Re: Useful phrases for tourists

Sylvia Sotomayor wrote:

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>
> So, how does one say these useful phrases in other languages:
    In rtemmu one could say:

A beer please!

    "rauzhu  str`vuhhe  linavuz  triyehhe kehs itihk!"

    polite request-you exclusive   give-with respect to   everyone
knows-subjectively normal rate-slow objective change in the
    object  beer-with respect to  objectively normal change  me.

Where is the bathroom?

    "usinano dyuxoo`gfairduru, weris?"

    I don't know-some do know-normal thought rate-slowly changing concept
place for-connection-away from me
     -bodywaste,  where?

Don't shoot! I'm a tourist!

    g~amaumhuhu  g`uitihksax!

    don't-you plural inclusive  nonreactive (=neutral)- me-end the process!

    I prefer to use the prefix g~u (g~ = velar nasal), = nothing from and
nothing towards. Tourists are, unfortunately,
targeted sometimes  for scams or crimes, but depending on where you are, being
a guest can be worse: "_whose_
guest --- my allies or my enemies?"

I don't speak rtemmu.

    unanu  g~amnokuhe  nu  lr` rtemmu lr`.

    I don't know-subjectively normal change in me-no noticeable change in my
understanding   not-ability-with respect to
    no noticable subjective change  name marker  rtemmu name marker.

    Since it means "language", "rtemmu"  without being framed by name-markers
would be understood as saying
    "I cannot use language", which would be a very confusing thing to say.

Dan Sulani


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 likehsna  rtem  zuv  tikuhnuh  auag  inuvuz  vaka'a.

 A  word  is  an  awesome  thing.