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Re: Shopping in Holunda

From:John L. Leland <countsirjehan@...>
Date:Saturday, May 24, 2003, 15:07
In Rihana-ye
Have you ever seen anything so tacky?
Helewa-me febaka-fe fugehi ha wicho-hi?
Whattime-in you (pl.both gendersadult) very crude thing saw-query
Who would wear that?
Helebaka-fe se ha *batejo-hi?
Who(pl.both genders adult) this thing wear -query
One size fits all.
By joha fugefe-deke ju *batejo-vi
One form all-for skillfully wear-will
Do you have it in a XXXXXLG?
Feba se ha fugefi joha-me febo-mi-hi?
You this thing very large form-in bring-ing-query?
Ma'am/sir, that "isn't" going to fit.
Tifeka/Tifeba, se ha fugehu batejo-vi
High you(adult female/male) this thing very crudely will fit
O sir/ma'm, that is so YOU!
Tifeba/tifeka, se ha fugefu tifeba/tibaka.
High you(adult male/female) this thing very greatly high you(adult
male/female)
Come on, you can give me a better price than that!
Nifeba, tiseba-be fugedi vela nuko-ji-bi
Low you (adult male), high me (adult male)-honorably-to very small price
humbly give-can-must
20% off (or 80% on if you do it the Chinese way)
Ky myha-fe vela-ke ko-si-vi (ly myha-fe vela here feba Zatona-ye joha-je
jo-vi)
Two ninths price-from given-be-will (eight ninths price if you Sunriseland-of
form-by make-will)
Buy one get one free
Here feba by ha velajo-vi, seba feba-be *hevela-i by ha ko-vi.
If you one thing buy-will, I you-to noprice-adj. one thing give-will
Once a year, and only once a year, the Men's Warehouse has a sale.
Fizawa-me by wa-me ge hefe by wa-me ba-fe-ye lavebasa *nivelawa ko-mi
Year-in one time-in and only one time-in adult-male -plural-of store
lowpricetime give-ing