Test Sentences, 61

Continuing with Gary’s list:

  1. These oranges are juicy.
  2. Sea water is salty.

These are simple N V ADJ sentences, and a verb of stance is fine.

83. dayi maŋi tɛndɛ kyeli bala.

dayi
these.SSpl
maŋi
orange.SSpl
tɛndɛ
tɛndɛ.IMP
kyeli
juicy.SSpl
bala
I feel

84. agada daɬa kyoha bala.

agada
sea.SSsg
daɬa
daɬa.IMP
kyoha
salty.SSsg
bala
I taste

The word for sea is agada and the word for water is gada and it would be infelicitous to put them both together.

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