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Re: Get-To-Know Translation Exercise



As promised, here's the exercise in Jovian.  A spoken version 
may follow as soon as I find out where that sudden annoying loud
buzz in my microphone comes from.  =P



> 1)  This tavern/bar isn't as good as it used to be.

Ja caubona nau ix so bona ud era tun.
[jago"bo:n@ no iS sA "bo:nU"de:r@ tUn]
PER:3s:f:NOM  tavern:NOMs  not  be:3s  so  good:f:NOMs  THAT 
be:PST:3s  then



> 2)  What are you doing?  I told you to leave them where they were!

Cod ajes?  Digivo ti siner ios ue eran!
[kA"dajs  di"gi:vA ti "si:n@r iz y "e:r@n]
what:ACCs  do:2s  say:PST:1s  PER:2s:ACC  leave:INF  PER:3p:ACC
where  be:PST:3p



> 3)  I would embrace the world if I could.

Gau blicter mundun si gau poesser.
[gaw "bliCt@r "mUnd@n si gaw "pass@r]
CNJ:1s  embrace:INF  world:ACCs  if  CNJ:1s  can:INF



> 4)  The cat ate the mouse I gave her like a tiger [would].

Mou tigris feile ezeva muren cun ei davo.
[mow"di:gri fejl e"De:v@ "mu:r@N g@n ei "da:vA]
in_the_way  tiger:GENs  cat:NOMs  eat:PST:3s  mouse:ACCs  REL:m:ACCs
PER:3s:OBL  give:PST:1s



> 5)  Yes, I've heard you, and no, I don't want to buy it.

Oc, ti auzivo, ed nau, nau vou ewer en.
[Ax  ti o"Di:vA  e no  no vow "e:v@r en]
yes  PER:2s:ACC  hear:PST:1s  and no  not  want:1s  buy:INF  PER:3s:n:ACC


> 6)  Welcome!  Here's your room key.  -- Thank you.  --  You're welcome.

Bemmindu!  Ec tua claeve cuviogli.  -- Graene.  --  Tuu servu.
[bem"mind@  eC tu"glajv ku"vi@gli  grajn  tu "sErv@]
welcome  voilà  POS:2s:f:NOMs  key:NOMs  room:GENs  thanx  
POS:2s:m:NOMs  servant:NOMs



> 7)  Sir, could I please have a glass of water?

O doemu, bloro haever un vasun augi.
[A"DAjm@  "blo:rA hajv@r @m"ma:z@"nawgi]
oh! sir, please have:INF a:n:ACCs  glass:ACCs  water:GENs



> 8)  Your mother was a prostitute.  (Or equally insulting idiom.)

Tua mazer era ewivel.
[tu"va:D@r "e:re"vi:v@l]
POS:2s:f:NOMs  mother:NOMs  be:PST:3s  purchasable:f:NOMs



-- Christian Thalmann