18th
June, 1989 |
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K.MATSUI , ID : MHA02645 |
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TITLE
: SRI LANKA 6 |
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SPEAK
OUT IN SINHALA (CONTINUATION OF SRI LANKA 4) |
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INTERROGATIVES (CONTINUATION
OF SRI LANKA 4) |
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(ENGLESHI)
(SINHALA) |
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how
many (quantity)
: ki-yad-da (stress on ki) |
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How
many do you need?
: ki-yad-da o-ne? |
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o-ne
= want |
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How
many tickets?
: ti-kat ki-yad-da? |
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How
many rooms?
: ka-ma-re ki-yad-da? |
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ka-ma-re = room |
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what
(singular)
: mo-kad-da |
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What
is this?
: me-ka mo-kad-da? |
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me-ka
= this |
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What
is your name?
: oya-ge na-ma mo-kad-da? |
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oya =
you |
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oya-ge = your |
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ma-ma
= name |
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What
did you say?
: mo-kad-da ki-wa? (stress on ki) |
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ki-wa
= said (past tense) |
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kiyanne = say (present
tense) |
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what
(plural)
: mo-na-wa-da |
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What
are these?
: me-wa mo-na-wa-da? (stress on me) |
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me-wa
= these |
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What
do you want?
: mo-na-wa-da o-ne? |
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o-ne
= want |
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What
will you drink?
: mo-na-wa-da bon-ne? |
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bon-na = drink |
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when
(time of day)
: ki-ya-ta-da (stress on ki) |
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When(What time) is tea
(time)? :
te ki-ya-ta-da?(stress on te & ki) |
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When(What time) is the
bus
: bas e-ka ki-ya-ta-da? |
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(comming)? |
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When(What time) are you
going? :
ki-ya-ta-da yan-ne? |
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yanna
= go |
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when
(day of week,month)
: ka-wad-da |
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When
are you going?
: ka-wad-da yan-ne? |
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Note: |
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Difference between
"ki-ya-ta-da yan-ne?" and "ka-wad-da yan-ne?" is |
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simply differense of range of
time which they are asking. |
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I
couldn't understand the difference of the above for a long time. |
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When
did you come?
: ka-wad-da a-we? |
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enna
= come (present tense) |
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a-wa
= came (past tense) |
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When
is Perahera?
: ka-wad-da pe-ra-he-ra? |
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Note: |
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What
is Perahera? |
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It's
a kind of religious festival based on Buddhism which is carried out |
in
Kandy,central part of the island. |
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It's
held in August for around 10 days and lasts to the day of the full |
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moon
day in August every year. |
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It's
fantastic , numbers of decorated and illuminated elephants are |
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walking around Kandy city
centre , carrying that world famous Buddha |
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tooth, and that world famous
Kandian Dancers are also dancing and |
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walking around the city
together with the Sri Lankan traditional |
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musical instrument groupe
including drums banging some strange, |
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fantastic, exotic, noisy and
strong music, which consist strong and |
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tough
men groupe and beautiful and exotic women groupe, dancing and |
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walking around in a long
queue. |
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It's
one of the most important and sacred festival for Buddist in Sri |
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Lanka. |
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Sri
Lankan Language continues. |
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/E |
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