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Spelling mistake Re: fictional worlds (Wesley P.)

From:Wesley Parish <wes.parish@...>
Date:Wednesday, August 14, 2002, 8:45
On Wed, 14 Aug 2002 00:12, Wesley Parish wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Aug 2002 05:17, Santiago wrote: > > ----- Original Message -----
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> > Would you explain to me those statements, please? > > Where are the pronouns are where the verbs? > > Te Reo Maori - The Maori Language > > > Mau e ki > You ask > > Mau - second person singular, possessive pronoun, when used with verbs in > the first position in the sentence, has a general feeling of "You will", > "You may", or generalizing "You are"; ki (long vowel) - "to speak, say", > with "e" (short vowel) preposed it is present tense/current aspect. > > > Maku e ki > I reply > > Maku - first person singular, possessive pronoun, - as above; ki, e - as > above. > > Polynesian languages have an interesting three-way split for possessive > pronouns - Taku/toku - my, mine, from Te - the; naku/noku - my, mine, I > did, have done, from me; maku/moku - my, mine, I may/will do, for me. > > Ka ki ahau ki a koe - I have explained it to you. Naku kete ka hoatu
ahua - should be ahau - I was tired and didn't think to check my own spelling. Oh the humanity!
> aku taonga ki a koe, ka kai koe. From my basket I have spread my > treasures, and you have eaten your fill. > > Wesley Parish > > > Thank you for your advice :) > > Santiago
-- Mau e ki, "He aha te mea nui?" You ask, "What is the most important thing?" Maku e ki, "He tangata, he tangata, he tangata." I reply, "It is people, it is people, it is people."