From kde-i18n-doc  Wed Dec 31 22:52:02 2008
From: "Praveen A" <pravi.a () gmail ! com>
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:52:02 +0000
To: kde-i18n-doc
Subject: kgeography changes needed for agglutinative languages like Malayalam
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Hi,

Can you expand the use of %1 (Capital of %1) to actual strings (
Capital of state, Capital of province ...) at least for the first
screen? Because for languages with heavy agglutination like Malayalam,
the prepositions ('of' in this example)  changes the noun (state,
province) itself.

for exmaple
capital - തലസ്ഥാനം
state - സംസ്ഥാനം
province - പ്രവിശ്യ

now
Capital of state - സംസ്ഥാനത്തിന്റെ തലസ്ഥാനം
Capital of province - പ്രവിശ്യയുടെ തലസ്ഥാനം

of takes two different forms here and the noun is changed as well. Any
generalization would look awkward. So please expand it.

I would say this is the case for any application, but I wanted to
start with kgeography first.

Regards
Praveen
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