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Saturday, December 4, 2010
Visit to Satoi (I)
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Two days ago, I went with Ab. and her father, the Rev. Yev., to the village of Satoi in the southern part of the Zunheboto district. Given ...
G20 sherpas
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This was something I'd seen about a month back on TV. It was a news report about the G20 summit in Seoul and the 'G20 Sherpas'. ...
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
'We dual'
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The pronoun system of Sumi is given below. As you can see, pronouns in Sumi are marked for singular, dual and plural number. SINGULAR ni ...
Not for the love of syllables
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I had an interesting conversation last night with Ab. 's dad last night. He mentioned something that he had said to me last year that I ...
Burmese snack
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Last week I was given this little packet of food (?) that I was told had come from Burma. The Burmese writing on the packet seemed to confir...
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Monday, November 29, 2010
Language vs Culture
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At the Ahuna festival two weeks ago I met Ab. ( click here for her blog). She'd just come back to Zunheboto after spending some time ab...
Potato smasher
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The other day I was asked by a shopkeeper, "Khuuno ghami kea?" , which translates roughly as 'Which village are you from?'...
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