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Re: Vocab #5

From:Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
Date:Sunday, April 28, 2002, 6:22
On 27 Apr 02, at 9:54, Kala Tunu wrote:

> bitter---nichi > The coffee was very bitter today. > Miho kape pihi chali amata nichi. > Beverage coffee [of] now day [is/was] very bitter.
That kind of construction sounds very Polynesian to me -- if you had put the verb at the beginning, it would seem even more so to me! "Was very bitter beverage coffee of day now" Cheers, Philip -- Philip Newton <Philip.Newton@...>