minding one’s own affairs
The phrase in 1 Thessalonians 4:11 that is translated as “mind your own affairs” is translated in Kahua with an idiom: “don’t interfere with your noses” (source: David Clark) and in the German New...
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In Kahua, unsurprisingly for an island language, there is a basic contrast in verbs of motion between travel by land and travel by sea. In Acts 13:4 it was explicit that Barnabas and Saul “sailed” to...
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The word in James 1:14 that is translated in English as “enticed” is translated in Kahua as “put out bait” (as for an animal) (source David Clark) and in South Bolivian Quechua with the existing...
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In Kahua, unsurprisingly for an island language, there is a basic contrast in verbs of motion between travel by land and travel by sea. In Acts 13:4 it was explicit that Barnabas and Saul “sailed” to...
View Articleminding one’s own affairs
The phrase in 1 Thessalonians 4:11 that is translated as “mind your own affairs” is translated in Kahua with an idiom: “don’t interfere with your noses” (source: David Clark) and in the German New...
View ArticleDorcas
In both Fuyug and Kahua, “Δορκάς” (Dorcas) in Acts 9:36 was translated rather than transliterated. It came out as “nanny goat,” which was quite acceptable as people can have animal names, and goats are...
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In the Kahua translation sporting analogies are avoided because they imply that winning involves putting other people down.…
View Articlekeep warm
The Greek in James 2:16 that is translated as “keep warm” into English was translated into Kahua as “dress well” since “keep warm” sounds very strange in the permanently hot local climate on the...
View Articletravel through the whole island
In Kahua, unsurprisingly for an island language, there is a basic contrast in verbs of motion between travel by land and travel by sea. In Acts 13:4 it was explicit that Barnabas and Saul “sailed” to...
View Articlesporting analogies
In the Kahua translation sporting analogies are avoided because they imply that winning involves putting other people down.…
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The Greek in Philippians 2:9 that is translated as “exalted him” in English is translated in Kahua as “made his name sound big.”…
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In Kahua, unsurprisingly for an island language, there is a basic contrast in verbs of motion between travel by land and travel by sea. In Acts 13:4 it was explicit that Barnabas and Saul “sailed” to...
View Articlesporting analogies
In the Kahua translation sporting analogies are avoided because they imply that winning involves putting other people down.…
View Articletravel through the whole island
In Kahua, unsurprisingly for an island language, there is a basic contrast in verbs of motion between travel by land and travel by sea. In Acts 13:4 it was explicit that Barnabas and Saul “sailed” to...
View Articlesporting analogies
In the Kahua translation sporting analogies are avoided because they imply that winning involves putting other people down.…
View Articlekeep warm
The Greek in James 2:16 that is translated as “keep warm” into English was translated into Kahua as “dress well” since “keep warm” sounds very strange in the permanently hot local climate on the...
View Articletravel through the whole island
In Kahua, unsurprisingly for an island language, there is a basic contrast in verbs of motion between travel by land and travel by sea. In Acts 13:4 it was explicit that Barnabas and Saul “sailed” to...
View Articlekeep warm
The Greek in James 2:16 that is translated as “keep warm” into English was translated into Kahua as “dress well” since “keep warm” sounds very strange in the permanently hot local climate on the...
View Articlesporting analogies
In the Kahua translation sporting analogies are avoided because they imply that winning involves putting other people down.…
View Articletravel through the whole island
In Kahua, unsurprisingly for an island language, there is a basic contrast in verbs of motion between travel by land and travel by sea. In Acts 13:4 it was explicit that Barnabas and Saul “sailed” to...
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