Test Sentences, 43

Continuing with Gary’s list:

  1. An old man with a walking stick stood beside the fence.

Standing next to a location involves the verb dansɛdɛ.

65. kyume tɛta dappomonɛn dansɛttɛ askɨba da kɨdan.

kyume
man.MTsg
tɛta
old.MTsg
dappomo
walking stick
-nɛn
with
dan-
next to
sɛttɛ
sɛdɛ.PRF
askɨba
boundary
da
PS
kɨdan
stone

In Kēlen:

65. la macūma mahēna nīkan japōma jarāka sū jakāste nū;

la
LA
macūma
man
mahēna
old
nīkan
with
japōma
stick
jarāka
walking
at
jakāste
boundary
this-side

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