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Re: Weekly Vocab 23

From:Dennis Paul Himes <himes@...>
Date:Sunday, September 28, 2003, 20:19
Christopher Wright <faceloran@...> wrote:
> > 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) =========================================================================== Dennis Paul Himes <> himes@cshore.com http://home.cshore.com/himes/dennis.htm Gladilatian page: http://home.cshore.com/himes/glad/lang.htm Disclaimer: "True, I talk of dreams; which are the children of an idle brain, begot of nothing but vain fantasy; which is as thin of substance as the air." - Romeo & Juliet, Act I Scene iv Verse 96-99