Re: translation exercise

Amanda Babcock wrote:


>Translation exercise:
>
>In your language, express a native speaker's opinion of the appropriateness
>of the cat (or other domestic animal) peeing (or other disgusting action)
>on the bed (or other inappropriate place).
Kash:  raç! kusimi yu miçi ri sungar/eçangan
      damn(interj)   (animal) that pee LOC bed/"futon"

or more colloq, maybe angrier::  kusimi raçaráç miçi sungar/eçangan
redupl. raç (with extra vowel to avoid the horrendous çr cluster, now used
as an adj., plus omission of the prep.)
(Kusimi is a small wild Cousin, hangs around farms and eats vermin; just
telepathic enough that they can relate to children and become friendly.  But
parents don't welcome them in the house-- for just such reasons (among many
others) as the above.

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