{"id":610,"date":"2011-06-03T01:52:19","date_gmt":"2011-06-03T06:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/talossan.org\/?page_id=610"},"modified":"2011-06-03T01:52:19","modified_gmt":"2011-06-03T06:52:19","slug":"basic-vocabulary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.talossan.org\/?page_id=610","title":{"rendered":"Basic Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

This page provides some simple vocabulary words for the new student. El Treisour<\/em><\/strong><\/a> contains all common Talossan words (except proper nouns and adjectives, like personal names and placenames) and L’\u00d6versteir<\/em><\/strong><\/a> can be used to look up other English words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Numbers 0-9<\/h2>\n
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  • n\u00fcl<\/em> = zero<\/li>\n
  • viens<\/em>, having the feminine form viensa <\/em>= one<\/li>\n
  • doua <\/em>= two<\/li>\n
  • tres <\/em>= three<\/li>\n
  • qator<\/em> = four (the q<\/strong> is pronounced as a k<\/strong>, and the first syllable is stressed)<\/li>\n
  • simca <\/em>= five (the i<\/strong> is pronounced as a \u00fc<\/strong>)<\/li>\n
  • sex <\/em>= six<\/li>\n
  • seifet <\/em>= seven (the ei <\/strong>is pronounced as if it were ai<\/strong>, and is stressed)<\/li>\n
  • vuit <\/em>= eight<\/li>\n
  • noua <\/em>= nine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n

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10-19<\/h2>\n
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  • bisquinc<\/em> or de\u00feu<\/i> = ten<\/li>\n
  • \u00fcndesch<\/em> = eleven<\/li>\n
  • dúdesch<\/em> = twelve<\/li>\n
  • tréidesch <\/em>= thirteen<\/li>\n
  • tórdesch<\/em> = fourteen<\/li>\n
  • quíntesch <\/em>= fifteen<\/li>\n
  • sédesch <\/em>= sixteen<\/li>\n
  • séifdesch <\/em>= seventeen<\/li>\n
  • vuídesch<\/em> = eighteen<\/li>\n
  • \u00fandaveint <\/em>= nineteen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n

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20 and Greater<\/h2>\n
    \n
  • vaintsch <\/em>or veint<\/em> = twenty<\/li>\n
  • vaintsch-viens <\/em>= twenty-one<\/li>\n
  • trein\u00e7e <\/em>= thirty<\/li>\n
  • qarein\u00e7e <\/em>= forty<\/li>\n
  • simein\u00e7e <\/em>= fifty<\/li>\n
  • sexein\u00e7e <\/em>= sixty<\/li>\n
  • seifein\u00e7e <\/em>= seventy<\/li>\n
  • vuiein\u00e7e <\/em>= eighty<\/li>\n
  • nouein\u00e7e <\/em>= ninety<\/li>\n
  • chint <\/em>= hundred<\/li>\n
  • mil<\/em> or \u00fe\u00fasund <\/em>= thousand<\/li>\n
  • miglhiun <\/em>= million<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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    Relationships<\/h2>\n
      \n
    • famiglha<\/em> = family<\/li>\n
    • patreu<\/em> = father<\/li>\n
    • matra<\/em> = mother<\/li>\n
    • espo\u00e7eu<\/em> = husband<\/li>\n
    • uschor<\/em> = wife<\/li>\n
    • figlheu<\/em> = son<\/li>\n
    • figlha<\/em> = daughter<\/li>\n
    • fratreu<\/em> = brother<\/li>\n
    • soror<\/em> = sister<\/li>\n
    • apa<\/em> = grandfather<\/li>\n
    • ama<\/em> = grandmother<\/li>\n
    • c\u00fczin<\/em> (feminine c\u00fczina<\/i>) = cousin<\/li>\n
    • vucul<\/em> = uncle<\/li>\n
    • tanta<\/em> = aunt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n

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    Common Objects<\/h2>\n
      \n
    • pupitra<\/em> = desk<\/li>\n
    • computex<\/em> = computer<\/li>\n
    • glhibreu<\/em> = book<\/li>\n
    • televiziun<\/em> = television<\/li>\n
    • inter’riet<\/em> = Internet<\/li>\n
    • auteu<\/em> = car<\/li>\n
    • cadeira<\/em> = chair<\/li>\n
    • maisa<\/em> = table<\/li>\n
    • poarta<\/em> = door<\/li>\n
    • fenestra<\/em> = window<\/li>\n
    • cortina<\/em> = curtain<\/li>\n
    • lict<\/em> = bed<\/li>\n
    • covereu<\/em> = blanket<\/li>\n
    • aureglheir<\/em> = pillow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n

