Test Sentences, 98

Continuing with Gary’s list:

  1. They popped corn, and then sat around the fire and ate it.

Ooh, three clauses! They cooked food ladi they sat around the fire na they ate it.

129. mavna gogɨdiya otni nɛlɨdiya ladi mavna notɛndɛ nolako dugaŋya na mavna kye dɨdiya ono dɛstɛ.

mavna
3p.MTpl
gogɨdiya
food.MTpl
otni
tɨŋi.PRF
nɛlɨdiya
cooked.MTpl
ladi
and then
mavna
3p.MTpl
no-
near
tɛndɛ
tɛndɛ.IMP
nolako
fire.SSsg
dugaŋya
surroundingly
na
and
mavna
3p.MTpl
kye
belly.MTsg
dɨdiya
IV.MTpl
ono
ono.IMP
dɛstɛ
I’m told

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