Test Sentences, 104

Continuing with Gary’s list:

  1. Oh, dear! the wind has blown my hat away!
  2. Alas! that news is sad indeed!

Another interjection! Or maybe not. The rest is fairly simple.

135. udan dolɨdɛn le pɛstɛ maseya.

udan
wind.MTsg
dolɨdɛn
hat.MTsg
le
1P
pɛstɛ
pɛsi.PRF
maseya
oh dear

The adverb maseya actually means “sadly” or “frowningly”. It makes a nice stand-in for “oh dear”. It also makes a nice stand-in for “alas!”, but the next sentence already uses “sad”. So, here’s a new interjection: u!

136. u! da sala daɬa maseya no bala.

u!
alas!
da
that.SSsg
sala
news.SSsg
daɬa
daɬa.IMP
maseya
sadly
no
very
bala
I feel

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