Re: Arabic Phrase
| From: | Sylvia Sotomayor <kelen@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, September 19, 2001, 17:21 |
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On Monday 17 September 2001 01:25, Barry Garcia wrote:
> I've been searching for the latinized Arabic of this common saying
> in the Arabic world:
>
> "When we do good, the good around us is revealed"
>
> I've been able to find examples in the riq'a script, but riq'a is
> hard to decipher (as far as figuring out what letters are being
> used). So, i was wondering if any of you knew what the latinized
> arabic is for it.
Sorry. No idea.
But I did translate it into Kélen:
il ñanta jahé il ñi jahé anrówne sú-ñiéT-nó
il...il "when" ... "then"
ñanta the relational ñi + 1p.plural.inclusive agent
jahé "good"
ñi the relational la in the present perfect
anrówne "revealed"
sú-ñiéT-nó "around us(1p.pl.incl)"
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Sylvia Sotomayor
sylvia1@ix.netcom.com
wa jamú anániTa; (not.be thing.SG one/alone.ADJ)
The Kélen language can be found at:
http://home.netcom.com/~sylvia1/Kelen/kelen.html