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Re: Vocab exercise, year 2, #1

From:Christian Thalmann <cinga@...>
Date:Monday, October 21, 2002, 0:35
In Jovian:


    > 1. crowd

|Muodiduende (loedon)| [,mu@di"dynd ("lAjdAn)] n.f. "multitude,
large number (of people)"

    > There was a huge crowd in front of the building.

|Era muodiduende loedon immindsa ande aevigo.|
["e:r@ ,mu@di"dynd "lAjdAn im"mindzandE"vi:gA]
be:PST:3s  multitude:NOMs  people:GENp  immense:f:NOMs  before
building:OBLs



    > 2. lead

|duger| ["du:g@r] "to lead, guide"
|plumbun| ["plUmb@n] n. "lead (the metal)"

    > She led her dog into the field.

|Dugiva suun caenen in cambun.|
[dU"gi:v@ sUN"gajn@n iN"gamb@n]
lead:PST:3s  POS:3s:m:ACCs  dog:ACCs  in  field:ACCs

    > Her dog was on a lead.

|Suu caene era funi.|
[sU kajn "e:r@ "fu:ni]
POS:3s:m:NOMs  dog:NOMs  be:PST:3s  rope:OBLs

    > The pipes are made of lead.

|Ducti son ex plumbo.|
["dUxti sAn eS "plUmbA]
duct:NOMp  be:PST:3p  out_of  lead:OBLs



    > 3. ready

|Paradu| /p@"ra:d@/ "ready, prepared"

    > He's ready to go now.

|Se paradu vari nun.|
[se p@"ra:d@ "va:ri nUn]
be:3s  ready:m:NOMs  go:INF:OBLs  now

(|Nun| is not a loan from German like many other Jovian words, it's
formed from Latin "nunc".  The infinitive |vare| "to go" is treated
like a noun here: |vari| "for going" is the oblique singular form.)



    > 4. slow

|lindu| ["lind@] "slow, inert; viscous"

    > Snails are slow.

|Liwages son lindae.|
[li"va:g@s sAn "linde]
slug:NOMs  be:3s  slow:f:NOMs

    > He runs slowly, and I bet he won't win the race.

|Curre lindei, ed herdei nau i uenger curso.|
[kUr "linde e "hErde no i "yNg@r "kUrzA]
run:3s  slow:ADV  and  certain:ADV  not  FUT:3s  win:INF  race:OBLs



    > 5. rent

|Conductun| [kAn"dUxt@n] n. "rent"

    > I have to pay rent on the 5th of every month.

|Muesso ajer conductun qynqeimo oenis meindsis.|
["myssA "a:j@r kAn"dUxt@N kyN"kejmA "Ajni "mendzi]
must:1s  do:INF  rent:ACCs  five:ORD:OBLs  each:m:GENs  month:GENs



    > 6. popularity

|Favur| ["fa:v@r] "favor, likedness"; or the more technical
|Poublaeridade| [pUb,lajri"da:d] f. "popularity"

    > This was just a popularity contest.

|Id era solei herdaeme favoron.|
[i"de:r@ "so:le hEr"dajm f@"vo:rAn]
this:n:NOMs  be:PST:3s  only:ADV  contest:NOMs  favor:GENp



    > 7. -ion
    > two parts here: first, how are verbal nouns formed?
    >    act > action, move > motion, see > vision.

Just steal the appropriate form from Latin and Jovianize it.  =)
Nation -> |naezone|, vision -> |uesone|, action -> |aectone|.

    >    His action was hasty.

|Sua aectone era praehiftada.|
[sU EC"to:n "e:r@ prEhif"ta:d@]
POS:3s:f:NOMs  action:NOMs  be:PST:3s  hasty:f:NOMs



    > 8. addition

|addizone| [,addi"Do:n] f. "addition"

    > Even the addition of an extra student increased class sizes beyond
    > tolerable limits.

|Addizone eja uni tsuzindis auhiva mangituenden claesson tran limys
toelraeblys.|
[,addi"Do:n e:"ju:idzU"Dindiz o"hi:v@ ,maNgi"tynd@N"glEssAn
tram"bli:my tal"rEbly]
addition:NOMs  even  single:m:GENs  student:GENs  increase:PST:3s
size:ACCs  class:GENs  across  threshold:OBLp  tolerable:n:OBLp

Tough one.



    > 9. hat

|Hude| [hu:d] m. "hat".  Loan from German.

    > Today is a say-something hat day!

|Hoje se dio digeris aegun.|
[ho:j se di@Di"ge:ri"zajg@n]
today  be:3s  day:NOMs  say:INF:GENs  something:ACCs



    > 10. pack

|Pera| ["pe:r@] f. "bag, backpack"

    > I need to pack for my trip.

|Muesso faeger peran idindri mio.|
["myssA "fajg@r "pe:r@n i"dindri"vi:A]
must:1s  make:INF  bag:ACCs  journey:OBLs  POS:1s:OBLs

    > The pack she wore on the trip was way too heavy.

|Pera qan feriva in idindri era nime graeve.|
["pe:r@"gan fe"ri:vini"dindri "e:r@ ni:m grajv]
pack:NOMs  REL:f:ACCs  carry:PST:3s  in  journey:OBLs  be:PST:3s
too  heavy:f:NOMs



-- Christian Thalmann