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Re: odd phrase/translation exercise

From:Geoff Horswood <geoffhorswood@...>
Date:Thursday, February 10, 2005, 9:01
Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> wrote:

>On the wall in every one of its locations I've seen, there are several >painted-on posters. One of them is a cartoony painting of a waiter >looking back at you with a caption that says "Non sapevo che tu fossi >filosofo". This is Italian for "I didn't know that you were a >philosopher".
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>I also thought it'd make a good translation exercise, especially for a >romlang. :) > >-Marcos
In Franj, (bastard offspring of Crusader French and Turkic): I didn't know you were a philosopher Jù nen sàvi kes tù estùs un welime. /dZy: n&~n s&'.vi: kEs ty: Es'.tYs u~n gwE.li'.m@/ or Jù nen sàvi kes vùs estùz un welime. /dZy: n&~n s&'.vi: kEs vy:s Es'.tYz u~n gwE.li'.m@/ Geoff

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