Re: Weekly Vocab 23

Christopher Wright <faceloran@...> wrote:
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> 1. obedient
There's no word exactly corresponding to "obedient".  This translation uses
the habitual state "fmy" with the preposition "se", "under the control of".

> It is a joy to have obedient children.
Xa fetlyksnau wenyap fmysenrasnau u we nrasnau nsawau.

Literally: Because the children in some arbitrary being's family are
habitually under the control of that being therefore that being is a happy
being.

> 2. family
There are several Gladilatian words meaning "family".  "Mfea" is the most
general one.

> That contributes greatly to the peacefulness of a family.
Nrau memfea rletlrhruk vekypu.

Literally: This thing is a big thing for the benefit of the opposite of
strife associated with family.

> 3. thought
"Xme"

> A thought and a kind word do as much, though.
La xou nrau wo za xme we mehrona mse nzavekypu.

Literally: Even though a true thing is this thing, still both a thought and
a word associated with friendship are at least as big a thing.

> 4. politician
There's no single word for an elected official rather than a nonelected one,
much less for a professional elected official.  "Ytro" is "official".

> A politician might have the kind word, but never the thought.
La ytro mehrona zymatmse snau wo mro fofa matxme u.

Literally: Even though an official is someone possibly having a word
associated with friendship, still (s)he is is someone at no time who has the
thought.

> 5. civility
"Civility" is not really possible to translate into Gladilation.  I used
"yeot", instead.  "Yeot" is usually translated at "propriety", but that's
not a very exact translation, either.

> Thus government contains the trappings, but not the substance, of
> civility.
Xa xou nrau we fzyl fetyeot la matesyot wo mrmatlohot u.

Literally: Because a true thing is this thing, therefore a governing council
is something which even though it possesses the appearance still it doesn't
posses the reality with respect to propriety.

> 6. civilization
"Ye" is "proper".  "U" is the nominalizer.  "Ot" is the abstractor.  "Yeu"
is "something proper".  "Yeot" is "propriety".  "Yeuot" is "the class of
things which are proper".

> Does this mean that government is not a part of civilization?
Nyxa xou nrau we fzyl mrsoyeuot u?

Literally: Is it so because true thing is this thing therefore a governing
council is something not part of what is proper?

> 7. to move
"Hsaot" is "motion" (really "movingness").  "Hsau" is "someone/something
moving".

> If you don't like it, move to Cuba. It's not any better, but they're
> honest.
Ma napu menrau mrnsawau we napu zmryletEkupa zyhsau.

Literally: If you are an unhappy one associated with this thing, then you
are a possible moving one into Cuba.

La nra fa mrfzohyemneu wo fonrafa wemse xou.

Literally: Even though this place is not a more appropriate thing, still the
words at this place are true.

> 8. to meet
"Runa" is "meeting".

> A ConlangCon is a place for conlangers to meet and discuss olives.
Ekanlenekane xvezep zep za matruna we mesnekhu matwemse snau fetmset wenvet
fa.

Literally: A Conlangcon is a place using which are creators of language who
are beings who both have a meeting and have words associated with small
food.

> 9. existence
"Lohot" is "reality".

> It also establishes the existence of various conlangers more certainly.
Hetnrau xou nra fzoxrtruna fetmset fetwenvet lohot.

Literally: In addition to this thing a true thing is the reality of creators
of language is more evidenced by this meeting.

> 10. feelings
"Wehnuzr" (plural of "hnuzr")

> No hard feelings, but I can't be sure any of you are actually people.
La mru melrhrona wehnuzr wo fmu menapu fetesnfeot mrhveneu.

Literally: Even though there are not feelings associated with
unfriendlyness, stil I am not a certain one with respect to the humanity
associated with you.

Vocabulary (* = new for this exercise)

*Ekanlenekane n. ConlangCon
*Ekupa     n.   Cuba
 esnfe     n.   human
*esy       ad.  apparent
 fa        n.   position, place, point in time
 fet       p.   with respect to
 fmu       n.   I
 fmy       st.  habitually, repeatedly
 fo        p.   at
 fzo       at.  more
 fzyl      n.   council, governing committee
 het       p.   in addition to, plus
*hnuzr     n.   emotion, feeling
 hrona     n.   friendship, love
*hruk      n.   violence, strife
 hsa       ad.  moving
 hu        n.   food
 hvene     ad.  certain, sure
 la...wo   c.   even though ... (and ...) still
*lo        ad.  real, actual
 lr        st.  opposite
 lyk       at.  random, arbitrary
 ma...we   c.   if ... (and ...) then ...
 mat       p.   possessing, having, controlling
 me        p.   associated with
 mfea      n.   family
 mr        st.  not
 mro       ad.  no, zero
 mse       n.   word
 mset      n.   language
 napu      n.   you
 nra       at.  this (i.e. pertaining to topic)
 nsawa     ad.  happy
 nvet      n.   builder, maker, creator
 ny        st.  (question)
 nyap      n.   a child contemporarily in the same family
 nza       at.  at least
 ot        su.  (abstractor)
 rlet      p.   for the benefit of
*runa      n.   meeting, gathering
 se        p.   under the control of
 sna       at.  sentient
 snek      at.  (dimunitive)
 so        p.   part of
 u         n.   something (general placeholder)
 u         su.  (nominalizer)
 vek       at.  big
 we        at.  plural
 xa...we   c.   because ... (and ...) therefore ...
 xme       n.   thought
 xo        ad.  true, accurate
 xrt       p.   evidenced by, verified by, logically supported by
 xve       p.   user of, using (as an aid for something else)
 ye        ad.  proper
 yp        su.  (adjectivizer for states and attributes)
*ytro      n.   official
 za...we   c.   and
 zep       r.   who/which (temporary)
 zmrylet   p.   into (zmr+ylet)
 zy        st.  possibly (with uncertainty)

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