<div><font face="'times new roman', serif" size="4">I'm not sure <b>baabi</b> inflects for number when used as a predicative adjective. Yaani:</font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', serif" size="4"><br>
</font></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><font face="'times new roman', serif" size="4">Mimi sio <b>baabi</b></font></blockquote>
<div><font face="'times new roman', serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', serif" size="4">and </font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', serif" size="4"><br></font></div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><font face="'times new roman', serif" size="4">Hawa wote sio <b>baabi</b> </font></blockquote>
<div><font face="'times new roman', serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', serif" size="4">both seem equally correct (although <i>Hawa wote sio <b>mabaabi</b></i> doesn't seem terribly wrong either) and </font></div>
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<font face="'times new roman', serif" size="4">Mimi sio <b><i>m</i>baabi</b> </font></blockquote><div><font face="'times new roman', serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="'times new roman', serif" size="4">seems clearly wrong. </font></div>
<div><font face="'times new roman', serif" size="4"><br></font></div>Daniel Waweru<br><a href="http://www.kenyaimagine.com">www.kenyaimagine.com</a><br>Art and analysis; debate and opinion.<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 27 February 2012 11:02, robert yawe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span>Hi All,</span></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span>I believe that if we are serious about turning sheng into a formal language then we need a site like </span><a title="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=squick" href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=squick" target="_blank">http://www.urbandictionary.com/</a> if we are to harmonise across the country or region.</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div><font>As I keep repeating, annoyingly, I grew up in eastlands (mimi sio mbabi) and one thing I know is that sheng is
not homogeneous beyond 100 meters of where you are standing.</font></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Regards</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> </div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Robert Yawe<br>KAY System Technologies Ltd<br>Phoenix House, 6th Floor<br>P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200<br>
Kenya<br><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Tel: <a href="tel:%2B254722511225" value="+254722511225" target="_blank">+254722511225</a>, <a href="tel:%2B254202010696" value="+254202010696" target="_blank">+254202010696</a></div>
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