Sunday, June 19, 2011

English Exclamation – 1 [Mirang Palau]

Van Biak Thang

Fianternak: Launak, lawmhnak i biachuak kan chimmi kha ‘palau (interjection)’ ti a si i cucu lungsu (exclamation mark!) he langhter a si. Cu bantuk ṭhiamṭhiam sau deuh le biatlang tling deuh in kan chimmi kha lungsu (exclamation) timi a si. Tahchunhnak, ruah lo piin kan lau tuk i ‘aih!’ kan timi khi interjection a si i ‘na ka lauter tuk ah’ kan timi khi exclamation a si. Nain, hika ahcun kan cawh dih ko lai.

All the best [Good luck, take care, break a leg] = i ṭhen lai, i thlah lai le caṭial tik i a donghnak ah chim le ṭial a si. A sullam cu dam tein, tluang tein ti a si. (I wish you all the best of luck kha a tawinak in chimmi a si)

As you wish
[as you like] = kan hna a tlak lem lo zongah ‘si ko seh, nangmah nawl, nangmah duhning in si ko seh, nangmah ṭhu’ tinak

blah blah blah = bia kan chim tikah a sau tukmi tawiternak ah kan lakmi pawl langhternak; mi pakhat a holh a tam tuk i daihternak ah hmanmi

Bless you [God bless you] = i thlah lai le i ṭhen lai ah chimmi; mi pakhat a hathio tikah chimmi (kannih nihcun aho nih dik an caih, an in ngai i a si ko lai kan timi khi)

Blimey
[blind me, blame me] = keimah palh, keimah daithlan, ka hmuh lo eh – ka mitcaw tawn eh ti bantukin thil pakhat a tlamtlin lo tikah chimmi [Blimey! I didn’t see that! = Ka mit caw eh, ka hmu lo cuh!]

Crap
[shit, shite, bollocks] = ek a si ko, ek bantuk a si ko tiin a poimawh tikah, thil a chiami kong kan chim tikah, santlai lo kong kan langhter duh tikah, ruah lo piin kan lau tuk tikah chimmi [Crap! I lost the game = ek ka si ko, ka sung.]

Oh dear = launak, lungretheihnak, hnatlak lonak langhternak i chimmi; ‘aw khah, a poining’ kan ti tawnmi he zong aa khat [Oh dear! You seem to have forgotten your ticket = Na tiket na philh hoi cang rua ka ti ko, cu ngai cu a poining!]

Okey dokey [OK, Okay, Okey-dokey, okey-doke] = OK timi kha capo bantuk le nuam deuh in chimnak

Oops [oopsy, whoops-a-daisy, whoops, oopsie] = Kan lau, kan palh sual tikah ‘awh, ah’ kan timi khi [Oops! I left the lid off the kettle = awh, tisa lumnak a chin chin loin ka kaltak cuh]

No worries [OK, no problem, no probs, everything will be all right] = hi bia hi Australia le New Zealand ummi nih an hman deuhmi a si i a sullam cu a poi lo, a poi lo cuh kan ti tawnmi he aa khat [Mi pakhat nih kan cungah lawmhnak (thanks) a chim tikah ‘no worries (a poi lo cuh, cu tham cu)’ kan timi khi]

Yuck
[yuk, yucky, yucks] = thil pakhat kong kan chim i ‘fih a nung’ tinak; ‘awk’ ti phun i aw in kan langhtermi he aa khat [Yuck! Stop telling me about it = Fihnung in, mah kong cu ka chim ti hlah]

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