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+ | | tall/long fence || || || a ding a ciig a le || a ding a ciig a ke || OAD_074 || || |
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+ | | iron fence || || || a ding jelem a le || a ding a celem a ke || OAD_074 || |
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+ | | wooden fence || || || a ding a tex a le || a ding a tex a ke || OAD_047 || |
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+ | | fat pig || ruul ke || a tuul a ke || ruul mak le, <br> ruul mak nu le || atuul a mak a ke || OAD_047 || || |
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+ | | pretty insect || jejet ne || jejet ke || jejet o mosu le <br> jejet farj'u le || jejet mosu ke <br> jejet parj'u ke || OAD_047 || |
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+ | | vicious rumor || o nan o le || xa nan a xe || o nan o farj'u le || xa nan xa par du xe || OAD_047 || |
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+ | | bright light || leer le || xa leer a xe || leer leru le || xa leer xa leeru xe || OAD_047 |
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| + | | delicious fruit || ? || ? || obii o felu || ? || OAD_028 |
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| + | | disgusting fruit || ? || ? || obii o feler <br> obii o la feleer na || ? || OAD_028 |
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Revision as of 22:01, 22 October 2012
Adjectives
Nouns with adjectival modifiers and articles
| -------------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 a le | a ding a ciig a ke | OAD_074 | ||||
| iron fence | a ding jelem a le | a ding a celem a ke | OAD_074 | ||||
| wooden fence | a ding a tex a le | a ding a tex a ke | OAD_047 | ||||
| fat pig | ruul ke | a tuul a ke | ruul mak le, ruul mak nu le |
atuul a mak a ke | OAD_047 | ||
| pretty insect | jejet ne | jejet ke | jejet o mosu le jejet farj'u le |
jejet mosu ke jejet parj'u ke |
OAD_047 | ||
| vicious rumor | o nan o le | xa nan a xe | o nan o farj'u le | xa nan xa par du xe | OAD_047 | ||
| bright light | leer le | xa leer a xe | leer leru le | xa leer xa leeru xe | OAD_047 | ||
| delicious fruit | ? | ? | obii o felu | ? | OAD_028 | ||
| disgusting fruit | ? | ? | obii o feler obii o la feleer na |
? | OAD_028 |
Possessive Paradigms
| Gloss | Bare | -------------My------------ | ------------Your----------- | ------------His/her/its------------ | ------------Our------------ | ------------Your.pl------------ | ------------Their------------ | Session | |
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| Pig | ruul a tuul |
ruul es le a tuul es (ke?) |
ruul lof le a tuul of a ke |
ruul lum le a tuul lum a ke |
ruul in le a tull in a ke |
ruul den le a tuul den a ke |
OAD_047 |
Nouns with adjectival modifiers and possessors
Comparatives and Superlatives
Adverbs
Manner, Frequency, etc.
vej'am apax
I swim well
wa gam a vej' apax
I can swim well
nan gam vej'a leg leg
I swim from time to time / often.
nan gam jawa leg leg
I cook from time to time / often.
nan gam jawa ondik
I cook a little / sometimes.
a jala apax || a jala amaak || a jala tok
He laughs loudly. || He laughs loudly (lit. big). || He laughs loudly (lit. up)
degam noofu opaak o le
I cut the rope swiftly.
gefam ofalanteer o le fop
I broke the window completely / thoroughly.
Resultatives
hicin botelet
pull tight
Adverbs with imperatives
veji noofu!
Swim fast!
noofi vej!
Hurry up and swim!
