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Shopping in Holunda

From:Roger Mills <romilly@...>
Date:Friday, May 23, 2003, 19:48
(Aargh. another one sent to the wrong list)

These sentences, offered by Adam Walker on 5/16, got underservedly ignored
in the OT flurry. A good chance to try out very colloq. Kash.

The accents should be heavy.

Have you ever seen anything so tacky?
aka talunda tikasti kana sam cakamola(ka)!?
[aka talúnda tikásti kaná sandZakamóla(ka)
Q  never   see-you thing  so-in bad taste (Q)

Who would wear that?
iyú, karí mellimbe  (for melo limbe)
that, who want-wear?

One size fits all
yole kuwa çoni yuno (çoni for uçoñi)
measure same  for all

Do you have it in a XXXXXLG?
yaleka yoleni ni-ni-niya raka?
there-is-Q  measure-its very*3 big?

Ma'am/Sir, that *isn't* going to fit.
lumbi/simbi, na, iyú, pilami, ta poro timbani
......., well, that, I think, not going-to enough

Oh sir/ma'am, that is so YOU!
uwá, simbi/lumbi, iyú , payi kambóti
ooh,                    that, how  appropriate-of you

Come on, you can give me a better price than that!
aráti, e, yale mevi laleñ aloníyu (for aloni iyu)
come-on-you, hey, there-is price better than *that*

20% off (or 80% on if you do it the Chinese way)
ropol kurongo ombanni (iti, fapol kurongo lavini pun umit valun feliyoçi)
[ropoNguroNgo omban:i iti fapoNguroNgo lavini pun umi?palupeljoSi]
20 hundredth less-its   or 80 hundredths more-its if use method Gwr

Buy one get one free!
traka mes, laprici mes!
buy  one,   extra  one

Once a year, and only once a year the Men's Warehouse has a sale.
mesanju pepehan i mesanju pepehan naponi, yale atorom ri arani yundraput
simbi
one-time each-year ..............only. there-is sale at name/gen. warehouse
"sir" (not that they would have a shop with such a name)