Punctuation quiz
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Ubutumwa 19
ururimi: English
jchthys (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 25 Ntwarante 2009 19:06:34
“Jim where Bill had had had had had had had had had had had a better effect on the teacher.”
tommjames (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 25 Ntwarante 2009 20:35:42
Here's another one, add punctuation, or extra words to make sense out of the following sentence: (the sentence is actually already gramatically correct!)
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
furrykef (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 26 Ntwarante 2009 01:28:36
tommjames:Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.Buffalo from Buffalo that are buffaloed by other buffalo from Buffalo in turn buffalo other buffalo from Buffalo.
(I'll admit it... I knew this one already.
) 
henma (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 26 Ntwarante 2009 01:44:55
furrykef:Ok, ok... I admit it... I already need another couple of years studying Englishtommjames:Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.Buffalo from Buffalo that are buffaloed by other buffalo from Buffalo in turn buffalo other buffalo from Buffalo.
(I'll admit it... I knew this one already.
Amike
,Daniel
tommjames (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 26 Ntwarante 2009 10:19:43
henma:It probably helps to see the sentence in Esperanto:furrykef:Ok, ok... I admit it... I already need another couple of years studying Englishtommjames:Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.Buffalo from Buffalo that are buffaloed by other buffalo from Buffalo in turn buffalo other buffalo from Buffalo.
(I'll admit it... I knew this one already.
Amike
Daniel
Bubalaj bubaloj, kiujn Bubalaj bubaloj bubalas, bubalas Bubalajn bubalojn.
jchthys (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 26 Ntwarante 2009 13:55:49
tommjames:Jim, where Bill had had "had", had had "had had"; "had had" had had a better effect on the teacher.I love that one! Yes, it does make it easier to put it in Esperanto. (When I saw it a few months ago--before I started learning Esperanto--I didn't understand it until I saw the English diagram.)
Here's another one, add punctuation, or extra words to make sense out of the following sentence: (the sentence is actually already gramatically correct!)
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
Rogir (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 26 Ntwarante 2009 14:43:41
henma (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 26 Ntwarante 2009 15:15:09
tommjames:Ho, thanks... that explains everythinghenma:Ok, ok... I admit it... I already need another couple of years studying EnglishIt probably helps to see the sentence in Esperanto:
Bubalaj bubaloj, kiujn Bubalaj bubaloj bubalas, bubalas Bubalajn bubalojn.
.Amike,
Daniel.
darkweasel (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 26 Ntwarante 2009 18:23:44
furrykef:Me too. Though, the translation is more like:tommjames:Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.Buffalo from Buffalo that are buffaloed by other buffalo from Buffalo in turn buffalo other buffalo from Buffalo.
(I'll admit it... I knew this one already.
Buffalo from Buffalo whom Buffalo from Buffalo buffalo, buffalo buffalo from Buffalo. (Since that's not a passive!)
There are others in other languages too!
German: "Wenn hinter Fliegen fliegen fliegen, fliegen Fliegen hinter Fliegen" (When flies fly behind flies, flies fly behind flies).
Spanish: "¿Cómo como? ¡Como como como!" (I'm not sure where to put the accents) = How do I eat? I eat the way I eat!
Ok, I got the second one from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffa...
But I knew the German one even before I read that article. (After all, it's my first language...) henma (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 27 Ntwarante 2009 04:26:08
darkweasel:German: "Wenn hinter Fliegen fliegen fliegen, fliegen Fliegen hinter Fliegen" (When flies fly behind flies, flies fly behind flies).I think one of those should be in upper case, shouldn't it? Because one of those is a noun. I think the first one, because, if I remember well, when "Wenn" is used, the verb goes to the end (ok, ok,... half the time the verb goes to the end, doesn't it?)
darkweasel:Spanish: "¿Cómo como? ¡Como como como!" (I'm not sure where to put the accents) = How do I eat? I eat the way I eat!You put the accents perfectly. The only one with an accent (written) is the first one, which can be replaced in English by "how" or in Esperanto by "kiel". "Como" meaning "I eat" and "como" meaning "as/like" don't have accent (written acute accent).
Amike,
Daniel.