Espering- universal simple English without grammar !
"Telefon" of Korney Chukovskiy,
fri traduk of Nataliya Konotop, Harkov, Ukraina
(poem fo children and adults)
viz Vokabular!
Dzin- dzing, dzin-dzing!
Telefon
bigined ring.
Elefant bied on layn,
koled hi from Blumfontayn,
If ay hiered ol rayt.
- Vot yu neym?
- Ol kol ay Emel.
- Yu from vee?
- Ay from kemel.
- Vot yu vont?
- Sam shokolat.
- Fo men lou o hay?
- Fo san Bitl of ay.
- Hau mach bars send tu Bitl?
- No moo. Handred kilo.
O handred fifti. Hi yet litl.
Zen Krokodil koled in tirs.
Hi krayed sou laud
zet ay fast plaged iers.
- Ay nid sam galoshes
fo ay, dier vayf, reyn klaud
en tu set viz ambrela fo Totosha...
- Stop! Stop reyn of tirs,
En no bozer, no tiz.
Bifo onli vik- en yu no kened veer,
Meyk fo feyses of yu voshes-
Ay sended yu tu peer
of perfekt galoshes.
- Bat vot tu peer galoshes fo sri krokodils:
fo fazer,
fo mazer
en fo litl Totosha!?
Vi it zem, simpl svolou,
En nau vi hangri, vi safer from sorou,
Vi sit en kray viz open mauses,
Pliz, send fo saper dazn nyu en delishes galoshes,
Bat hyuj en from kauchuk ez veered koloses!
En zen koled litl heers:
- Pliz, send glavs fo long iers.
En zen ringed mankis from eyp-klases:
- Pliz, send buks en glases.
Zen Beer foned on telefon,
En hi beloued, en hi grauled...
- Stop, stop Beer, no ror ez braun turbin,
Ekspleyn tu ay vot yu
bay zis min?
Bat Braun onli "gRRRau" en "RRRoRR",
En ay no anderstend vot rezon.
- Pliz, heng ap resiver, graf Mihelson!
Zen herons fon-tinkled en mouned in visper:
- Send, vi intrit yu, mikstur en big klister,
Vi ouve-ited tu mach grin frogs... from faul bogs...
En nau vi safer from stomak eyk,
Ez Loh-Nesi zet svoloued dazn dogs.
No long egou enaze ring.
En vot ay hier: tu gazels sing.
- Indid,
Sey, pliz, zis in veri did,
Zet ol karusels
Berned tu grif of ol gazels?
- Antilops, yu luzed maynd?
Nau no samer, nasing bern in spring.
En sving on svings in ful sving!
No klemor!
Vay, yu from Sahara herd of gazels-dama,
Bat no poultri yard on market in Panama.
If yu ovehited yuself ekvator nie,
Beter galop-kam on nekst vik hie
Fo on karusels-svings verl-sving
En drink fresh kul bier.
Bat no kiped iers open
zet layt-maynd gazels,
En zey kontin klemor
ez fayr-tauer in sauzend bels:
- Zis in veri did? Deng-dong-ding!
Indid?! Ding-deng-dong!
Zet ol svings en karusels
berned tu sorou of gazels?!
Vot sili gazels,
Zet in maynd of zem karusels!
Zee dezert, no Holivud, bat ay ken bet,
Zey pley rol of tern-teyl koket.
En ol vinds zet in heds of dier gazels
Jast sufis fo infleyt
seyls of ol karavels.
En zen pig grant-ring-foned from pigstay "Pork":
- Send tu ay, pliz, naytingal from Metropoliten
in Nyu York.
Tunayt vi vil sing from Traviata duet veri big...
- No, no! Naytingal no sing tugeze hog,
Invayt krou o donki en fo metal- o hard-rok.
En sadn Beer ror-RRRing egeyn:
- O, seyv puer volres, hi in teribl peyn.
Hi svoloued poyson spayns-glob
jast from seyn.
En zis nonsens ay hier ol dey:
DREng-BEng-DENg!
Beng-dring-dong!
Deng-bong-dring!
Nau dier Entler fon,
Zen sil Seg-Mustash ring.
Yesterdey moning from Sidney Kenguru:
- Tel, pliz, zis haus of Moydodir-Voshtuhouls?
Ay fleered ap in enjer en hau shauted:
- NO! Zis houm of... Voshdodir-Moytuhouls!
- En vee Moyvoshtu-Houlsdirdo?
- E... e... e... Sherlok Holms? ay-no-ken-yu-sey!..
Tray telefon namber sol-fa-re-mi-DO-O-O!
Ay no sliped sri nayts,
Ay tayred ez...
in simultan ches geym...
on handred bords ol K&nayts.
Ay onli vont gou tu bed,
En sam litl rest, en svit drim...
Et last... ay lay daun... hr... hr... RING!!!
- ...hu spik?!.
- Nouz-Horn Nosorog... tfu... Rinoseros...
- Vot...
- O-o-o!
- Vot zet?
- Ran kvik hie!
- Bat vot hepened?!
- Eksident! Tragedia!! No-fortun!!! Kata...
