Monday, April 20, 2009

dacti - object


dacti
dai

'object'

1 is a material object enduring in space-time; x1 is a thing



cf. marji, xanri

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

tugni - 'agree'


tugni
tug tu'i

'agree'

x1 [person] agrees with person(s)/position/side x2 that x3 (du'u) is true about matter x4



cf. sarxe, mapti, darlu, natfe, panpi, sarji

Sorry, I was quite lazy and didn't post/learn any new words the past days.
u'u .i mi puzi lazni .i mi na puzi cilre lo cnino valsi

Thursday, April 9, 2009

bacru - 'utter'


bacru
ba'u

'utter'

x1 utters verbally/says/phonates/speaks [vocally makes sound] x2



* also voices; does not necessarily imply communication or audience
* ('says' is usually cusku)

cf. krixa, cusku, casnu, tavla, voksa, pinka

Monday, April 6, 2009

ciska - 'write'


ciska
ci'a

'write'

x1 inscribes/writes x2 on display/storage medium x3 with writing implement x4; x1 is a scribe



* also x3 writing surface

cf. papri, penbi, pinsi, tcidu, xatra, pixra, prina, finti for 'author' or specific authorial works, barna, pinka

ki'e - thanks

This time:

* goi - pro-sumti assign
* ko'a - it-1
* ri - last sumti
* vo'a - x1 it
* di'u - last utterance

Quite some grammar this week. Gismu next week. Any special wishes? By the way, what's the status, durka? .u'i

Last week:

* sepli - 'apart'
* preti - 'question'
* xanri - 'imaginary'
* ranxi - 'irony'
* kelci - 'play'

Some time ago:

* zi'e - relative clause joiner
* ku'o - relative clause terminator
* ke'a - relativized it
* poi - restrictive clause

Even longer ago:

* be - link sumti
* bebna - 'foolish'
* cuxna - 'choose'
* roi - quantified tense
* ma'i - in reference frame

Saturday, April 4, 2009

di'u - last utterance


di'u
KOhA2

last utterance

pro-sumti: the last utterance



A little bit late..the last one for this week. And, by the way...durka! Don't forget!

Friday, April 3, 2009

vo'a - x1 it


vo'a
KOhA4

x1 it

pro-sumti: repeats 1st place of main bridi of this sentence

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

ri - last sumti


ri
KOhA5

last sumti

pro-sumti: the last sumti, as determined by back-counting rules



Continuing the pro-sumti-series. By the way, someone remind durka of his plans to finish the valsi-blog-to-rememberize-script!