Eugene Correia [EMAIL PROTECTED] Writes:
Joe Vaz finds no problem with the Konkani Tim de Mello
wrote. That's the real problem with Konkani, particularly between the spoken Konkani and the written Konkani.
Don't we normally say: Tuka dev borem korun" instead of the other way. Or, just "Dev borem korun." Literal Konkani has some form.
One of the accusations from anti-Konkani people is that Konkani lacks formal grammar. But Konkani scholars have proved this wrong. To each his own Konkani.>
Peace,
Eugene<
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Sure, I don�t have any problem with the Konkani Tim de Mello wrote (except for the misspelled words).
There is no problem in saying:
�Dev borem korum, tuka ani tuje familik.� or
�Tuka and tujea familik dev borem korum.�
Just as one may say:
�Thanks, to you and your family� or
�To you and your family �thank you (all).�
The primary purpose of any language is to communicate, and as long as one person understands the other �that purpose will have been served. Tim�s version of �Thank you� has done just that. Unless of course if Tim is venturing to write a textbook in Konkani, which may warrant the critique. :)
I am bemused how a couple words of Konkani can create such a ruckus among Goa-netters. Assuming that Eugene lives abroad, I wonder if he knows the "Konkani" taught in Goa schools? If we want to learn/speak the official Konkani we will have to learn it the way it is introduced/taught now in schools.
Best Wishes,
Joe Vaz
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