"Kiam mi malvarmumas, mi ternas kaj tusas."
Translation:When I have a cold, I sneeze and cough.
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Credits to Vikungen (he posted it in another discussion):
malvarmumi --- mal + varma + um + i (opposite of) + (warm) + (related in an unspecific way) + (infinitive verb ending)
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I sometimes mix up the meanings of "terni" (to sneeze) and "tusi" (to cough).
Does anyone know of a nice mnemonic trick to remember which is which?
If it helps, try and remember that both "terni" and "sneeze" have the letter n in them, and both "tusi" and "cough" have the letter u.
Well, the mnemonic I used might only be helpful if you speak Dutch... in Dutch, "niezen" is "to sneeze", and "terni" kind of ends in the first sound of "niezen" (I guess the English also has approximately that sound in the word "sneeze"). The first part is "ter", so I think of "terra" for "world" or "earth", and I imagine someone sneezing snot onto the earth.
Failing that, I think the "i" sound is a bit more sneezy and the "u" sound (in "tusi") is a bit more coughy.
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Because the authors didn't think of all the possible translations. This one is definitely correct.