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Vernacular use has not many such "subtleties", except maybe that some sentences flow better when translated to English. I have not seen much vernacular use of
by namanyayg 8y ago
Vernacular use has not many such "subtleties", except maybe that some sentences flow better when translated to English.
I have not seen much vernacular use of this "quoting" phenomenon you noticed in sacred games, I think that is mainly to offer a clearer understanding to a multilingual audience.
- forapurpose 8y ago> I have not seen much vernacular use of this "quoting" phenomenon you noticed in sacred games To be clear, that phenomenon wasn't common, it was just a powerful example: The second character had just heard the words in Hindi and yet chose to repeat them in English.