Fw: [Lexicog] shame, guilt, sorry, regret

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From: "Thapelo Otlogetswe" <thaps at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 8:03 AM
Subject: RE: [Lexicog] shame, guilt, sorry, regret


> In Setswana (Tswana), a Bantu language spoken in
> Botswana and South Africa shame is lexicalised as
> 'tlhong' wich also expresses embarassment.
> But to say: I am ashamed (Ke tlhabiwa ke ditlhong) it
> would come out as = /I am being pricked by shame/
>
> 'Guilt' on the other hand is not lexicalised but
> instead "conscience eating" /jewa ke letswalo/ is
> used. That is if you want to say: I feel guilt (Ke
> jewa ke letswalo/Ke jega letswalo) it would come out
> as = A conscience is eating me up/My conscience is
> being eaten up.
>
> For 'sorry' you either use 'forgive' /itshwarela/ or
> the image 'wrinkles' /maswabi/ as in the sentence 'I
> am sorry' (ke kopa maitshwarelo/ke maswabi) which
> comes out as = (I ask for forgiveness/I am wrinkled)
>
> For 'regret' Setswana uses 'repent' /ikotlhaya which
> literaly means 'punish yourself'/ therefore if you
> say: 'I regret coming here' (Ke ikotlhaela go tla fa)
> comes out literally as 'I repent of coming here' or 'I
> punish myself for coming here'
>
>
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> Thapelo Otlogetswe
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