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Lesson 18: Time Out 3

Vocabulary

dutha

to heal

elahela

celebration

elash

to play

íi

also

ithedal

lamp [ith (light) + dal (thing)]

-lan

Suffix (SAM): said in celebration

óotha

soul

rahith

darkness [ra- (non-) + ith (light)]

rilin

to drink

yáanin

tree

Text

Elahela

Bíi eril dóhowa rosh oba lenethath wa. Héeya amedara Elízhabeth; ada le, izh Máyel shoná. Ril amedara onida lezhetha, i dótháa amedara Doni. Mehamedara hothul lezhetha, thul lezhetha i háawith; nin amedara wothal woroth. Aril áya déela; liyen hesh, i metháa yáanin yuthu, i metháa mid.

Bíi eril lalom len wa. Mehen omid, rul i babí lom lenethoth. Íi mehen mahina, thili i boshum lom lenethoth. Dótháa amedara ábed lenethoth; dutha lom óotha lenethath. Meshidi len, i mehelash i mehada len. Áya zho wa.

Bíi eril mehóoha len aril wa. Ham rahith; óol ithedal lenetho. Hathal sháal. Aba bal berídanetho lezhetha. Merilin len laleth i meyod len yuth. Áana áwith. Bíilan nin elahela shath i wotheth wa.

Morpheme-by-Morpheme Analysis

Elahela

Celebration

Bíi

Statement

eril

Past

dóhowa

Cause to + Be warm

rosh

Sun

oba

Body

lenethath

We (6+) + Possess: birth + Object

wa.

My perception

Héeya

Fear

amedara

Dance

Elízhabeth;

Elizabeth

ada

Laugh

le,

I

izh

But

Máyel

Michael + Subject

shoná.

Peace + Doer = Peacemaker + Identifier

Ril

Present

amedara

Dance

onida

Family

lezhetha,

We (2-5) + Possess: birth

i

And

dótháa

Cause to + Thrive

amedara

Dance

Doni.

Earth

Mehamedara

Plural + Dance

hothul

Grandparent

lezhetha,

We (2-5) + Possess: birth

thul

Parent

lezhetha

We (2-5) + Possess: birth

i

And

háawith;

Child

nin

Cause

amedara

Dance

wothal

Rel + Be good

woroth.

Rel + Weather + Object

Aril

Future

áya

Be beautiful

déela;

Garden

liyen

Be green

hesh,

Grass

i

And

metháa

Plural + Thrive

yáanin

Tree

yuthu,

Fruit + Possess: False

i

And

metháa

Plural + Thrive

mid.

Creature

Bíi

Statement

eril

Past

lalom

Sing

len

We (6+)

wa.

My perception

Mehen

Plural + Understand

omid,

Horse

rul

Cat

i

And

babí

Bird

lom

Song

lenethoth.

We (6+) + Possess: Other + Object

Íi

Also

mehen

Plural + Understand

mahina,

Flower

thili

Fish

i

And

boshum

Cloud

lom

Song

lenethoth.

We (6+) + Possess: Other + Object

Dótháa

Cause to + Thrive

amedara

Dance

ábed

Farm

lenethoth;

We (6+) + Possess: Other + Object

dutha

Heal

lom

Song

óotha

Soul

lenethath.

We (6+) + Possess: Birth + Object

Meshidi

Plural + Be together

len,

We (6+)

i

And

mehelash

Plural + Play

i

And

mehada

Plural + Laugh

len.

We (6+)

Áya

Be beautiful

zho

Sound

wa.

My perception

Bíi

Statement

eril

Past

mehóoha

Plural + Be weary

len

We (6+)

aril

Later

wa.

My Perception

Ham

Be present

rahith;

Non- + Light = Darkness

óol

Moon

ithedal

Lamp

lenetho.

We (6+) + Possess: Other + Identifier

Hathal

Be good (time)

sháal.

Day

Aba

Be fragrant

bal

Bread

berídanetho

Aunt + Possess: other

lezhetha.

We (2-5) + Possess: birth

Merilin

Plural + To drink

len

We (6+)

laleth

Milk + Object

i

And

meyod

Plural + Eat

len

We (6+)

yuth.

Fruit + Object

Áana

Sleep

áwith.

Baby

Bíilan

Statement + Celebration

nin

Cause

elahela

Celebration

shath

Harmony + Object

i

And

wotheth

Wisdom + Object

wa.

My Perception

Free Translation

Celebration

The sun warmed our bodies. Elizabeth was afraid to dance. I laughed, but Michael was the peacemaker. Our family dances and our dancing causes the Earth to thrive. Our grandparents, our parents and the children dance; the dancing causes good weather. The garden will be beautiful; the grass will be green, and the fruit trees will thrive, and the animals will be well.

We (many) sang. The horses, the cats and the birds understood our song. The flowers, the fish and the clouds also understood our song. The dance makes our farm thrive; the song heals our souls. We were together, and we played and laughed. The sound was beautiful, to my way of thinking.

We were weary afterward. It was dark; the moon was our lamp. It was a good day. Our aunt's bread was fragrant. We drank milk and ate fruit. The baby slept. The celebration caused harmony and wisdom!

Comments

In the first sentence of the final paragraph, we see a new use of a familiar word. Used postpositionally (at the end of a clause), "aril" or "eril" locate the action "later/after" or "earlier/before" in time, respectively, relative to some other action.

Note the Speech Act Suffix in the last sentence. It lends a sense of celebration to the otherwise simple declaration of the benefits derived from the celebration.

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