>>"I didn't know that you were a philosopher".
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OK, here's the phonetic version of the Kash. Very few surprises, Kash
orthography is pretty much WYSIWYG, at least in this sentence:
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> Neutral/exact trans.--
> ta makayasa re hale kambinjangaya
> not I-know-PAST THAT you-are AGT-seek-knowledge
[tamaka'jas@ re 'xale kam,bindZaN'gaj@]
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> Colloquial: ta kayami, hat kambinjangaya
> not know-my, you philosopher
[taka'jami 'xa?kam,bindZaN'gaj@]
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> Condescending if not snarky--
> kaç kundak kayasa re hale kambinjangaya
> person not-very know-PAST .....
> "one wouldn't know that...."
[kaS'kunda?ka'jas@ re (as above)]
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