Et meigijn _aille_ êt el meu, e _it_ êt el teu.
that medicine there is the mine and that is the yours
/Et "meI.Ci:n a:L Eht El m2 E it Eht El t2/
> 3. She looked in their ears.
El mirave seus origles.
she examined their ears
/El "mI.rA:f s9h O"ri.XlV/
> 4. She looked in (or tested, or..) her (someone else's) eye.
El mirave el ogle d'el màlieer
she examined the eye of-the woman
/El "mI.rA:f El "O.Xl= dEl "ma.LE:r/
> 5. Our friends are ill.
Nuîtres amighes sont enfirmes.
our friends are ill
/"nVH.trV "A.mi.XV sOnt "En.fIr.mV/
> 6. His scratch (the one on him) is worse than his scratch (the one he
> caused on someone else unspecified).
Aiiie...
> 7. Do y'all's heads hurt? / Do you guys have headaches?
Duilint vuîtres ciàbiles?
hurt your heads
/"dVH.lInt "fVH.trV "Ca.bi.lV/
> 8. His diagnosis (that he gave) is that she will get better.
Seu diaghnostiche êt qu'el màlieer s'cure.
his diagnosis is that-the woman cure-MID
/s2 djAX"nO.ti:k Eht kEl "ma.LE:r sky:r/
> 9. His diagnosis (for the disease he has) has a cure.
El diaghnostiche êt qu'el êt curaul.
the diagnosis is that-he/it is curable
/El djAX"nO.ti:k Eht kEl Et "kY.ro:l/
> 9a. She will cure my friends.
El curarai meus amighes.
she will-cure my-PL friends
/El kY"rA.rAj m9h "A.mi.XV/
> 10. I am not ill anymore.
Ja yeu n'êt enfirm.
already I am-not ill
/xA j2 nEht "En.fIrm/
Eeek...
*Muke!