Test Sentences, 23

Continuing with Gary’s list:

  1. I can play after school.

“I can play after school” = “I am able to play when school is finished”. Since I don’t have a word for “school”, I will substitute “work”.

44. lene sɛdɛ gyɛdɛ giya ɨdeba sɛttɛ kɛbɛdan.

lene
1P.MTsg
sɛdɛ
sɛdɛ.IMP
gyɛdɛ
play.SSsg
giya
ABL
ɨdeba
after
sɛttɛ
sɛdɛ.PRF
kɛbɛdan
work.SSsg

I am not sure that is the right place for ɨdeba, but I’ll leave it for now.

In Kēlen:

44. ñalla jajēra cēja il antielen ñalla jakēwīke;

ñ-
NI
alla
1SG.A
jajēra
game
cēja
ABL
il antielen
after
ñ-
NI
alla
1SG.A
jakēwīke
work

Questions?