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David J. Peterson's AMA on reddit!
« on: March 22, 2012, 01:40:16 pm »

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Re: David J. Peterson's AMA on reddit!
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2012, 04:44:51 pm »
I think I have already asked more than my share elsewhere, and will be asking much more...
But there are surprisingly many exellent questions already there - and good answers too. Interesting, to say the least.
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Re: David J. Peterson's AMA on reddit!
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2012, 01:23:18 am »
I'll probably add most of this stuff to the wiki (vocabulary, that is) soon myself, but for time being, le's collect a rough round-up on new(ish) tidbits here:

Ivezhevethchiva qifokha she addo ajjalani.
"The horned-water beast bacons at midnight"
 - seems funny to me that "bacons" is translated as a verb, but nonsense is a tricky thing.
 - I remember wondering a moment ago about time prepositions/cases; this probably isn't the first time we see it, but as I did not really know, might be noteworthy that she is used.
 - qifokh - bacon

Anha nemo afichak orze ma jelloon meshes. Emmas mae fothaan majin anha zalak volderat kristasof yeri.
"I'll have a shoe with cheese on it, force it down my throat, and I want to massage your Grandmother"
 - again: it's tricky interpreting nonsense. I would have read the english version completely differently.
 - orze is probably an epenthesis-induced accusative, so this "shoe" could be orzo from phrase "Me orzo!".
 - We have emmat (causative of emat), but the meaning is ..eh.. a bit off. Might be a different word; might be just a bit different translation.
 - volderat - to massage
 - kristasof - grandmother ...strange that we don't have the word krista

niqikkheya - orgasm ...part of the result of rigidity? Probably pretty much.

Rek rakhi nharesi ithka'thim vindee hatifaan.
"that blonde hair kid needs to be stabbed in the face"
 - rakhi - boy (insulting) ...this is corroborated on another comment
 - ithka - blonde

Kash anha dothra vaesaan kash anha nem ilde ki loqami.
"While I rode to the city then I was hit by an arrow"

gomma - human mouth ...we have this just as mouth
hoska - animal mouth
govak - fucker (insult)
mattek - limper (insult) ...mattelat is probably "to limp"

Hovakraft anni nira gezrisoa evethizi.
"My hovercraft is full of poison water snakes."
 - we need to coin some unofficial word for a hovercraft.
 - note: poison-water snakes, not poison water-snakes... this makes sense

ijelat - to practice woman-on-top sex
athijezar - woman-on-top sex

jaqqa - executioner (or something to that effect)
adverb-like use of lekhaan as "enough"
arrissat - to fix

arrane - 'a public dressing down (i.e. a word for when you lambast someone in public in order to shame them in the eyes of others; derives ultimately from a word meaning "merciful")' ...I'm still a bit unsure of the exact meaning. Humilation by public flogging? Humilation by public scolding? Seems to be pretty close to "public humiliation".
karlinqoyi - gallop fast enough to kill a horse, if prolonged
kadikh - "an animal that's been captured but not yet tamed"
ita - suitably warm
fitteya - "an unnoticed and uncalled-for erection"

lakkhat - to chew
khizra (ni.) - marsh
khiro (ni.) - flag
« Last Edit: March 24, 2012, 07:16:18 am by Qvaak »
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Re: David J. Peterson's AMA on reddit!
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2012, 01:54:34 am »
Good grief! I hope David can somehow keep up with all that!

Interesting new words....
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Re: David J. Peterson's AMA on reddit!
« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2012, 05:24:54 am »
"I just need to rest, that’s all, to rest and sleep some, and maybe die a little" – Samwell Tarly

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Re: David J. Peterson's AMA on reddit!
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2012, 05:27:52 am »
I also contributed to the AMA by posting a question.

I registered under the name Astik and asked "M'athchomaroon, zhey lekhmovek. Hash yer ezhir ma vojjoroon mela mra shekhikh jalani dei?"

Can anyone figure out what I was asking?
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Re: David J. Peterson's AMA on reddit!
« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2012, 09:44:43 am »
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I registered under the name Astik and asked "M'athchomaroon, zhey lekhmovek. Hash yer ezhir ma vojjoroon mela mra shekhikh jalani dei?"
Yep. But I had to google it. Shekhikh jalani dei is a damn cool expression, but my instinct on mra threw me off a bit.
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Re: David J. Peterson's AMA on reddit!
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2012, 09:36:06 pm »
Very clever ;)
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