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Re: Useful phrases for tourists

From:Carlos Thompson <chlewey@...>
Date:Saturday, February 27, 1999, 5:44
Here in Hangkerimce:

> A beer, please
coloquial: CUM~KUN_HA\ HAM^ formal: LA_REM/YI_HIN/CUM~KU_HUN\ HAM^ Pronunciation: /'cwUmgUN?@ hAm/ with intonation /l@rreImI'hinSumgUhU~ hAm/ if you emphasis in yourself /l@:jEmhiN'cwomkU?uN hAm/ if you emphasis in the beer Glossed =2E beer-sg please! =2E LA_ you-sg YI_ me beer-pred please Where LA_ and YI_ means "you" would "beer-pred" to "me". Intonation marks: _: low /: raising or middle raising ^: high \: falling or low falling ~: falling-rising or high falling
> Where is the bathroom
HEN_HU/PU^PEN~KA_VAN/ HAM^ emphasis on Bathroom: /?@NhVw'pu:pjE~g@B@~ hAm/ emphasis on where: /?@~hUpupINg@'vaO~n hAm/ HEN_ bathroom KA_ where please where HEN_ KA_ means progresive, static situation
> Don't shoot, I'm a tourist
LIM_REM/KIM_HIN/HE~PU/KUM^HA\ HAM~ HEN_HIN/KIM_ZU/ZUN/REN~HA\ /'lim?r=3DIm'gImhiN?jeIbuwkUm?a 'ha@m h@~?ImkIm'TusUNR@~?@/ LIM_ KIM_, negative causative clause HEN_ KIM_, stative clause LIM_ you-sg KIM_ me death don't! HEN_ me KIM_ travel-person-sg
> I don't speak Hangkerimce
HAN^KE~RIM/CE~ LIM_HIN/KI_VU_YI^RU/HA\ /a~Nke:'rimtS@j 'l_jimhIjNgIBUdZi@?ju?@/ Hangkerim-language LIM_ me KI_ that(Hangkerimce) make where LIM_ KI_ means negative -- o_o =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3Dw=3D=3D=3Dw=3D=3D=3D=3D####### Chlewey Thompin ## #### http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/9028/ ## ## ## ------------------------------------------------##-## ## ### - =BFPor qu=E9 no? - No tiene sentido. - =BFQu=E9 sentido? El sentido no existe. - El sentido inverso. O el sentido norte. El sentido com=FAn, tal ve= z. O sin sentido, como aqu=ED. (-- Graeville 2)