Difference between revisions of "Kamba and English/Lexical selection"
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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 == | ||
Revision as of 14:58, 27 April 2023
Kam → Eng
One-to Many Mappings
Case 1 (kam) na → 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.
Generalization: Undetermined
Case 2 (kam) nthĩ → i. (eng) ground ii. (eng) earth iii. (eng) country
Example i. Nĩyavalũkile nthĩ na yanyaĩka tũlungu tunini. → It smashed into pieces on the ground.
Example ii. Nake ngai wa matu Nyame aĩ na ũĩ w’onthe ĩũlũ wa nthĩ. → The god Nyame up in the sky had all the wisdom of the earth.
Example iii. Ĩndĩ no nginya ũsyoke nthĩ ĩla nasyaĩwe... → But thou shalt go unto my country...
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.
