Re: USAGE: English, Masculine, Feminine
| From: | Roger Mills <rfmilly@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, June 15, 2004, 4:48 |
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David Peterson wrote:
> Philippe wrote:
>
> <<Nothing,
> however, beats Hawaiian. No consonant clusters...>>
>
> Maybe the way it's written, but I have heard things... Things like [hw],
> [hj],
I can understand how these could arise, from ...huV... or ...hiV... in
(probably) pre-stress position.
>and the near inexplicable [?n], in a shortening of the phrase,
> "Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana", which sometimes comes out as "Hai'na mai
> ka puana"!
You have the advantage of me, in having actually studied and presumably
heard Hawaiian. :-)) What does the phrase mean, and do they really drop out
2 whole words???