Chapter 10 Question 2

2. A. Compare similarities and differences between CEP & SAE:

a.  Di fos tok fo di gud nuun fo Jesus Christ God yi Pikin.
a. The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
Similarities:  they both have of / fo, they both say Jesus Christ and God.
Differences: CEP has 13 words, SAE has 12, most words are not alike in spelling nor sound

b. I bi sem as i di tok fo di buk fo Isaiah, God yi nchinda, "Lukam, mi a di sen man nchinda fo bifo yoa fes weh yi go fix yoa rud fan."
b. As it is written in the book of Isaiah the prophet, "Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee."
Similarities: CEP fo di buk fo Isaiah and SAE the book of Isaiah can be pronounced the same way. fes/face
both have vowels that can stand alone
Differences: CEP has a chain of consonants that goes against rules of SAE (nch), short words such as (as, it, is) have vowels first, then consonant.  CEP is the opposite (fo, di, yi)

c. Di vos fo som man di krai fo bush; "Fix di ples weh Papa God di go, mek yi rud tret."
c. The voice of one crying in the wilderness, "Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight."
Similarities: vos/voice, bush/wilderness, fix/prepare God/Lord, mek/make
Differences: CEP uses more words that contain fewer letters.

This question asked me to read the CEP version first to see which words I would understand... I was not able to read the words and have it make sense.  However, after completing this exercise, I can see some words and even phrases that I can understand.  (Fix di ples weh Papa God di go) I think (fix the place where Father God go)

B. pinga bilong fut - toe - fingers of the foot
hamas krismas yu gat? - how many Christmas' you got?
kukim long paia - cook 'em long time
sapos - suppose
haus moni - have money
kamup - come up
tasol - thats all
olgeta - all together
solwara - salt water
haus sik - has sick
handet yia - hundred years