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when one character is about to tell another how to go

about doing something. To Vasquez, the meaning of

the expression is closer to 'It serves you right!',

'IT told you so!', ‘'Tough!', or ‘Grin and bear it!';

it would be said to someone who has done something against

one's advice and is now complaining about the outcome.
Radio Aymara has a few specialized terms not

used in everyday speech, such as the verb atama.fia ‘to

announce a message'. The following is an example of the

way it would be used on the radio:

Jupa.x ma: papil gqillg.ta.ta jay.t'a.si.way.i
3p a paper write leave 33

S

<Atama.rapi.t> sa.sina.
announce 2+] say

I

'He left a written message to be announced. '
('He left a written message, "Announce it for me,"
saying.') (La Paz/Tiahuanaco)

9-7 Summary and Conclusion

Missionary and Patr6é6n Aymara differ from other
dialects primarily in their disregard of linguistic
postulates. Missionary Aymara, additionally, has cer-
tain distinctive usages. Radio Aymara closely reflects

Spanish syntax and lexicon. As perceived by Vasquez