Test Sentences, 26

Continuing with Gary’s list:

  1. The campers sat around the fire.

I am going to praphrase this to “They sat around the campfire.” That way I don’t have to make up a word for “campers”.

48. mavna notɛttɛ nolako dugaŋya.

mavna
3P.MTpl
no-
near
tɛttɛ
tɛndɛ.PRF
nolako
campfire.SSsg
dugaŋya
surroundingly

tɛndɛ is the stance verb for compact objects and sitting humans.

In Kēlen:

48. ñi sāeþ rū janāola āñ;

ñi
NI
sāeþ
3PL
RU
janāola
campfire
āñ
around

Questions?