West Germanic language/Vocabulary building

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Itx hâf kôldôn

Tæêrôn -> ¿Wæêrôn?

Li jewidẽjûm - It's down to the weather

Li tæêrôn tis dæjûm sniwê - Das liegt daran, dass es an diesem Tag schneite (Lie thereon this day.DAT snow.SUB)

Wâtûm têlôn - To count on something to happen

We têl tæêmid sniwê - Wir rechnen damit, dass es schneite

Tât fôlkmanrâdên is odê txũrê tâm hẽrêmanrâdên to mênûm tâs fjõqs onjẽn tâm nût âtxrunê wâpên is - The civil service is an alternative (other choice) to the military service for people (men) whose principles are against the use of a lethal weapon

Mutæ - mündig

Fõmê mid sîkstînê jẽsûm mæ man miqtxewũlûm farôn - Erst mit sechzehn darf man Moped fahren

Mid sîkstînê jẽsûm xâl man mânbewisôn ôdê fõlâtûncôn hâbôn - Mit sechzen muss man einen Personalausweis oder Pass haben

Mid fjoêtînê jẽsûm is man halænesmutæ - Mit fünfzehn ist man religionsmündig

Mid ẽqtînê jẽsûm mæ man êl crînôn - Mit achtzehn darf man alles trinken

Sîkstînẽrê mæ ẽqtînẽjôn hâmôn - Eine 16-Jährige darf mit einem 18-Jährige Sex haben

Wîlê he si in Lûndênûm - he could be in London (he is possibly in London, [It] wants he be in London)

Tẽf he si in Lûndênûm - he should/must be in London (he is probably in London, [It] needs he be in London)

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West Germanic Computer Glossary http://www.u.arizona.edu/~ctb/wordhord.html

A

alias - evênamê anchor - ônkõ anonymous - unkutlitx application - jefrêmînc archive - stæêhõd arrow key - flankæ asynchronous communication - unstûncumêndmâdêlkwidê automatic - sêlfrêmêndê

B

backbone - rucban bandwidth - bêndbradnes battery - spẽkêhus beep - swœcropê bells and whistles - bêlê ônd wîstêls beta release - unfûlfremedbrutnûnc binary - txwirimlitx bit - lutêlbitê bookmark - âstêl boot, boot up - inspînjewũfôstũriôn broadcast - tobrâdôn browser - ûmpxẽwẽrê buffer - lânêsto bug - wũm, bûdê bus - înodpât button - knâp byte - bitê

C

cable - wiê, rap cache - lânêhõd camera - onlitxnesnimênd cancel - onwoêxuvôn card - xid cathode-ray tube - nidêstiêndêximêpipê chip - txîp circuit - ûmpfaru, ûmpgônc click - musgacratxiôn

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Modal Verbs

kûnôn

kûnêndê, kut

Hit kân - It can

Hit kûnê - It could (conditional)

Hit kutê - It could (past tense)

xulôn

xulêndê, xulênê

Hit xâl - It must

Hit xulê - It should

Hit xôldê - It had to

wîlôn

wîlêndê, wîlênê

Hit wîlê - It wants

Hit wôldê - It would like

Hit wôld - It wanted

magôn

majêndê, majênê

Hit mæ - It may (is allowed to)

Hit mâjê - It likes

Hit mẽqtê - It might (past tense)

dûrôn

dûrêndê, dûrênê

Hit dẽ - It dares

Hit dûrê - It ?

Hit dõstê - It dared