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Re: odd phrase/translation exercise

From:Roger Mills <rfmilly@...>
Date:Thursday, February 10, 2005, 21:33
>>"I didn't know that you were a philosopher". > >
OK, here's the phonetic version of the Kash. Very few surprises, Kash orthography is pretty much WYSIWYG, at least in this sentence:
> > 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@]
> > Colloquial: ta kayami, hat kambinjangaya > not know-my, you philosopher
[taka'jami 'xa?kam,bindZaN'gaj@]
> > 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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