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Posted to newsgroup: soc.culture.mongolian
Date: 2004-04-08 10:37:13 PST
From: Michael Warmuth (ayuu at suljee.de) | Subject: Re:
Mongolian word for "surprise"
Hello.
Diane <newspost at dmswebsupport.com> wrote:
Can someone tell me the
Mongolian word for "surprise" and the English
pronunciation of the word? Thanks!
Very difficult question. First of all, there is a verb "surprise"
and a noun "surprise". Which one do you mean?
Secondly, "surprise" has different meanings that
cannot be covered by the same term in Mongolian.
Anyway, I guess you asked for the noun with the meaning "something
that strikes with wonder or amazement especially because unexpected",
cf.
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=surprise
AFAIK, there is no single word for that in Mongolian. Instead
you have to use constructions like "surprising gift",
"surprising event". That said, an unexpected gift
would be a "sanamsargui beleg", a
surprising event a "sanamsargui tokhioldol".
Regarding the pronounciation:
- the "s" is sharp (as in "snake")
- the "a" is spoken as in "arm" (short)
- "ui" is spoken as in "fruit"
- the "e" as in "me" (short)
- "o" as in "long" (short)
- "io" similiar to "yo" in "York"
(long).
The emphasis is the following: 'sanamsargui, 'beleg, to'khioldol.
HTH,
Michael
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