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Title

Some day been dey : west African pidgin folktales / Loreto Todd.

Author

Todd, Loreto.

Publication

London ; Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979.

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Details

Description

xii, 186 pages : maps; 23 cm

Subject

• Tales > Cameroon
• Pidgin English > Cameroon > Texts
• Pidgin English > Cameroon > Grammar
• Pidgin English
• Pidgin English > Grammar
• Tales
• Anthologie
• Erzählung
• Pidgin-Englisch
• Volkserzählung
• Cameroon
• Kamerun
• Pidgin-Englisch

Genre/Form

Texts.

Note

• English and Cameroon Pidgin English.
• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 15-16.

Contents

• Introduction. Background to Cameroon -- What is a pidgin? -- Characteristics of a pidgin -- The development of Cameroon Pidgin -- When did Cameroon Pidgin develop? -- The present role of pidgin in Cameroon -- Collecting the tales -- Type of translation employed -- Orthography employed -- References.
• The tales. Trohki an Hohk : mek man no ehva laf i frehn = Tortoise and Hawk : let no one ever laugh at his friend -- Trohki an Swain : du gud tohn bad = Tortoise and Pig : a good action may bring trouble -- Trohki an elefan : smohl no bi sik = Tortoise and elephant : smallness is not an illness -- Trohki an Hea : sehns pas paua = Tortoise and Hare : intelligence beats strength -- Trohki, Got and Lehpeht : dai man nehva hohngri = Tortoise, Goat, and Leopard : a corpse has few desires -- Trohki an Mami (1) : ai no di ohlwez si tru = Tortoise and his mother (1) : the eye does not always see accurately -- Trohki an Mami (2) : kohni man dai, kohni man beriam = Tortoise and his mother (2) : when a wise man dies, a wise man buries him -- Long ai go du yu = Greed will be your downfall -- Trohng hed no gud = Stubbornness does not pay -- Dei no bi wan = There'll always be a tomorrow -- Bad-lohk bif no di si hohntaman = A fated animal does not see the hunter -- Wehn han di rohb fut, fut tu di rohb han = When the hand rubs the foot, the foot rubs the hand in return -- Sehns no bi foh daso wan man -- Wisdom belongs to everyone -- Di sohn, di nait an di mun = Sun, night, and moon -- Kohni-Mohf = Cunning-Mouth -- Kohroh kohroh pikin = The scabby child -- Gohd i koht, no apil = God's court, no appeal -- Mehdehsehn no bi pleting = the supernatural is not to be played with -- Sehns-Pas-King = Genius -- A no go chus yu = I won't forgive you -- My mami bin tehl mi-- = My mother warned me-- = Di smohl boi an di kajari = The young boy and the dwarf -- Bibaiyibaiyi an di papa-wata = Bibaiyibaiyi and the Papa-Water -- Ren for Bohnggi = Rain for Bongi.
• The structure of Cameroon Pidgin English. The sentence in Pidgin -- The pronominal system -- The verb phrase -- The be-verb -- Serial verbs.

ISBN

• 0710000243
• 9780710000248

LCCN

79040671

OCLC

• ocm05043156
• 5043156
• SCSB-2123

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library