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In Russian there are two ways to express an idea "I catch cold."<br>It is by the mean of a verb "Ia prostudilssia" (I've catch cold)<br>or "Ia skhvatil (variant podkhvatil) prostudu."<br>The same with the diseases and feelings.<br><br>Hayim Sheynin<br><br><b><i>Katayoon Pakattchi <katayoon_pa@yahoo.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <!-- Network content --> <div id="ygrp-text"> <div></div><div>Hi Every one,</div> <div>In Persian or Farsi for catching cold we say "I eat cold". <br><br><b><i>shenanzhu@yahoo.<wbr>com</i></b> wrote:</div> <blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16,
255);"><!-- Network content --> <div id="ygrp-text"> <div> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;"> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">This is interesting, because in Mongolian the same things you mention here, just as with a cold, are perceived of as locations or destinations:<br><br>1. Minii uur xür-ch bai-na.<br> 1.sing.poss steam/anger reach/arrive.<wbr>at-imperfective.<wbr>converb be/exist-durative<br> 'I am getting angry' or 'I am angry/mad' (lit. 'my steam/anger is arriving')<br><br>2. Minii shees xür-ch bai-na.<br> 1.sing.poss urine reach/arrive.<wbr>at-imperfective.<wbr>converb be/exist-durative<br> 'I have to go (no. 1)' (lit. 'my urine is arriving')<br><br>3. Minii baas xür-ch bai-na.<br> 1.sing.poss fecal.matter reach/arrive.<wbr>at-imperfective.<wbr>converb
be/exist-durative<br> 'I have to go (no. 2)' (lit. 'my f.m. is arriving')<br><br>4. Bi xaniad xür-ch bai-na.<br> 1.sing cold reach/arrive.<wbr>at-imperfective.<wbr>converb be/exist-durative<br> 'I am getting a cold' (lit. 'I am arriving at / headed toward a cold')<br><br>However, it seems that with a cold, the person is headed towards the disease, whereas in 1-3 it is the bodily function or emotion that is headed toward the person.<br><br>Andrew Shimunek<br><br> <div style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); font-size: 12pt; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">----- Original Message ----<br><br> <div id="ygrp-text"> <div><br><font face="sans-serif" size="2">In Konni, (Gur, N. Ghana), for having a cold, they say literally "mucus is holding me." It's part of a whole lot of things that can "hold" you. Anger, if you're an angry person, urine, if you have to urinate, etc.</font> <br><br><font
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