Troubled waters under a bridge

Mike Cleven ironmtn at BIGFOOT.COM
Fri Jun 29 05:55:53 UTC 2001


Dave Robertson wrote:
>
> Howdy,
>
> Welp, I've seen the English word "bridge" borrowed directly into _Kamloops
Wawa_ Chinook Jargon.  A literal-minded translation would thus look like
<masachi chok kikuli kopa brich> in that variety of CJ.

Would we need the auxiliary preposition in KW CJ, or in most CJ for that
matter?  "kikuli brich" seems pretty straightforward....

MC



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