Test Sentences, 55

Continuing with Gary’s list:

  1. The strong roots of the oak trees were torn from the ground.

This uses two adverbs busya and olaya to convey the idea of “pulled up from” a source, namely the ground.

77. lɛki kɛdi dayi gyɨmɨdi kɨtɬɨdi otni busya olaya dɛstɛ.

lɛki
ground.SSpl
kɛdi
oak.SSpl
dayi
PS
gyɨmɨdi
root.MTpl
kɨtɬɨdi
strong.MTpl
otni
tɨŋi.IMP
busya
pulled
olaya
upwards
dɛstɛ
I’m told

In Kēlen:

77. ñi jakēþi jajīmimma jejēxi rū anāxkīñi ōl;

ñi
NI
jakēþi
oak
jajīmi
roots
-mma
its
jejēxi
resistant
from
anāxkīñi
ground
ōl
up

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