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Saturday, September 6, 2014

090714 Chavacano Made Easy Basic Word List

090714 Chavacano Made Easy  
Basic Word List

feet  -pies
few  -poco
field   -campo
figure  -figura
fill   -llena
final   -final
find  -encontra
fine   -fino
fire   -fuego


From the Chavacano Handbook by Felino M Santos 

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Friday, September 5, 2014

022814 Chavacano Made Easy (por que)



022814   Chavacano Made Easy


(The phrases por qué, para qué usually translate as "why." “Qué” is more common than “para qué”. They are sometimes interchangeable; para qué can be used only when asking about the intent or purpose of something happening and can be thought of as meaning “what”. Cosa is the more acceptable Chavacano for the interrogative “what”

Note: "Por qué" is always two words. (Unless it means because)

What's happening? Qué pasa?  Cosa ta pasa?
What are you talking about? 
            De cosa tu ta man cuento?
What are you thinking about?           
            De cosa tu ta pensa?
What is this?   Cosa este?
What is this for? Para que este?/ Para cosa este?
What restaurant do you prefer?       
            Cosa restauran tu ta preferí?
When are we leaving?           Cuándo kita larga?
Where are you going to? Para donde tu anda?
Where is Roberto from? De dónde si Roberto?Where is it?  Dónde aquel? 
Which one,  (what) El cosa, cuál, cuáles
Why did the car break down?
            Porqué ya queda malo el coche?
Why did you study Chavacano?
            Porque tu ya estudia Chavacano?
            Or Para cosa tu ya estudia Chavacano?


From the Chavacano Handbook by Felino M Santos
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Thursday, September 4, 2014

022614 Chavacano Made Easy Relative Pronoun

022614 Chavacano Made Easy



Relative Pronoun -— introduces a clause that gives more information about a noun or pronoun: as: that, which, who, whom     que     
            who, whom     quien
whose    de quien                    where donde
which, that which                   cual, lo cual/que



Interrogative Pronoun —  used in questions
As their name suggests, interrogative pronouns are those pronouns that are used almost exclusively in questions.

Until when are you staying here?
            Hasta cuándo esta tu aquí?
what    qué, para que, por que, cosa 
when   cuando Who is it?   Quién es? Quien este?
Who is your friend? Quién tuyo amigo? 

For whom are the meals?
            Para de quiénes este comida?
With whom are you walking?
            Con quién tu ta camina junto?
Whom have you met?
            Con quién tu ya encontra?
whom  quién, quiénes
Whose computer is this?
            De quien este computer?


From the Chavacano Handbook by Felino M Santos
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021914 Chavacano Made Easy Possessive Pronouns

021914 Chavacano Made Easy




Possessive Pronoun-  refers to something owned / possessed by someone, as:

mine    mió    That ball is mine.    Ese bola mío. his, hers     suyo    
That hat is his. Ese sombrero suyo.
theirs   deila  or de ila   
That house i theirs. Ese casa de ila.
The green ball is mine.     El verde bola de mió.
The black car is theirs.      El negro coche deila.

Indefinite Pronoun- refers to nonspecific people or things, as:

all of them =   todo sila          
all =   todo
among them =            entre canila
anybody  =      alguien, alguno, cualquier/a
anyone =         masquien quien, cualquier/a
anything  =     masquien cosa, cualquier
both     =          ambos, dos sila, canila dos
nobody   =       nadie, ninguno, no hay quien
none = ninguno, nada 
none of you  = ninguno deinyo
nothing  =       no hay nada / nuay nada
one      =          uno, un           
somebody  =      alguien, tiene quien
someone  =     algúnas/os      
something  =   cosa, algo




From the Chavacano Handbook by Felino M Santos
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Wednesday, September 3, 2014

021814 Chavacano Made Easy Pronouns

021814 Chavacano Made Easy 

Pronouns

 

Pronouns are shorter and quicker ways of referring to a noun. Common pronouns in English include "he," "she," "what," "that," and "yours," all of which often would be replaced by longer words or more words if we didn't have the pronouns at our disposal.

In general, pronouns in Chavacano function much as they do in English.

Subject Pronoun — replaces the subject of a sentence, as:

He, she     ele  I  yo, iyo    They  sila   We       kita
You  uste, tú, evos   I want to go. Quiere yo anda.
I don’t want to go   No quiere yo anda

Demonstrative Pronoun  — replaces a noun while also pointing to it :

This one    este           That one     ese
Those aquellos            esos    
I like this one Quiere yo este / Quiere yo con este
I like that one  Quiere yo ese / Quiere yo con ese
I like those      Quiere yo con esos

Object Pronoun— functions as the object of a verb or preposition, as :

him, her           ele (no distinction in gender) 
them                conellos , canila
Reflexive Pronoun— refers to the  same
   person, as:

myself         yo            I myself    yo mismo
yourself       uste   
himself, herself, themselves con ele, canila
she herself /he himself    ele mismo 
they themselves         sila mismo


From the Chavacano Handbook by Felino M Santos
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Tuesday, September 2, 2014

021714 Chavacano Made Easy

Very well,  Thank you  Bueno, gracias
Welcome!    Bienvenidos!
What a good time we had.
   Que bonito tiempo ya tiene kita
What do you call it?                        
   Cosa tu ta llama con ese?
What do you call that?
   Cosa tu ta llama con aquel?
What do you call this? Cosa tu ta llama con este?
What else?      Cosa pa otro?
What is her name?      Cosa su nombre?
What is your name?    Cosa tuyo nombre?
Where else?                  Donde pa otro?
Who else?                   Quien pa otro?
Wow, how nice           Wow, que bueno
Wow, how sweet        Wow, que dulce
Wow how beautiful    Wow, que bonita

 



From the Chavacano Handbook by Felino M Santos
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In Retrospect

In Retrospect
Benjamin Martin (1704-1782) was a lexicographer who compiled one of the early English dictionaries, the Lingua Britannica Reformata (1749).

In compiling his 24,500- word dictionary, he gave up on trying to "fix" the language: He wrote:                                                        “The pretence of fixing a standard to the purity and perfection of any language is utterly vain and impertinent, because no language as depending on arbitrary use and custom, can ever be permanently the same, but will always be in a mutable and fluctuating state; and what is deem’d polite and elegant in one age, may be counted uncouth and barbarous in another.”
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