Talk:Hemmoian adages

Explanations of phrases in Hemmoian

I'll make some sense of these phrases here.

"Porreekizker eel korjilreekiper."

Words as found in the lexicon:

1. reekith 'to join'
2. eel 'or'

po-r-reeki-z-k-er

1st_obj-plural-"join"-imperative-2nd_subj-plural

us-join-you(plural)

eel

or

ko-r-jil-reeki-p-er

2nd_obj-plural-future-"join"-1st_subj-plural

you(plural)-will-join-we

"Zïmeetheihat jikweeth nui-tiemir asuultitir tsorrothike?"

Words as found in the lexicon:

1. zïmeev 'light'
2. theiha '(primitive) fruiting body, bulb, knob'
3. jikweeth 'to switch, to change'
4. nui- (interrogative prefix)
5. tiemir 'many'
6. asuult 'Gigerdian'
7. rothiketh 'to need'

zïmee-theiha-t

"light"-"bulb"-accusative

jikwee-th

"switch"-infinitive

nui-tiemir

interrogative-"many"

how many

asuult-it-ir

"Gigerdian"-accusative-plural

Gigerdians

tso-r-rothike

3rd_obj-plural-"need"

is needed

So literally: "Lightbulb to change how many Gigerdians is-needed?"

--Zet 12:32, 20 Feb 2008 (EET)

"Rikkaamu zig rikkaaz udevnikimuur seäthgeer."

Words as found in the lexicon:

1. rikkaal 'you (plural)'
2. zig 'and'
3. udevnik 'ally'
4. seäthgeet 'greeting'

rikkaa-mu

"you"-illative

to you

zig

and

rikkaa-z

"you"-genitive

your

ude-vn-ik-imuur

"be allied"-participle-noun-illative

to-allied-beings

seäthg-ee-r

"greet"-noun-plural

greetings

--Zet 11:59, 2 Mar 2008 (EET)