Re: Vocab #6

And I still working on Christophe's somewhat large missive on the conlang
journal. *sigh*

1. bead (n).
       There are beads all over the place!
balva
Balvai anlo suger! (Beads there are everywhere!)

2. thread (n)
       I have thread stuck in my teeth.
timar
Im kardem timar duisk ik edhon.

3. needle
       Ow! I sat on a needle!
salhen
Has! Im sover reib salhen!

4. sew (v)
       My sister sewed me to the chair.
sidulei
Ik survo sidulalge ak arhalge im sa a kisal. (My sister sewed and
connected me with the chair.)

5. bead (v)., put beads on something, make something with beads
       He beaded a bunny with a knife. He's sick in the head.
dhabidhei (to string)
Suon dhabidhalge a kaveth fam silan. Suon asag reklant / sa dhasav fekin.
(He is insane / with bad head.)

6. spill
       Dang! I spilled my beads into my coffee!
tuldainei
Argest! Im tuldainer ik balvai leri ik medhu / kadh!

7. cut
       Cut the thread between this spot and that spot, please.
skerei, skaribei, meilei, branei, godei....
Sona tun godon duisk fe dhar ak vo dhar.

8. shiny
      Those beads are shiny. I like shiny things.
amus
Voi balvai asag amus. Im puban amus ihodi.

   9. stitch (n)
      For this stitch, bring the thread through the bead, over the
previous
bead, under the thread, and back through the bead again.
dimaiv
Len fe dimaiv, taltei a timar leri a dalva, sulre a vare dalva, utho a
timar, ak duep tiros a dalva.

   10. obsessive / obsessed with / obsessing about
      Lately, I find my self obsessed with beads.
laisen "obsession" laisadh "obsessive"
Gaimed im kardan laisen gith dalvai.

Thank you. But allow me to tell you that I hate you for number 9. It's
not the sort of hatred that forms a grudge. It's the sort of hatred that
forms a pitiful wretch crouching in a gutter, hoping to hurt anything
until the day of true vengeance.

Wright.

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