Re: Translations: "Happy Holidays" and Language Quotes
| From: | Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, December 11, 2002, 0:59 |
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Joseph Fatula wrote:
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> To have another language is to possess a second soul.
> -- Charlemagne
Klalki uasagga ualatia suntulika uatalli ualatia.
['kl_0alCi wA'saNgA wA'latSa sontu'likA wA'taK\K\i wA'latSa]
(K\ indicates voiced lateral fricative)
Kla -la-ki ua-sagga ua-latia suntuli-ka
Be.equal-it-NonPunct G6-language G6-another We -inessive
Ua-talli ua-latia
G6-pair.of.souls G6-another
The Kassi say that a language is "in" a person to say that they speak
it. "We" is used as the generic, like "you" in English. Also, the
Kassi believe that a person has *two* souls, possessing a special noun
(related to uatla, "soul") for the pair. Thus, this literally
translates as "Another language in us is another pair of souls"
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