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Translation Q: ejaculations

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ururimi: English

Miland (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 1 Ntwarante 2008 11:29:34

How would you translate into E-o:

Ha Ha!

Ho ho!

Hee hee!

Heh heh!

Hmm!

Mmmm!

Aw!

mnlg (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 1 Ntwarante 2008 13:14:53

"haha", "hoho", "hihi", "hehe", "mm.", "mm!", "hoo".

richardhall (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 1 Ntwarante 2008 13:21:18

Nonsense! "Hmm!" has to be translated into E-o as 'Mmm!'. rideto.gif

mnlg:"haha", "hoho", "hihi", "hehe", "mm.", "mm!", "hoo".

Miland (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 1 Ntwarante 2008 14:48:15

Aw! as intended here is as the American 'Aw, that's too bad.' A sympathetic Aw! So Hoo! to drive someone away is not what I mean.

Miland (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 1 Ntwarante 2008 14:58:11

richardhall:Nonsense! "Hmm!" has to be translated into E-o as 'Mmm!'. rideto.gif
One could use Mmmm! in the sense of Hmmm!, but that was not my intention here. Here. Hmmm! is intended to be an act of wondering, while Mmmm! pertains more to relishing something.

Miland (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 1 Ntwarante 2008 14:59:01

mnlg:"haha", "hoho", ktp
No exclamation marks?

Gatton (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 21 Ntwarante 2008 07:21:45

Wow this thread isn't at all what I thought it was going to be about! :: Goes to wash mind out with soap ::

Stefano B (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 28 Ntwarante 2008 16:09:20

Miland:Aw! as intended here is as the American 'Aw, that's too bad.' A sympathetic Aw! So Hoo! to drive someone away is not what I mean.
I think that has to do with tone more than anything else. So maybe just "Aa!" with rising tone at the end instead of falling.

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