Re: Weekly Vocab 26
| From: | Christian Thalmann <cinga@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, October 19, 2003, 12:19 |
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--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Christopher Wright <faceloran@J...> wrote:
> 1. inspiration
> Whither the inspiration?
Due en impfiraedsone?
[dy@ en impfirE'dzo:n]
Note: I took the liberty to replace "whither" with "whence",
which appears to make more sense here. I put the
inspiration in the accusative to indicate that the
unmaimed sentence would be something like "Whence shall
I take the inspiration?".
> 2. heaven
> If I go up to the heavens, it is absent.
Si xando in coela, dix.
[si 'SandA iN gAjl diS]
> 3. pit
> If I descend into a pit, it is not there.
Si dexindo in an croeve, nau adsix.
[si de'SindA in @N grAjv no @'dziS]
> 4. wing
> If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of
the sea...
>
> 5. to guide
> even there I search for my muse to guide me.
Si xando ei alae ys diluogul, si liodro tran ei maere, eja
[si 'SandA ej 'a:le y di'lu@g@l si 'li@drA tran e vajr e:j]
ille caero mi en musa ad me duger.
[il 'kajrA mim mu:z a m@ 'du:g@r]
> 6. nothing
> I find nothing in its place.
Iommo nile pr'ei.
['immA ni:l prej]
Note: |Pr'ei| is shortened from |pro ei| "in its stead".
> 7. creativity
> My creativity fails me, and my inventiveness does not last.
Mi creodiftade me faule, ed mi ingeinoestade nau maene.
[mi ,gre@dif'ta:d m@ fawl e mi ,iNgenaS'ta:d no majn]
> 8. miserable
> I am become a miserable creature to behold, without originality, without
> thought.
Hau crede mioser a creodura ei ougul, sin oringaeldade,
[ho gre:d 'mi@z@r @ grE'du:r ej owg@l sin AriNgEl'da:d]
sin coedadu.
[siN ga'da:d]
> 9. to succeed
> I determine to succeed alone, without my muse's control.
Degerno provindare solu, sin ei obe ys mi musa.
[de'gErnA prAvin'da:r so:l sin ej o:b y mi vu:z]
> 10. beside
> Achieving all I reach for alone, I see she has been beside me the
whole time.
Cun abeino oene, cod ingibo, pergibo ud hae side cun mic
[kun @'bejnA Ajn kAd iN'gi:bA pEr'gi:bA u he zi:d kum miC]
toze ei teombur.
[to:z e 'dEmb@r]
-- Christian Thalmann
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