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Comment on Manchu Archery in Global Times by Herbin

Herbin — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:17:07 +0000

sini gabtarangge ai khendumbi ?

When reenactment explains History:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOpOqgotJZc&feature=related

Thanks Master Kassai.

Comment on The Book of the Nishan Shaman 14 by Paweł

Paweł — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 07:58:25 +0000

Manjuniyalma,
both your interpretations seem plausible (the latter quite close to my way of thinking), but could you show us any resource to prove it? I mean a dictionary entry or a piece of original text. I looked through all the dictionaries and Manchu texts I’ve got, but I couldn’t find it.

Comment on The Book of the Nishan Shaman 14 by manjuniyalma

manjuniyalma — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:31 +0000

“sini derebe tuwame” is the equivalent of the Chinese expression, “看在你的面子上”, meaning “to show respect to you”.

In the next sentence, “oforo niyaki olhoro unde” means a child (usually a boy) is too young to wipe his own running nose.

Comment on The Book of the Nishan Shaman 14 by Paweł

Paweł — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:36:28 +0000

Thanks
Randy is as much responsible for the translation as I am.
We decided to translate that phrase literally because we didn’t have enough evidence that it really corresponds to the English expression, we didn’t find it in our dictionaries and in any other text.
I had a similar problem with the next sentence: “There is no benefit in taking him away, when his snot isn’t yet dried up.” My first interpretation was “…when he is still wet behind his ears”, but we agreed that it’s a little bit too far-fetched.
Unfortunately, there’s no dictionary of this kind of idiomatic expressions, so we have to be careful not to overinterpret things.

Comment on The Book of the Nishan Shaman 14 by Syz

Syz — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 02:58:03 +0000

Paweł, fantastic reading as always.

Out of curiosity, why did you decide against “looking in the eye” for “sini derebe tuwame”?

Comment on Manchu culture meets the 20th century by Echoes of Manchu » The Book of the Nisan Shaman 13

Echoes of Manchu » The Book of the Nisan Shaman 13 — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:45:42 +0000

[...] more modern spelling is galaha. In Mongolian it is know as shagai. grasp [...]

Comment on Sanjiazi 07: Showing off students by Randy Alexander

Randy Alexander — Tue, 18 May 2010 00:35:50 +0000

I’ll email you. It depends on your mode of transportation.

Comment on Sanjiazi 07: Showing off students by alejandra

alejandra — Mon, 17 May 2010 13:48:17 +0000

can you post n about how to arrive in this town. I live in Harbin and I´m doing research about manzu.

Comment on Where is Lolo? by Randy Alexander

Randy Alexander — Wed, 05 May 2010 09:50:09 +0000

That’s very interesting. Looking at the other pictures, it seems that it is just a coincidental architectural design; it’s on the karaoke place too. However, your eyes are pretty amazing to notice something like that.

Comment on Where is Lolo? by HR Blutvergießen

HR Blutvergießen — Wed, 05 May 2010 02:29:18 +0000

In the upper part of the China Post branch photo, you can see what looks like two 〒 symbols, white against a brown background.