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| − | ==Nouns with adjectival modifiers and articles== |
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| − | ! -------------Gloss------------- !! Unmodified Art-N (sg.) !! Unmodified Art-N (pl.) !! Modified singular !! Modified plural !! Session !! Sound 1 !! Sound 2 |
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| − | | tall/long fence || || || a ding a ciig ale || a ding a ciig ake || OAD_074 || || |
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| − | | iron fence || || || a ding jelem ale || a ding a celem ake || OAD_074 || |
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| − | | wooden fence || || || a ding a tex ale || a ding a tex ake || OAD_047 || |
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| − | | fat pig || ruul ke || a tuul ake || ruul mak le (dif. meaning), <br> ruul magnu le || atuul a maag ake || OAD_047 || || |
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| − | | pretty insect || jejet ne || jejet ke || jejet o mosu le <br> jejet farʄu le || jejet mosu ke <br> jejet parʄu ke || OAD_047 || |
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| − | | vicious rumor || o nan o le || xa nan axe || o nan o farʄu le || xa nan xa parʄu xe || OAD_047 || |
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| − | | bright light || leer le || xa leer axe || leer leru le || xa leer xa leeru xe || OAD_047 |
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| − | | delicious fruit || ? || ? || oɓii o felu || ? || OAD_028 |
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| − | | disgusting fruit || ? || ? || oɓii o feler <br> oɓii o la feleer na || ? || OAD_028 |
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| − | | delicious pig || ? || ? || ruul felu || ? || OAD_028 |
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| − | ==Special modification pattern for tastes== |
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| − | oɓii o safu suukar |
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| − | <br>sweet fruit |
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| − | ndawal safu kaane |
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| − | <br>spicy meat |
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| − | ==Possessive Paradigms== |
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| − | ! Gloss !! Bare !! -------------My------------ !! ------------Your----------- !! ------------His/her/its------------ !! ------------Our------------ !! ------------Your.pl------------ !! ------------Their------------ || Session || |
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| − | | Pig || ruul <br> a tuul || ruul es le <br> a tuul es (ke?) || ruul lof le <br> a tuul of a ke || ruul lum le <br> a tuul lum a ke || ruul in le <br> a tull in a ke || || ruul den le <br> a tuul den a ke || OAD_047 |
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| − | ==Nouns with adjectival modifiers and possessors== |
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| − | ==Nouns with adjectival modifiers and demonstratives== |
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| − | ! Gloss !! Bare !! ----This N----- !! ----That N (visible)------ !! ------That N (not visible)------ !! ----This Adj-N------ !! ----That Adj-N (visible)---- !! ----That Adj-N (not visible)---- || Session || |
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| − | | meat || ndawal || ndawal neek || ndawal naana || ndawal naa || ndawal naaju neek || ndawal naaju naana || ndawal naaju naa || OAD_028 |
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| − | ==Comparatives and Superlatives== |
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| − | O moon o lek moj'u med' o haana. |
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| − | <br>This bottle is heavier than that one. |
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| − | O moon o lek moj'u jelef o haana. |
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| − | <br>This bottle is lighter than that one. |
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| − | O moon o le moj' na med'. |
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| − | <br>The heaviest bottle |
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| − | O moon o lek moj' na med'. |
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| − | <br>This, the heaviest bottle |
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| − | Oana moj'u jelef a Kayla. |
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| − | <br>Oana is lighter than Kayla. |
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| − | Oana moj'u jelef o moon o lek. |
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| − | <br>Oana is lighter than this bottle. |
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| − | ==Reduplication== |
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| − | japil fe a dur a dur |
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| − | <br>the dull knife |
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| − | japil fe buguuma a wel a wel |
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| − | <br>The knife I like is sharp. |
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| − | obii o le a xe fota ondik ondik |
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| − | <br>The fruit is rotting (068). |
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| − | obii o le a new a new |
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| − | <br>The fruit is small (099). |
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| − | Kayla gook a gook. |
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| − | <br>Kayla is too big for her britches. |
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| − | a ɲay a ɲay |
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| − | <br>He's stingy (060). |
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| − | ==Modified NPs in sentential context== |
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| − | ndawal nek a ɲaaya apaax |
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| − | <br>This meat is very spicy. |
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| − | | align="left" | ndawal ɲaayu neek a fela apaax |
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| − | | align="left" | ndawal- || align="left" | ɲaay || align="left" | -u || align="left" | neek || align="left" | a- || align="left" | fel || align="left" | -a || align="left" | apaax |
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| − | | align="left" | meat || align="left" | spicy || align="left" | ADJ || align="left" | this || align="left" | 3sg || align="left" | be delicious || align="left" | 3sg || align="left" | very |
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| − | | align="left" | This spicy meat is very delicious. (028) |
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| − | foofi sum (u) le |
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| − | <br>hot water |
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| − | jooxam a Oana foofi sum (u) le |
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| − | <br>I gave Oana the hot water. |
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| − | =Adverbs= |
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| − | ==Manner, Frequency, etc.== |
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| − | vej'am <b>apax</b> |
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| − | <br> I swim well |
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| − | wa gam a vej' apax |
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| − | <br> I can swim well |
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| − | nan gam vej'a leg leg |
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| − | <br> I swim from time to time / often. |
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| − | nan gam jawa leg leg |
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| − | <br> I cook from time to time / often. |
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| − | nan gam jawa ondik |
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| − | <br> I cook a little / sometimes. |
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| − | a jala apax || a jala amaak || a jala tok |
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| − | <br> He laughs loudly. || He laughs loudly (lit. big). || He laughs loudly (lit. up) |
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| − | degam <b>noofu</b> opaak o le |
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| − | <br>I cut the rope <b>swiftly</b>. |
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| − | gefam ofalanteer o le fop |
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| − | <br>I broke the window completely / thoroughly. |
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| − | ==Resultatives== |
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| − | <b>hicin</b> botelet |
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| − | <br>pull tight |
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| − | ==Adverbs with imperatives== |
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| − | veji noofu! |
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| − | <br>Swim fast! |
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| − | noofi vej! |
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| − | <br>Hurry up and swim! |
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| − | ==Derived antonyms== |
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| − | fel, delicious |
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| − | <br>feleer, disgusting |
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| − | wel, sharp |
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| − | <br>weleer, dull |
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