Here, just for fun and to tide you (or myself?) over for a couple days, is a short vocabulary I've put together of some common nouns. Obviously this is nowhere near a complete list; these are just a handful of words I invented :) so I can start the business of refining grammar. If grammar is a mortal that holds the structure together, the vocabulary is the bricks of that structure. And if the mortal needs experimented upon, I need bricks to use in the meantime.
Vocabulary pt. 1: Nouns
English --> Draddrikan
dog --> shra
cat --> edde
field --> nän
street --> lurl
man --> tok
boy --> tukka (also "child")
woman --> atok
girl --> etl
house --> ker
car --> mör
table --> liria
chair --> dru
meat --> datep
vegetable --> gebti (in general, not a specific vegetable)
bed --> crik
floor --> jeltad
shirt --> flet
pants --> clepf
(a) drink --> wug
food --> yusht
bird --> metch
city --> stom
(a) dress --> shen
clock --> kardy
lamp --> fahn
window --> artwe
Obviously, these are all tangible objects, mostly things you'll encounter around the house. I haven't started on abstract nouns ("time," "justice," etc.) yet. Also, note these are all singular forms.
Vocabulary pt. 2: Verbs
English infinitive, sans "to" --> Draddrikan verb stem
plow --> cripa
work --> dra
eat --> þekt
drink --> mæna
dress --> plerm (in these sense of "put clothing on")
sing --> lammer
laugh --> bremi
sleep --> avreð
run --> drad
walk --> orble
cook --> hanach
write --> emret
read --> limmer
dance --> lug
talk --> bagha
Again, a very short list, comprised of some very common daily activities. Adequate to work with, though, for grammar-tweaking purposes.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
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