Re: Weekly Vocab #1.2.1 (repost #1)

Den 10. nov. 2006 kl. 05.01 skrev Henrik Theiling:
>>>
>>> Theme: topicalization (make the vocab word the topic or focus of the
>>> utterance).
>>>
>>> 1. crowd
Urianian: gab (crowd, herd, flock, livestock), drap (crowd, army),
gird (flock, herd), lazu (group, troup, people), zira (group of
companions, friends, society, association)
Gaajan: ube (crowd, herd, flock), ilsi (group, flock)

>>> There was a huge crowd in front of the building.
U: Gab mik i franu dixtia. (crowd huge was front-loc.sg building-gen.sg)
G: Ego ube anjaideam ekaten isju ijunji. (big crowd building-loc
front-adv stand they-did)

>>> 2. lead
U: birde (lead, v), fanuz (chain, lead), fanzkon (dog lead), pilm (Pb)
G: analare (lead, bring), kandade (chain), belim (Pb)

>>> She led her dog into the field.
U: Biri sa gone etsi ekra. (lead-3s.pret 3s.gen dog-acc.sg out-
inst.sg field-acc.sg)
G: Wojani heati tan ja. (dog-her field-all go-with she-did-to-it)

>>> Her dog was on a lead.
U: Sa gon i sidin. (3s.gen dog be-3s.pret chain-pass.part.3s)
G: Wojani kandadim iju. (dog-her chain-com it-was)

>>> The pipes are made of lead.
U: Trimpi sin pilmia urkinan. (pipe-pl be-3s.pres lead-gen.sg make-
pass.part.3p)
G: Sadaau belimy sieg junji. (pipe-pl lead-abl perf-make they-are)

>>> 3. ready
U: birjan (ready to go, prepared, alert, finished)
G: isinan (prepared, ready)

>>> He's ready to go now.
U: Birjan e nia. (ready be-3s.pres now)
G: Antuan ju. (go-inten he-is)

>>> 4. slow
U: den (heavy, slow), ter (slow, old, fat)
G: pa (slowly moving), hegitte (heavy, slow), urot (long time), uroen
(time-consuming, boring), eles, usot (late)

>>> Snails are slow.
U: Naki sin deni.
G: Wausanau pa junji.
Difficult this biology stuff. Urianian "nak" is only suggestive, from
IE *sneig-. For Gaajan I construct wausana 'one that draws slime'.

>>> He runs slowly, and I bet he won't win the race.
U: Teri girs je nenam en pirba depfusu. (slow-inst.sg run-3s.pres and
dare-1s.pres not race-acc.sg win-3s.fut.subj)
G: Hegitten anwini ju laitu aite ara ausunja sauti adala. (slow-adv
hab-run he-does dare-apass I-do-for-it-and not race win he-will-do-subj)

>>> 5. rent
U: yktin
G: asaimu (renting)

>>> I have to pay rent on the 5th of every month.
U: Eng e mi bingdi mindan bildi yktina sutte. (necessary be-3s.pres
1s.acc 5-ord.inst.sg month-gen.pl all-pl rent-acc.sg pay-inf)
G: Asaimui juinan iduen angaik ait. (rent-dat moon-gen-every 5-adv
hab-pay-imp I-do-for-it)

>>> 6. popularity
U: poplaritet (popularity), semud (likedness, pleasing-ness)
G: laritu (ability to be liked)

>>> This was just a popularity contest.
U: Suni pirb semud iktag. (only contest popularity this-here) - look,
no verb!
G: Autitu larituin padike unden iju. (contest popularity-gen this-erg
only it-was)

>>> 7. -ion
>>> two parts here: first, how are verbal nouns formed?
>>>    act > action, move > motion, see > vision.
U: zide (act, do), zid, meld (action), ilde (move, manipulate), ild
(motion, movement), aide (see), aid (vision) - basically you simply
take the infinitive and remove any -e.
G: isin (do, make), isinju (act of doing, making), isinde (deed), isa
(move, touch), isaju (motion, act of touching), isade (a move, a
touch), isamaj (something that moves), isae (mover), lisatu
(movable), ure (see), lure (vision, ability to see), ureju (act of
seeing), uretu (vision, something seen) - a bit more complicated here

>>> second, the sentence:
>>>    His action was hasty.
U: Sa meld i arv nigdi. (3s.gen action be-3s.pret fast enough-inst.sg)
G: Isindeni usuis iju. (action-his hasty it-was)

>>> 8. addition
U: bligud
G: kageode, kageoju

>>> Even the addition of an extra student increased class sizes beyond
>>> tolerable limits.
U: Neju bligud studentja exter eki mada klassan bire mirkant firzi.
(even adding student-gen.sg extra increase-3s.pret size-acc.sg class-
gen.pl beyond-inst.sg limit-dat.sg tolerable-pl)
G: Wes kageode kageotu uraetuin egokuweme ilsiwin hunasu gakedu
onauti arauntu janje. (even addition added pupil-gen size-pl-benef
group-pl-gen beyond-rel tolerable limit-pl-all grow-apass they-did-to-
it)

Tough, that one. And I think a Gaajan would have proclaimed it a bad
sentence.

>>> 9. hat
U: gilm, hat
G: kunea (headwear)

>>> Today is a say-something hat day!
What???

>>> 10. pack
U: gled (load, pack)
G: isianan (prepare, make ready), launameju (wrap up), hatua (load,
something brought along), launameitua (something wrapped up, pack,
package)

>>> I need to pack for my trip.
U: Eng e me gledid ma sinai. (necessary be-3s.pres 1s.dat pack-inf 1s-
gen trip-dat.sg)
G: Jagaunemai isiananik ait. (trip-my-dat prepare-imp I-do-for-it)
or: Kasu at jagaunemai isianan aitla. (need I-do-to-it trip-my-dat
prepare I-do-for-it-subj)

>>> The pack she wore on the trip was way too heavy.
U: Sinidan gled sa firunat man nigdi fizur. (trip-dem.loc.sg pack 3s-
gen bring-act.part.gen much enough-inst.sg heavy)
G: Hatua kuden kanamegi iju jagaunen analare jasu. (load big-adv
heavy-too it-was trip-adv bring she-did-to-it-rel)

>> Bonus Vocab from WordNet:
>>
>>   - coffee mill, n.
>>     a mill that grinds roasted coffee beans
U: kaficyrn
G: not relevant, but 'ekunja' is a grain grinding trough

>>   - interconnect, v.
>>     cause to be interconnected or interwoven
U: siriz (tie together)
G: lusim (bind together)

LEF

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