Miskito and English
From LING073
Sentence Analysis
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- Intended: I don’t eat meat and chicken.
- Lexical transfer: #I not #meat #chicken *piras.
- Miskito:
2
- Intended: I’m allergic to mangos.
- Lexical transfer: #I *siknes *brisna *mango.
- Miskito:
3
- Intended: Hello, excuse me. How much is a room?
- Lexical transfer: *Monin, *escyusa #you. *Dia *pries *brisma #room #night *kumi ?
- Miskito:
4
- Intended: Is there a place to sleep?
- Lexical transfer: *Manuapo *ansara #place *barsara *yapaya?
- Miskito:
5
- Intended: Is there a place to wash clothes ?
- Lexical transfer: *Nara *pleis *kum *apo *cuala *tuskaya?
- Miskito:
6
- Intended: Tomorrow, I will stay at this lovely hotel.
- Lexical transfer: #I *yauhka *takash *keisna *naha *hotel *pain.
- Miskito:
7
- Intended: Is there a place to rent bikes?
- Lexical transfer: *Pleeskum *barsekei *baisikil *rin *monaya?
- Miskito:
8
- Intended: What are you doing tonight?
- Lexical transfer: *Dia *dow *keisma *na #night.
- Miskito:
9
- Intended: What do you think of the government?
- Lexical transfer: #You *dia *lukisma *naho *gabament ?
- Miskito:
10
- Intended: Today is Friday.
- Lexical transfer: *Naiwa *lika *praidi.
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