Re: CHAT: various infotaining natlang tidbits
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, June 14, 2000, 1:26 |
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Lars Henrik Mathiesen wrote:
> Me man he find-him-out all kind-kind save
save = know, as in Portuguese _saber_ (sp?)
> > Yu bilong wanem lotu? <What's your religion?>
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> You belong [to] what-name ????
Bilong is used as a preposition, "of", "You [are] of what faith?"; lotu
I'm guessing is derived from a local language.
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