- Zet tru?!
- ...strof!!! Kataklizm!!!! Apokalip...
- Bat... - SOS! - ...vot?!?
- Help! Seyv!!
- Bat of hu?!
- Fet River-Hors of vi,
Teyl-BigMotor in voter...
- Zis ekselent!
- In short, hipopotamus Begemot...
- Zis perfekt vel!
- O Afrika Bango-God!
Hi foled in svomp...
- Zis charm...
- ...hi foled in bog!
- Zis fayn! Mey bi hi hev fan from dayving!
- Bat no zee, no hie! Vi lost hi, darling!
- Vay?!
- Vi ken si olredi onli teyl of hi,
bat zis teyl stil spin...
- Zis fesineyt!
- ...if yu no vil kam hi vil draun in bog,
in enising grin!
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- Okey! Ay olredi on vey.
Ay raned fast ez ay ken,
Bat ni-dip in kley.
En ay bied in taym.
Nau ay mast tu yu sey:
Zis no izi job.
From bog,
On bot,
Van afte aze:
doj teyl,
fet krup,
sik beli,
vast jo-
Dreg aut bE...
dreg aut begE...
Of ay God! Dre-e-eg a-a-aut...
EN PUL begemO-O-Ot!
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Espering-Inglish vokabular of "Telefon", 260 vords:
A,a B,b (Ch,ch) D,d E,e F,f G,g H,h I,i J,j K,k L,l M,m N,n O,o P,p R,r S,s T,t (U,u)V,v Y,y Z.z
| A,a afte- after. ambrela- umbrella. anderstend- understand. ay- I, me, my, mine; 1. eye. ay nid- I need. ay-no-ken-yu-sey -- I not can you say. aze- other. B,b bat- but. bay- by; 1. buy, 2. Bye(-bye)! (1,2,3 engl. [bai] ). bed- bad; 1. bed. beer- bear. beli- belly (e-ing = engl. [beli] ). beloued (pst. from belou)- bellow (e-ing = engl. [belou] ). bel(s)- bell(s) (e-ing = engl. [bel] ). berned (pst. from bern)- burnt (pst. from burn). bet- bet. beter (moust vel, ~ gud)- better. bi- be; 1. bee. bied on layn- was on line. bier- beer. bifo- befor. big- big. bigined ring- (pst. from bigin or begin)- - began (pst. from begin) ring. Bitl- beetle and from Beetles. bog- bog. bord(s)- board(s). bot- boat [bout]. bozer- bother. braun- brown (e-ing = engl. [braun] ). buk(s)- book(s) (e-ing = engl. [buk] ). (retern tu Alfabet) Ch,ch charm- charm. ches- chess. D,d darling- darling. daun- down (e-ing = engl. [daun] ). dayving- diving. dazn- dozen. delishes- delicious [dili...]. dezert- desert [dezet]. dier- dear; 1. deer. dip- deep. dog(s)- dog(s). doj- dodge (e-ing = engl. [dod3] ). donki- donkey. draun- drown (e-ing = engl. [draun] ). dreg aut- drag out. drim- dream. drink- drink. E,e egeyn- again. ekselent- excellent. ekspleyn- explain [iksplein]. en- and. en ay bied (pst. from bi)- and I was (was pst. from be). enaze- another. enising- anything. enjer- anger. entler- antler. et last- at last. eyk- ache. eyp- eip. ez- as (e-ing = engl. [ez] ). (retern tu Alfabet) F,f fan- fun. fast- fast. faul (~ bogs)- foul (~ bogs); 1. fowl. fayn- fine. fayr- fire. fayr-tauer -- fire tower. fazer- father. fesineyt- facsinate. fet- fat. feys(es)- face(s). fifti- 50, fifty (e-ing = engl. [fifti] ). fleered ap- flared up. fo- for. foled (pst. from fol)- fell (pst. from fall). fon- phone [foun]. foned (pst. from fon)- phoned. fon-tinkled -- from phone and tinkled. fortun- fortune. fresh- fresh. frog(s)- frog(s). from- from. ful- full (e-ing = engl. [ful] ). G,g galop- gallop. galop-kam -- from gallop and come. gazel(s)- gazell(s). geym- game. glas(es)- glass(es). glav(s)- glove(s). God- God. gou- go (e-ing = engl. [gou] ). grant-ring-foned -- from grunt, ring and phoned. graul(ed)- growl(ed) (e-ing = engl. [graul] ). grif- grief. grin- green; 1. grin. H,h handred- hundred. hangri- hungry. hau mach- how much (e-ing hau= engl. [hau] ). haus- house (e-ing = engl. [haus] ) hay- high. heer(s) hare(s). help- help. heng ap- hang up. heng ap resiver- hang up a receiver [risi...]