Re: functions (zo'o)

["Jorge J. Llambías" <jorge@INTERMEDIA.COM.AR>]

Here are some possible translations. I'm sure they could be improved:


>>       How many times did he beat you ?
            i ko'a do xoroi darxi

>>       I fell from the ladder yesterday.
            i mi farlu fi le serti ca le purlamdei

>>       One day our driver fell from the steps.
            i ca lo djedi le mi'a jatna cu farlu fi le serti

>>       siksa - menyksa         to torture
            cortcegau/crotcegau

>>       He slapped his wife repeatedly.
            i ko'a so'oroi xanda'i le ri speni

>>       Ali kicked the dog repeatedly.
            i la alis so'oroi jmada'i [tikpa] le gerku

>>       Agus, your clothes are dirty, do not sleep in my bed !
            i doi agus le do se dasni cu toljinsa i ko na vreta le mi ckana

>>       He headed a gang of robbers.
            i ko'a te bende loi zerle'a

>>       The ox was whipped.
            i le bakni pu se skoda'i

>>       The pain cannot be borne
            i le nuncro na ka'e se sarji

>>       The two gamblers first quarrelled, then they hit each other, and
finally
>>       they stabbed each other.
            i lei re dinkei cu simxu le ka pamai damba gi'e remai darxi gi'e
romai
            dakcatra

>>       They gambled to complete exhaustion.
            i ko'a dinkei co'u le nu ta'irai

>>       The man who ran amuck screamed (and went on screaming)
>>        and shot (and went on shooting) at those around him.
            i le fenki bajra cu za'o krixa gi'e za'o celgau fa'a lei ri
sruri

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