Omkar N.
Wakhlu & Bharat Wakhlu
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Chapter 24
God's Eleven
In the next section below are
given a few sentences which help you to clearly articulate the sounds of Vowels
in Kashmiri. Practice for learning.
Translator's Note:
Kashmiris invoke the God of the Eleven Names (Kahnov). Eleven is also considered
a sacred number. So this title for the eleven sentences below. Some words don't
necessarily make meaningful sentences, but spoken together these give practice
in pronunciation and learning.
1. Piece; cold; eye; plum; one;
common.
2. I, and, you, balcony, on,
quilt, covered, tea, sips, drinking.
(You and I covered by a quilt, are
sipping tea on the balcony.)
3. Cow, went out, rope, cut,
stair, under, way, finding.
(The cow went out cutting the rope
and making way under the stair.)
4. Boat, inside, early, late,
person, landed, behind, from.
(A person got inside the boat,
sometimes from behind.)
5. Water was deep, person, was to
be (by him), across taken.
(Water was deep, a person was to
be taken across by him.)
6. Our, gold, had been (by him),
theft, taken.
(Our gold had been stolen by him.)
7. As if, had (he), blindness. ( -
Not a polite expression)
(As if he was blind !)
8. Plate, in laden, got down,
delicious, rice, curry.
(He got a plate laden with
delicious rice and curry.)
9. Evening, till, did not, need
anything eat.
(Till evening we did not need to
eat anything.)
He, went on, telling, jokes.
(He went on cracking jokes)
10. Feeling, was belly, as if,
lid, closed.
(We were feeling very full).
11. Later, did, I, thief, one
bundle
(Later I thrashed the thief.)
Now try to make your own
sentences like this in a group session. In Kashmir such games are common during
winter evenings. Use rhyming words like:
Mynah, cat, and, milk, pot, sent
out, together, doing, outing. (A mynah, a cat, and a milk pot went out together
for a walk.)
Beyi ithay päth~ (b.i.p.), more,
in the same, way.
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