LL-L "Lexicon" 2006.03.31 (02) [E]

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31 March 2006 * Volume 02
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From: Marcel Bas <marcelbas at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L "Idiomatica" 2006.03.30 (05) [E]


Hi, all.

A colleague of mine, he is a Hindu from Surinam, has command of several 
languages in Surinam: Dutch, Sarnami (derived from North Indian Hindi 
dialects) and Sranantongo (English based Creole, also referred to as 
'Taki-Taki' or Negerengels [Negro English]).

Once he had been fully introduced to my keen interest in languages, he asked 
me to look up on some Sranantongo translations of several words the 
Internet. I found them all, but he was up to something: the last word he 
asked was 'Future'. I searched and searched, but I couldn't find it. He 
said, chuckling: "You see? That's what I wanted to show you: they don't 
think about the future, so they don't have a word for it."
Obviously, the Sarnami word for 'future' did exist.

What I want to know is whether it is true that this word does not exist in 
Sranantongo. If not, is it perhaps culturally determined? I can imagine 
that, since most Subsaharan tribes -- their ancestors -- had not been 
touched (or corrupted) by the agricultural revolution, they did not have to 
deal with long-term planning for survival purposes.

Best regards,

Marcel.

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Lexicon

Hi, Marcel!

Unrelated to your question, please let me ask if your friend can be talked 
into producing wren story translations (and audio recordings) in Sarnami and 
Sranantongo.

http://www.lowlands-l.net/anniversary/

धन्बाद (dhanbaad)!
Tangi!

Reinhard/Ron 

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