If anyone wants to hear the Lord's Prayer spoken in the original Aramaic,
turn on your speakers and go to:
http://www.noohra.com/Index.pl?mm/Lords_Prayer
Not quite like the King James English, innit?
> As these are two languages which I have studied, it seems like a
> great opportunity to get paid as a consultant...
>
> I wonder how to contact them about this.
>
> John
>
>
>
> --- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_y..., "7visions" <7visions_at_p...> wrote:
> > 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)
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: tschibasch
> > To: OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_y...
> > 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:
> > > .
> > > .
> > > 16. Most road names start with "K" and continue for at least
> ten
> > letters.
> > > .
> > > .
> >
> > 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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