User:Nicomega/TulvanPhrase

• Caur kep tote utimu, mas ikkep utimen usim vithi. He wanted to talk to a tree, and trees only speak with each other.
• Cheers! Trum Tulvan cum!
• Crum itrum. A good man.
• Crum nus. The old man.
• Crumen cum grev goiven uzim icrum, utimen cum ütim. For men gods have human form, for trees tree form.
• Cur goiven umar crumen gim. The gods desire the blood of men. (From a very ancient codex)
• Gud dapau crum itrum uroth itrum. A good man must look for a good woman.
• Kalev vu kwam mem ni oren yulen I haven't seen you in a thousand years!
• Lev kem uroth. I see a woman. (i.e. I see there is a woman as I pass by or in general)
• Lev kwam ucrum nus. I see an old man.
• Lev kwam ucrum ëv nus. I see a man (who) is old.
• Lev kwam uroth. I see a woman. (i.e. I'm looking at the woman, even sometimes it can mean that you are staring at her)
• Lev kwam utimen nus. I see the old trees or I look at the old trees.
• Lev memen kem. You see me. (no ergative)
• Lev memene kem. You are looking at me. (ergativized)
• Lev tegene sim They look at themselves (fem.)
• Lev totene sim They look at themselves (masc.)
• Levi crumu nus. See an old man!
• Nwir cnara. The black sky.
• Primi sim Take care!
• Primi sim is used to mean Take care!
• Primin sim Take care, you guys!
• Roth icrum. A mannish woman.
• So for example a common warning to children is cnarakepi vu! 'Don't curse!'.
• TUYLV LEVI POILU SIV Think and speak with logic
• The famous phrase 'that is not logical' rendered in Tulvan as: Ëv si ilipoilu or ëv ilipoilu
• Tulv kwam, kik ëv kem. Cogito ergo sum.
• Tulvi sim siv! Think for yourself!
• Utim cip. The new tree.
• balum koinu mas thaiv gim. A Song of Ice and Fire.
• cur kwam tulu, I want to think.
• cur mem uspär? Do you want some water?
• kutulv kwam. I will think (about it...)
• lev kwam crumu nus
• mar ikoinu. Icy blood.
• ni nari gim ni wen cum from night to day
• ti tig vu mem sivsut ti iksuti vu mem! If you can't do it well, then don't do it lamely
• ti tulv kwam ti kuëvud kem. If I think, I will know.
• ti ävi kem mem ti kyasut vu kwam. If I were you, I wouldn't do it.
• ti ëv kem ipoilu ti kuprim kwam urëlik ikem. If I'm logical, I will protect my mind.
• ti ëvpuaki meme ukem ti kyatumil mem. If you listened, you would learn.
• trum ni nari Goodnight
• trum ni nari. Good night.
• Ëv tulu itrum, it is good to think, or, thinking is good.
• Ëvpak itrum crum, tumil ipoilu crum. A good man listens, a logical man learns.
• Ëvudi sim Know (your)self
• ëvpak vu mem 'you don't listen to me'