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    Places<\/h2>\n
      \n
    • cit\u00e0<\/em> = city<\/li>\n
    • casa<\/em> = house<\/li>\n
    • domeu<\/em> = home<\/li>\n
    • c\u00e1mera<\/em> = room<\/li>\n
    • cuschina<\/em> = kitchen<\/li>\n
    • oradaviert<\/em> = restroom<\/li>\n
    • restoran<\/em> or ac\u00fcvitorxha<\/em> = restaurant<\/li>\n
    • glischt<\/em> = church<\/li>\n
    • fiara<\/em> = department store<\/li>\n
    • marca<\/em> = store, market, shop<\/li>\n
    • \u00f3ifisch<\/em> = office<\/li>\n
    • voratrina<\/em> = fast food restaurant<\/li>\n
    • ustria<\/em> = bar (pub)<\/li>\n
    • \u00feospital<\/em> = hospital<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
      \n

      Colours<\/h2>\n
        \n
      • bian\u00e7\u00e9u<\/em> (feminine bian\u00e7\u00e9a<\/em>) = white<\/li>\n
      • alveu<\/em> (feminine alva<\/em>) = another word for white<\/li>\n
      • negreu<\/em> (feminine neagra<\/em>) = black<\/li>\n
      • roxh <\/em>= red<\/li>\n
      • tacriat<\/em> = bright red<\/li>\n
      • ambracafirancheu<\/em> (feminine ambracafiranca<\/em>) = reddish brown<\/li>\n
      • everieu<\/em> (feminine everia<\/em>) = whitish yellow<\/li>\n
      • flaus<\/em> = golden yellow<\/li>\n
      • cinesch<\/em> = pale yellow<\/li>\n
      • vermel <\/em>= yellow<\/li>\n
      • violet<\/em> = violet<\/li>\n
      • azir<\/em> = lavender<\/li>\n
      • braneu <\/em> (feminine brana<\/em>) = brown<\/li>\n
      • bl\u00e9u<\/em> (feminine blua<\/em>) = blue<\/li>\n
      • celest\u00e9u<\/em> (feminine celest\u00e9a<\/em>) = sky blue<\/li>\n
      • virt <\/em>= green<\/li>\n
      • grischun <\/em>= gray<\/li>\n
      • glauc<\/em> = greenish gray<\/li>\n
      • r\u00f6sch <\/em> = pink<\/li>\n
      • erxhent<\/em> = silver<\/li>\n
      • or<\/em> = gold<\/li>\n
      • crisomileu<\/em> (feminine crisomila<\/em>) = orange<\/li>\n
      • purp\u00fcl<\/em> = purple<\/li>\n
      • fun\u00e7at<\/em> (feminine fun\u00e7ada<\/em>) = maroon<\/li>\n
      • asmalal<\/em> = tan<\/li>\n
      • b\u00fcrel<\/em> = beige<\/li>\n
      • groc<\/em> or biondeu<\/em> (feminine bionda<\/em>) = blonde<\/li>\n
      • cotschneu<\/em> (feminine cotschna<\/em>) = red-haired<\/li>\n
      • can\u00fct<\/em> = white-haired<\/li>\n
      • pelbian\u00e7\u00e9u<\/em> (feminine pelbian\u00e7\u00e9a<\/em>) = gray-haired<\/li>\n
      • b\u00f6rnat<\/em> (feminine bornada<\/em>) = brunette<\/li>\n
      • castain<\/em> = auburn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n

