Dutch soldiers

[Aone van Engelenhoven]

Don van Minde just came with a nice translation of samatay:

>In addition to Waruno Mahdi's remarks, please note the following:
>
>I guess even in the 17th century "sama" was an all-purpose preposition
>in Bazaar Malay and perhaps also in Ambonese Malay. So, in addition to
>'with', "sama" also means '(just) like'. The sentence(part) thus could
>mean: 'The Dutch fight/fought like shit'.
>
>Now isn't this a nice observation, and how things have remained the same
>in the Dutch army during the centuries.

Best, Aone

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