Ring E: 19/22: Kash |
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anju hanuwak indeye ketera, kambrit hamepu tahanji re niya-niya uñat, kuna yamanjito lusongi: pitani endak kawu, ponder, yaraç, mandeka, umu leñ, sawu, samos, pirit, uñañat coñ-ko, susumbara, eme yanjun avena iti triko. sesep endak, ponder, yaraç, yukar hambiyaç niya mimik-- raput akambosni i rango yam pirit i picikni samos. umit yanjuñi, sawu, mandeka, pirit, uñañat coñ-ko i susumbara vara mepu masa, i rundondo masa tayu yam akambos endak . Ri tera, taç ilepes "raviyoli". tanju hakuk "raviyoli" ri inare, runjucap ri umuwe fasan; nami umuni yanjuwe pruput-- iharando raviyolini. lendi nahan!! |
When you ask a Terran mother, how do you make a really delicious dish, she will likely answer as follows: You need beef, potato, onion, butter, good oil, water, salt, pepper, Chinese spice-mixture, "black sauce", also flour made from oats or wheat. Finely chop the meat, potato, onions, into very small pieces-- put the mixture aside in a bowl with pepper and a bit of salt. Use the flour, water, butter, pepper, Chinese spices and black sauce to make a dough, and fill this dough with the meat mixture. On Terra, these are called "ravioli". Now put the ravioli in a basket, immerse them in the hot oil; cook the oil until bubbling-hot-- the ravioli are ready. Bon Appétit! |
Grammar |
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This text is so straightforward that if you just translate the words, you'll probably figure it out. However:
- Sentences are mostly SV(IO)O; but O may be fronted for a sort of passive; and simple intrans. SV may optionally > VS
- The dative case marker occurs 4 times, on inde, umu, inar and onde (after a vowel the written form requires a transitional y/w glide)
- Inanimate nouns have the same form in nominative and accusative. Plural -ç
- The 3d pers. possessive suffix -ni is also used simply to mark definiteness of a noun (sandhi: -nasal+ni > -ñi); on a verb it's elliptical for 3d pers. subject.
- Verbs agree with their subject: ha- 2d sing; ya- 3d sing; i- 3d plur.
- The only tense marker here is -to 'future' (sandhi, -nasal+to > -ndo)
- In a text of this genre, the imperative is not used; the base form suffices.
Vocabulary |
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Akambos | nominal < hambos 'to add, mix' |
Anju | time; when (conj.) |
Avena | oat(s) |
Coñ-ko | China, Chinese |
Eme | also |
Endak | meat |
Fasan | hot |
Hakuk | put, place |
Hambiya | piece |
Haram | (be) ready |
I | and (see also ri) |
Inar | basket |
Inde | mother |
Iti | or |
Kambrit | by what means, how? |
Kawu | a food animal, beef analogue |
Kuna | indef. Part, maybe, probably |
Leñ | good |
Lendi | good..., happy..., successful... (formulaic) |
Lepes | call (as in "call X Y"), describe as... |
Lusongi | as follows |
Masa | dough, pastry |
Mandeka | butter |
Manji | to answer |
Mepu | make, do |
Mimik | small |
Nahan | to eat |
Nami | cook; boil |
Niya | very |
Nuwak | to ask |
Onde | inside; ri... in/into depending on case |
Picik(ni) | a little bit |
Pirit | a pungent spice, ~pepper |
Pita | to need |
Ponder | potato |
Pruput | bubbling; rolling boil |
Rango | a bowl |
Raput | put away, save |
Re | relative marker |
Ri | locative prep., in/at/on with acc; in(to) with dat. --the r- deletes if the neighboring syllable has /r/ |
Rundondo | causative of londo 'full' |
Runjucap | caus. of cucap 'soak; immerse' |
Samos | salt |
Sawu | water |
Sesep | to chop fine |
Susumbara | a pungent black sauce (see note below) |
Taç | plural of tayu |
Tahanji | dish=a preparation of food |
Tanju | now |
Tayu | this (inanim.) |
Tera | the Earth, Terra; ketera - a Terran |
Triko | wheat |
Umit | to use; by means of |
Umu | oil |
Uñañat | a mixture of spices |
Uñat | tasty |
Vara | in order to |
Yam | with, together with |
Yanjun | ground grain, ~flour |
Yanjuwe | to the point/time that = until |
Yara | a pungent bulb, ~onion |
Yukar | to become |
Note to Jörg: "susumbara": I've used a native word here; Jan van S. called it "Tocharian sauce", the version he received had "Hsape [proper name of unknown meaning]"; feel free to revert to Hsape, or be inventive.
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