Re: definite/indefinite articles

On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 08:46:05AM -0500, H. S. Teoh wrote:
[snip]
> Here's an example of how this is used:
>         tww'ma eb0'   t3,       a'ne `ysal3'    uro  juli'r?    t3m3.
>         speak  I(org) thus(cvy) ?    Sally(cvy) this house(loc) -
>         "I asked, is Sally in this house?"
>
>         taw'ma jhit0'   t3,       my'sal3           uu'ri.    t3m3.
>         answer she(org) thus(cvy) No-Sally(nul,cvy) here(loc) -
>         "She answered, No-Sally is here." I.e., "no she's not here", or
>         "there's no Sally here."

ACK!!! This will teach me to type things in a hurry. _my'sal3_ should read
_`ymy'sal3_. How can I forget the proper noun prefix _`y-_ ?? :-(

> Literally, _my'sal3_ is something along the lines of "none-of-Sally". So
> you might translate the reply as "none of Sally is here". :-)
[snip]

Or, more accurately, it's _`ymy'sal3_ [Hy"mysal@\], which would be
something along the lines of "Mdm. No-Sally".


T

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