It is dark and stormy this morning so I thought we needed something sunny. This photo is of the edge of the thatched roof of a haus win, which is the pidgin english word for gazebo. Pidgin is such a wonderfully descriptive language. Haus is house and win is wind - so translated it means a windy house. How true!!!Here are some more haus words.
haus sik - is house sick - a hospital
haus mani - house money - a bank
haus dring - house drink - a hotel
haus polis - house police - police station
haus waswas - house washwash - the bathroom
What do you think a haus motakar is?
Later - Obviously this was too easy so how about haus piksa?
Dorish - you can't answer - you know too much!!!
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How about house motor car.
ReplyDeletesteve g - you are either too clever or the question was too easy!!!!
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I have to say I love languages and have never come across this one.
Also the thatch is so golden
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Yep, I'll go with cinema also.Such a literal language by the sounds of things. Looking forward to your posts from the market, Jules, and thanks again for the extras.
ReplyDeleteFascinating, and very entertaining!
ReplyDeleteI thought it might be bungalow [pigmy house] or pigsty!
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It was not easy.... That's a funny language :-)))
ReplyDeletePretty photo. Modern art...
The reason I mentioned World War II is that I knew a Japanese man who served in the Japanese Army there and has had a back back and legs and feet from carrying heavy loads on his back. It must have been brutal there during the war.
ReplyDeleteI was interested in your translations of the words.
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thanks for the reminder am all hushed up..lol.. nice pic too.
Great pix to wake up to. Learning a little extra language is, how we say here in N'awlins "langniappe" -- a little something extra.
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This must be where the Haus Meri lives. But I reckon you're the haus meri.
ReplyDeletehyde dp - good guess
ReplyDeletesquirrel & cabacurl - yes you are right. The funny thing is though I don't think I've ever seen a haus piksal in PNG.
Dorish - have you ever seen a cinema here?
m benaut - I am the haus meri on the weekend but I have to own up - I have a wonderful haus meri who comes everyday. She has been with us for 7 years and is one of the family. I have forgotten how to mop and iron I must admit.I am very spoilt!!!
There used to be two cinemas in Port Moresby. Believe it or not there used to be also a drive-in cinema too.
ReplyDeleteThe Port Moresby arts theater is sometimes used to screen movies on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Wewak also had a cinema.
I can't remember if Rabaul did have cinemas.
Dorish
My favourite bit of pidgin is what I understand to be the aboriginal expression for the solar eclipse.... "Big jesus lamp in the sky gone bugger up"
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