. (retern tu Alfabet) | hepened- happened. herd- herd. heron(s)- heron(s). hev- have. hi- he, his, him. hier- hear. hiered- heard. hog- hog. hors- horse. houm- home (e-ing = engl. [houm] ). hu- who [hu:]. hyuj- huge. I,i ier(s)- ear(s). if- if. in ful sving- in full swing. in taym- in time. in tirs- in tears. in veri did- in very did. indid- indeed. infleyt- inflate. intrit- intreat. invayt- invite. it- eat (there is no in Espering- - pers. pron. it; onli zis, hi, shi). izi- easy. J,j jast- just. jo- jaw. job- job. K,k kam- come. ken- can. ken bet- can bet. kened (pst. from ken)- can, could. kiped (pst. from kip)- kept (pst. from keep). klas(es)- klass(es). klaud- cloud (e-ing = engl. [klaud] ). klemor- clamour. kley- clay. klister- clyster. koket- coquette. kol- call. koled (pst. from kol)- called. kontin- continue, -al, -ation, -ous... kray- cry. krayed (pst. from kray)- cried (from cry). krou- crow (e-ing = engl. [krou] ). krup- croup. kul- cool. kvik- quick. laud- loud (e-ing = engl. [laud] ). lay- lie. lay daun- lie down. layn- line. layt- light. layt-maynd -- from light and mind. litl- little (e-ing = engl. [litl] ). long- long. long egou- long ago. lou- low. luzed (pst. from luz)- lost (pst. from lose). M,m mach- much. manki(s)- monkey(s). market- market [ma:kit]. mast- must. maus(es)- mouth(s); 1. mouse(s). maynd- mind. mazer- mother. men (pl. mens)- man (pl. men). mey- may. mey bi- maybe. meyk- make. min- mean. moning- morning. moo- more. moun(ed)- moan(ed) (e-ing = engl. [moun] ). mustash- mustache. N,n namber- number. nasing- nothing. nau- now (e-ing = engl. [nau] ). naytingal- nigthingale [...geil]. nayt(s)- knight(s), 1. night. nekst- next. nekst vik- next week. ni- knee. nid- need. ni-dip -- from knee and deep. nie- near. no- no, not. open- open [oup...]. no-fortun-- unfortunate. nonsens- nonsense. nyu- new. O o- or. of- of. of ay God- my God. ol- all. ol rayt- all right. olredi- already. on- on. onli- only [ounli]. open- open [oup...]. ouve-ited -- from over and eaten P peer- pair; 1. pare. perfekt- perfect [...fikt]. peyn- pain. pig- pig. pigstay- pigsty. plag(ed)- plug(ed). pley- play. | pliz- please. pork- pork. poultri- poultry (e-ing = engl. [poultri] ). poyson- poison [...izn]. puer- poor. pul- pull (e-ing = engl. [pul] ). R,r ran- run. raned (pst. from ran)- ran (pst. from run). resiver- receiver [risi...]. rest- rest. reyn- rain. rezon- reason [ri:zn]. ring- ring. river- river. river-hors -- hyppopotamus, behemoth (from river and horse). ror- roar. S safer- suffer. sam- some. samer- summer. san- sun. saper- supper. sauzend- thousend. seg- sag. seg-mustash. send- send, 1. sand. set- set. sey- say. seyl(s)- sail(s). seyn- seine. seyv- save. shaut(ed)- shout(ed). short- short. si- sea; 1. see. sik- sick (e-ing = engl. [sik] ); 1. thick. sil- seal. sili- silly (e-ing = engl. [sili] ). simpl- simple. simultan- simultaneous, -ity. simultan ches geym- a simultaneous chess game. sing- sing. sit- sit. slip(ed)- slip(ed). sorou- sorrow. sou laud- so (e-ing = engl. [sou] ) loud. spayns-glob -- from spines and globe [gloub]. spik- speak. spin- spin. spring- spring. sri- three. stil- srill (e-ing = engl. [stil] ); 1. steal. stomak eyk- stomach ["stamek"] ache. sufis- suffice [...fais]. sving- swing. sving(s)- swing(s). svit- sweet. svolou- swallow. svoloued (pst. from svolou)- swallowed. svomp- swamp. T,t tauer- tower. taym- time. tayred (pst. from tire)- tired. tel- tell (e-ing = engl. [tel] ). teribl- terrible ["terebl"]. tern- turn. tern-teyl koket- from turn tail and coquette. teyl- tail. tinkled- tinkled. tir(s)- tear(s). tiz- tease. tray- try. tru- true. tu- to; 1. two (2); 2. too. tu mach- too much. tugeze (tegeze)- together. tunayt (tenayt)- tonight. V van- one. van afte aze- one after other. vast- vast. vay- why. vayf- wife. vee- where. veer- wear; 1. ware. vel- well. veri- very. veri big- very big. verl-sving -- from whirl and swing. vey- way. vi- we, our, ours, us. vik- weak; 1. week. vind(s)- wind(s). visper- whisper. viz- with. volres- walrus. vont- want. vosh(es)- wash(es). vot- what. vot yu neym?- "what, you, name?" voter- water. Y,y yard- yard. yestedey- yesterday [...di]. yet- yet. yu- you, your, yours. yuself- yourself, yourselves. Z zee- there. zen- than. zet- that, those. zey- they. zis- this. zis in veri did- it's in very deed (there is no "did" in Espering; pst. of do- dued). |