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      Body Parts<\/h2>\n
        \n
      • ma<\/em> = hand<\/li>\n
      • br\u00e4ts<\/em> = arm<\/li>\n
      • ped<\/em> = foot<\/li>\n
      • gamba<\/em> = leg<\/li>\n
      • c\u00e4ps<\/em> = head<\/li>\n
      • uglh<\/em> = eye<\/li>\n
      • nas<\/em> = nose<\/li>\n
      • boca<\/em> = mouth<\/li>\n
      • aureglh<\/em> = ear<\/li>\n
      • caveglhen<\/em> = hair (plural)<\/li>\n
      • xhenoglh<\/em> = knee<\/li>\n
      • pol\u00e7el<\/em> = thumb<\/li>\n
      • dit<\/em> = finger (also used for toe)<\/li>\n
      • ditavint<\/em> = index finger<\/li>\n
      • ditintra<\/em> = middle finger<\/li>\n
      • ditanel<\/em> = ring finger<\/li>\n
      • dititeu<\/em> = little finger (“pinkie”)<\/li>\n
      • orteiglh<\/em> = toe<\/li>\n
      • punca<\/em> = big toe<\/li>\n
      • spaglha<\/em> or \u00feumbreu<\/em> = shoulder<\/li>\n
      • caviglha<\/em> = ankle<\/li>\n
      • car\u00f9<\/em> = heel<\/li>\n
      • glhimba<\/em> = tongue<\/li>\n
      • dint<\/em> = tooth<\/li>\n
      • labra<\/em> = lip<\/li>\n
      • goglha<\/em> = throat<\/li>\n
      • col<\/em> = neck<\/li>\n
      • lavour<\/em> = navel<\/li>\n
      • cuoi\u00dfa<\/em> = thigh<\/li>\n
      • co\u00edda<\/em> = elbow<\/li>\n
      • pignheta<\/em>\u00a0=\u00a0wrist<\/li>\n
      • tavsalt<\/em> = knuckle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n

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      Animals<\/h2>\n
        \n
      • caciun<\/em> = dog<\/li>\n
      • c\u00e4ts<\/em> = cat<\/li>\n
      • aic<\/em> = horse<\/li>\n
      • fugla<\/em> = bird<\/li>\n
      • ev\u00e9u<\/em> = deer<\/li>\n
      • addasch<\/em> = antelope<\/li>\n
      • eifunt<\/em> = elephant<\/li>\n
      • zarac’ht<\/em> = giraffe<\/li>\n
      • liun<\/em> = lion<\/li>\n
      • urs\u00fcm<\/em> = bear<\/li>\n
      • gnham<\/em> = cougar<\/li>\n
      • quiour<\/em> = bobcat<\/li>\n
      • hamilta<\/em> = squirrel<\/li>\n
      • api<\/em> = monkey<\/li>\n
      • goritxa<\/em> = gorilla<\/li>\n
      • porc<\/em> = pig<\/li>\n
      • cimpantz\u00ec<\/em> = chimpanzee<\/li>\n
      • xherpitx<\/em> = gerbil<\/li>\n
      • foca<\/em> = seal<\/li>\n
      • valeina<\/em> = whale<\/li>\n
      • urada<\/em> = dolphin<\/li>\n
      • morsch<\/em> = walrus<\/li>\n
      • atxap<\/em> = moose<\/li>\n
      • lap\u00ec<\/em> = rabbit<\/li>\n
      • mascu\u00f0<\/em> = wapiti (American elk)<\/li>\n
      • bitx\u00edc<\/em> = bison (American buffalo)<\/li>\n
      • insecteu<\/em> = insect<\/li>\n
      • mosca<\/em> or moschula<\/em> = fly<\/li>\n
      • formica<\/em> = ant<\/li>\n
      • abeglha<\/em> = bee<\/li>\n
      • aquila<\/em> = eagle<\/li>\n
      • ul<\/em> = owl<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
        \n

