Re: Re: 33 Observations on Hawaii

From: 7visions <7visions_at_prodigy.net_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 01:40:12 -0700

And Mel Gibson is directing a movie called "The 'Passion" Bout the final twelve hours of the earthly life of Christ which will be in ARAMAIC ( and Latin)
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  From: tschibasch
  To: OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com
  Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 10:55 PM
  Subject: [OliveStarlightOrchestra] Re: 33 Observations on Hawaii


  --- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_y..., "Joya Trian" <joyat_at_f...> wrote:
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> 16. Most road names start with "K" and continue for at least ten
  letters.
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  The reason for this is that the definite article in Hawai'ian is "ka"
  or "ke", which is dictated by vowel euphony. Consider the following
  words:

  "ka awa" == the harbor
  "ka ai" == the food
  "ke ola" == the life
  "ke one" == the sand

  In standard spelling the articles will append to the noun and any
  following adjectives, appearing as a single word. Elision is also
  frequently employed. Note that there are only 12 letters in the
  alphabet. These are: a, e, i, o, u, h, k, l, m, n, p, w. Words tend
  to be longer and more cumbersome than other languages in the same
  family (called Polynesian), which are Samoan, Tahitian, and the Maori
  dialects. A benefit of this language is its rich set of descriptive
  terms for rains, winds, and geographic locations.

  A neat thing about the grammar itself is a fully productive use of
  the dual form. Therefore, the first personal pronoun appears as:

  "owau" == I
  "maua" == the two of us
  "makou" == the three or more of us

  And in a verbal conjugation, with say, "hana" which is 'to do':

  "ke hana nei au" (frequently spelled kehananeiau) == I do
  "ke hana nei maua" (or kehananeimaua) == the two of us do
  "ke hana nei makou" (or kehananeimakou) == we all (3 or more) do

  The collapsed form "au" for first person singular is the standard
  conjugation form.


  John



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