Kamba and English/Lexical selection - Revision history

Kdandy1 at 17:22, 30 April 2023

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2023-04-27T15:05:17Z

2023-04-27T15:01:17Z

‎Kam → Eng

2023-04-27T14:58:50Z

‎Kam → Eng

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2023-04-13T15:06:36Z

‎Kam → Eng

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‎Kam → Eng

2023-04-13T15:05:36Z

‎Kam → Eng

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‎Kam → Eng

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‎Kam → Eng

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 '''Example ii.''' Mbui, Ngiti ''na'' Ng’ombe mai anyanyae anene. → Goat, Dog, ''and'' Cow were great friends.
-'''Generalization:''' default is 'and'
+'''Generalization:''' default is 'and' (couldn't find a good generalization for context, especially because lots of the sentences in the Bible translation begin with 'na' as 'and,' and we can't really distinguish between two clauses that are contrasted vs just added together.
   '''Case 2'''

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 == Kam → Eng ==
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 '''Generalization:''' (In the corpus, country was often followed by a possessive pronoun, and it would be weird/less likely for either the ground or earth to be possessed). So if followed by a possessive pronoun, select country, and we're just making the default "earth" because earth works where ground could work, but ground often wouldn't work where earth could like above.
 [[Category:Sp23_LexicalSelection]][[Category:Kamba]][[Category:English]]

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 '''Example ii.''' Mbui, Ngiti ''na'' Ng’ombe mai anyanyae anene. → Goat, Dog, ''and'' Cow were great friends.
-'''Generalization:''' Undetermined
+'''Generalization:''' default is 'and'
   '''Case 2'''

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	'''Example iii.''' Ĩndĩ no nginya ũsyoke nthĩ ĩla nasyaĩwe... → But thou shalt go unto my country...		'''Example iii.''' Ĩndĩ no nginya ũsyoke nthĩ ĩla nasyaĩwe... → But thou shalt go unto my country...
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		+	'''Generalization:''' (In the corpus, country was often followed by a possessive pronoun, and it would be weird/less likely for either the ground or earth to be possessed). So if followed by a possessive pronoun, select country, and we're just making the default "earth" because earth works where ground could work, but ground often wouldn't work where earth could like above.

	== Eng → Kam ==		== Eng → Kam ==

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   '''Case 2'''
-  (kam) ''na'' → i. (eng) ''and''; ii. (eng) ''but''
+  (kam) ''nthĩ'' →
-  Example 1. ? → ?
+ i. (eng) ''ground''
- Example 2. ? → ?
+ ii. (eng) ''earth''
-* (kam)
+  iii. (eng) ''country''
 == Eng → Kam ==
 [[Category:Sp23_LexicalSelection]][[Category:Kamba]][[Category:English]]

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   ii. (eng) ''but''
-Example i. ''Na'' syaatu ii ni nzau. → ''But'' these shoes are new.
+'''Example i.''' ''Na'' syaatu ii ni nzau. → ''But'' these shoes are new.
 Example ii. Mbui, Ngiti ''na'' Ng’ombe mai anyanyae anene. → Goat, Dog, ''and'' Cow were great friends.
 '''Generalization:''' Undetermined

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   i. (eng) ''and''
   ii. (eng) ''but''
   Example I. ''Na'' syaatu ii ni nzau. → ''But'' these shoes are new.
   Example II. Mbui, Ngiti ''na'' Ng’ombe mai anyanyae anene. → Goat, Dog, ''and'' Cow were great friends.

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   '''Case 1'''
-  (kam) ''na'' → i. (eng) ''and''; ii. (eng) ''but''
+  (kam) ''na'' →
   Example 1. ''Na'' syaatu ii ni nzau. → ''But'' these shoes are new.
   Example 2. Mbui, Ngiti ''na'' Ng’ombe mai anyanyae anene. → Goat, Dog, ''and'' Cow were great friends.
 '''Generalization:''' Undetermined
 * (kam)