        Fruits and Vegetables<\/h2>\n
          \n
        • apal<\/em> = apple<\/li>\n
        • uranxha<\/em> = orange<\/li>\n
        • \u00e1china<\/em> or rasignha<\/em> = grape<\/li>\n
        • \u00fcvapa\u00dfa<\/em> = raisin<\/li>\n
        • pamplamu\u00dfa<\/em> = grapefruit<\/li>\n
        • cogorla<\/em> = pumpkin<\/li>\n
        • pe\u00dfica<\/em> = peach<\/li>\n
        • fires<\/em> = pear<\/li>\n
        • anan\u00e1s<\/em> = pineapple<\/li>\n
        • ceriera<\/em> = cherry<\/li>\n
        • freasca<\/em> = strawberry<\/li>\n
        • frembu\u00e7a<\/em> = raspberry<\/li>\n
        • c\u00f3chenet<\/em> = coconut<\/li>\n
        • lact\u00fb<\/em> = lettuce<\/li>\n
        • tomateu<\/em> = tomato<\/li>\n
        • espinarteu<\/em> = spinach<\/li>\n
        • mailintzara<\/em> = potato<\/li>\n
        • calisch<\/em> = broccoli<\/li>\n
        • ugnhiun<\/em> = onion<\/li>\n
        • aglh<\/em> = garlic<\/li>\n
        • sucicana<\/em> = bell pepper<\/li>\n
        • cal<\/em> = cabbage<\/li>\n
        • fisn\u00edc<\/em> = carrot<\/li>\n
        • talefast<\/em> = pea<\/li>\n
        • iatz<\/em> = maize (American corn)<\/li>\n
        • fungu<\/em> = mushroom<\/li>\n
        • ris<\/em> = rice<\/li>\n
        • \u00fe\u00e1riqeu<\/em> = bean<\/li>\n
        • noi\u00e7<\/em> = nut<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Meat, Fowl, and Fish<\/h2>\n
            \n
          • viind<\/em> = meat<\/li>\n
          • stinc<\/em> = ham<\/li>\n
          • schpec<\/em> = bacon<\/li>\n
          • porc<\/em> = pork<\/li>\n
          • vr\u00fcscht<\/em> = sausage<\/li>\n
          • beui<\/em> or b\u00edftec<\/em> = beef<\/li>\n
          • entracuost<\/em> = steak<\/li>\n
          • cadun<\/em> = lamb’s meat<\/li>\n
          • p\u00falaster<\/em> = chicken<\/li>\n
          • t\u00fc<\/em> = turkey<\/li>\n
          • beca<\/em> = duck<\/li>\n
          • auca<\/em> = goose<\/li>\n
          • pesc<\/em> = fish<\/li>\n
          • can\u00e7eir<\/em> = crab<\/li>\n
          • langosteu<\/em> = lobster<\/li>\n
          • u\u00eftra<\/em> = oyster<\/li>\n
          • penc’ha<\/em> = clam<\/li>\n
          • cambarot<\/em> = shrimp<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n

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        Drinks<\/h2>\n
          \n
        • boi\u00e7al<\/em> = (a) drink<\/li>\n
        • apa<\/em> = water<\/li>\n
        • lapta<\/em> = milk<\/li>\n
        • cervie\u00fea<\/em> = beer<\/li>\n
        • vineu<\/em> = wine<\/li>\n
        • cacteill<\/em> = cocktail<\/li>\n
        • s\u00fc<\/em> = fruit juice<\/li>\n
        • soda<\/em> = soda<\/li>\n
        • caf\u00e8<\/em> = coffee<\/li>\n
        • ceai<\/em> = tea<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Other Foods<\/h2>\n
            \n
          • eziun<\/em> = food<\/li>\n
          • inutrival<\/em> = junk food<\/li>\n
          • santeu<\/em> = healthy food<\/li>\n
          • prestu<\/em> = fast food<\/li>\n
          • caisch<\/em> or frumatx<\/em> = cheese<\/li>\n
          • tischilta<\/em> = cottage cheese<\/li>\n
          • savuta<\/em> = salt<\/li>\n
          • ch\u00e9ceap<\/em> = ketchup<\/li>\n
          • sn\u00e4ps<\/em> = mustard<\/li>\n
          • mar\u00f3txena<\/em> = ice cream<\/li>\n
          • smietna<\/em> = sour cream<\/li>\n
          • cjaca<\/em> or nanaes<\/em> = candy<\/li>\n
          • calatsch<\/em> = cake<\/li>\n
          • crust<\/em> = pie<\/li>\n
          • vaischla<\/em> = cookie<\/li>\n
          • p\u00e0<\/em> = bread<\/li>\n
          • uol<\/em> = egg<\/li>\n
          • salaida<\/em> = salad<\/li>\n
          • rasclada<\/em> = salad dressing<\/li>\n
          • supa<\/em> = soup<\/li>\n
          • tavasaint<\/em> = vegetable soup<\/li>\n
          • storvia<\/em> = chili (soup)<\/li>\n
          • pitzarial<\/em> = pizza<\/li>\n
          • plug<\/em> = taco<\/li>\n
          • saici<\/em> = popcorn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Meals<\/h2>\n
              \n
            • respa\u00df<\/em> = meal<\/li>\n
            • s\u00e1ftrac<\/em> = breakfast<\/li>\n
            • antecaina<\/em> = brunch<\/li>\n
            • mi\u00f0ziueziun<\/em> = lunch<\/li>\n
            • dinarh<\/em> = supper<\/li>\n
            • avendeziun<\/em> or c\u00f6natorxheu<\/em> = dinner<\/li>\n
            • gustul<\/em> = appetizer<\/li>\n
            • tx\u00fcspai\u00e7a<\/em> = dessert<\/li>\n
            • tentemp<\/em> = snack<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n

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        Some Useful Verbs<\/h2>\n