A Dinosaur Comics pastiche in gjâ-zym-byn
Dinosaur Comics is by Ryan
North; every strip has the same art, but different words. This is not
a translation into gjâ-zym-byn of a particular Dinosaur Comics
strip, but rather a pastiche of Ryan North's writing style, in which
T. rex and friends talk about the semantics of a couple of important
gzb mindstate words.
{bě'lâm} and {mwĭň}
ŋ,p,: |
{*mĭ |
hum-ga-bô |
gǒ.} |
T. rex: |
topic |
deep-METAPH-ADJ |
behold |
T. rex: "It's an important subject!" |
ŋ,p,: |
{?bě'lâm-sô-ť-van |
zǒn.} |
T. rex: |
embarassment-tending-2-V.STATE |
Q.YN |
T. rex: "Do you tend to get embarassed?" |
{purj |
sǒ |
i. |
ĉǒ |
Ќ |
kâ-i |
rĭm-Ł-van, |
vĭj |
lǒ |
i |
vâ-řŋ-Ќ-zô |
~~~} |
circumstances |
certain |
at |
if |
1 |
ATT-at |
see-3GEN-V.STATE |
time |
REL |
at |
digestion-out.of-1-V.ACT |
... |
"Under certain conditions. For instance, if someone sees me excreting..." |
ŋ,p,: |
{*hwǒ, |
purj |
pǒ |
i |
bě'lâm-Ќ-van |
mew.} |
T. rex: |
INTJ |
circumstances |
DEM3 |
at |
embarassment-1-V.STATE |
too |
T. rex: "Whoa, in those conditions I get embarassed too!" |
ŋěw'sĭm |
juta-wam-dal: |
{bě'lâm |
ðe |
mwĭň |
mĭ-i |
dlâw-Ł-van |
dî'fu-zô.} |
raptor |
Utah-NAME.P-from |
embarassment.violated.privacy |
contrast |
embarassment.topic |
TOP-at |
duty-3GEN-V.STATE |
difference-V.ACT |
Utahraptor: "One must distinguish embarrassment at violated privacy from embarrassment at talking about emotionally sensitive subjects." |
ŋ,p,: |
{vǒm |
vǒm |
~~~ |
mǒj |
~~~} |
T. rex: |
yes |
yes |
... |
but |
... |
T. rex: "Of course... but..." |
ŋ,j,: |
{?mǒj |
gâ |
nǒ.} |
Utahraptor: |
but |
thing |
Q.WH |
Utahraptor: "But what?" |
ŋ,p,: |
{dî'fu |
pǒ |
mĭ-i |
mwĭň-Ќ-van.} |
T. rex: |
difference |
DEM3 |
TOP-at |
embarassment.topic-1-V.STATE |
T. rex: "I get embarassed talking about the difference." |
ŋ,j,: |
{?gân |
nǒ |
ř.} |
Utahraptor: |
cause |
Q.YH |
from |
Utahraptor: "Why?" |
ŋ,p,: |
{ce |
mĭ-i |
vy-Ќ-van |
heŋ |
gju-zô.} |
T. rex: |
this |
TOP-at |
intend-1-V.STATE |
not |
speak-V.ACT |
T. rex: "I don't want to talk about it." |
twâ-zô |
ku-faj-fja |
ŋ,p,: |
{mwĭň |
gân-ř |
gǒ |
gju-ta-van.} |
say-V.ACT |
hear-able-barely |
T. rex: |
embarassment |
cause-from |
behold |
speech-without-V.ACT |
T. rex says quietly: "See, this embarassment leaves me speechless." |
Last updated March 2012