A large part of my life here is learning the Jula language. Since I\u2019m now getting into some fun (and funny) parts of the language, I thought that you may want to join me on my adventure. So I\u2019ll post some interesting things I\u2019ve learned in Jula today and some in the future as well. One thing to note (in case you want to try to pronounce anything I write) is that it is pronounced as it is written, much like Spanish. There are a few new letters, though. \u201c\u025b\u201d is pronounced like the \u201ce\u201d in \u201clet\u201d and \u201c\u0254\u201d is pronounced like the vowel in \u201cdawn\u201d (if you\u2019re from the Midwest and make a distinction between the pronunciation of \u201cDon\u201d and \u201cDawn\u201d). Here we go!<\/p>\n
\u201cB\u0251\u027e\u0251nd\u0251f\u0251\u027e\u0251\u201d is a banana peel. But \u201cb\u0251\u027e\u0251nd\u0251\u201d is banana and \u201cf\u0251\u027e\u0251\u201d is a big rock, like what the wise man built his house on. I learned the word for banana peel while I was working on being able to tell the story of the wise and foolish builders, so found it quite funny. You had better say that he built his house on the \u201cf\u0251\u027e\u0251\u201d instead of the \u201cb\u0251\u027e\u0251nd\u0251f\u0251\u027e\u0251,\u201d or it will be the foolish man instead and the house might slip off even without the rain! \u201cL\u0254\u0261\u0254kunj\u0251nt\u025bm\u025bnink\u0254f\u025b\u201d – I think this is the longest word I\u2019ve learned in Jula so far. It looks quite impressive. It means \u201cthe week before the week before last week,\u201d which I think we could also express by saying \u201cthree weeks ago.\u201d Here\u2019s how you separate it out so it\u2019s not so hard:<\/p>\n
– L\u0254\u0261\u0254kun \u2013 week (if you want to know, \u201cl\u0254\u0261\u0254\u201d means \u201cmarket\u201d and \u201cwood,\u201d and \u201ckun\u201d means \u201chead,\u201d but that doesn\u2019t come into play here. There are lots of homophones in Jula.)<\/p>\n
– T\u025bm\u025b – pass\/passed<\/p>\n
– K\u0254 – back (as in, \u201cWhat\u2019s on your back?\u201d)<\/p>\n
– K\u0254f\u025b – behind (as in, \u201cWho\u2019s standing behind you?\u201d)<\/p>\n
– L\u0254\u0261\u0254kunt\u025bm\u025bnin \u2013 last week<\/p>\n
– L\u0254\u0261\u0254kunj\u0251nt\u025bm\u025bnin \u2013 the week before that<\/p>\n
– L\u0254\u0261\u0254kunj\u0251nt\u025bm\u025bnink\u0254f\u025b – the week before that<\/p>\n
– Got it? Good!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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