{"id":5507,"date":"2012-10-17T15:49:07","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T19:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/unequallyyoked\/?p=5507"},"modified":"2012-10-17T17:52:46","modified_gmt":"2012-10-17T21:52:46","slug":"to-be-or-not-to-be-how-to-frame-the-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/unequallyyoked\/2012\/10\/to-be-or-not-to-be-how-to-frame-the-question.html","title":{"rendered":"“To Be or not To Be” How to frame the question?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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I\u2019ve been doing\u00a0lectio divina<\/a><\/em> in the Gospel of John, and I found myself paying a lot of attention to the use of the verb \u201cto be.\u201d \u00a0(I was thinking about the\u00a0I am that I am<\/a><\/em> answer that God gives to Moses when asked for his name).<\/p>\n

But then I got a bit distracted by a nerdy translation question: How do people translate Exodus 3:14<\/a> (\u201cAnd God said unto Moses,\u00a0I Am That I Am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel,\u00a0I Am\u00a0hath sent me unto you\u201d) into languages that don\u2019t include\u00a0esse<\/em> (to be) as a verb?<\/p>\n

In Latin, you don\u2019t\u00a0have<\/em> to use\u00a0esse<\/em>, but it\u2019s an option. \u00a0I can say\u00a0Gaius discipulus<\/em>, and everyone knows I mean Gaius is a student, because the declensions of the nouns match. \u00a0I can say\u00a0Gaius discipulus est<\/em> if I\u2019d like, but I don\u2019t have to. \u00a0The Latin Vulgate translation of this verse has to reach for\u00a0esse<\/em> to say \u201cEgo sum qui sum<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

But, in ASL, the\u00a0esse<\/em>-equivalent doesn\u2019t exist at all<\/a>. \u00a0The proper syntax for saying I am a student is \u201cI student\u201d or \u201cStudent I\u201d or, for extra emphasis \u201cI student I.\u201d<\/p>\n

So I have no idea how \u201cI am that I am<\/em>\u201d would be interpreted. \u00a0I\u2019m going to ask around, but I\u2019m pretty sure ASL isn\u2019t the only language without\u00a0esse<\/em>. \u00a0Can people think of any other examples to investigate?<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m trying to encourage some of my multilingual facebook friends to crosspost. \u00a0They\u2019ve been discussing translations in Arabic, Hebrew, and Japanese. \u00a0One Deaf friend made the following suggestion:<\/p>\n

I would just do the fancy sweeping both-hands up-and-down pointing-to-self thing that you do when you\u2019re introducing yourself formally. with a \u201cthis is obvious and this is all you\u2019re going to get\u201d expression on my face.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Maaan, this is why I really want an ASL video Missal.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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