This is all that exists. Think of it as a look at how I brainstorm. Note that I really do make up body parts very early on in the process. Also, this still has evidentiality, which I discarded for KS. The next language will definitely have to have evidentiality!

This is also where I decided to have an ‘r’ already.

Gary’s Sentences

1. The sun shines. HABITUAL

2. The sun is shining. PROGRESSIVE

Light is what moves: sele

Motion is OUT, and from contact with the SRC

Sun is the source: loo

loho=ru sele=vi

Is light, singular, multiple, or collective? Coll.

loho=ru sele=viyi

Tense is non-past

ADV for emphasizing habitual: lena or lenaka

loho=ru sele=viyi lenaka

(actually, can appear in any order)

lenaka lohoru seleviyi

seleviyi lenaka lohoru

etc.

3. The sun shone. Distant PAST

5. The sun has been shining. RECENT PAST PROG

loho=ru sele=viyi (Non-past)

	SG	MULT	COLL
NP	vi	vena	viyi
DIR	vela	velana	veleyi
INF	vibo	vibona	vibuyi
REP	vite	vitena	vitiyi

loho=ru sele=veleyi

4. The sun will shine. FUTURE

7. The sun will shine tomorrow. FUTURE

loho=ru sele=viyi rerehe (in the future)

loho=ru sele=viyi lanalan (tomorrow)

6. The sun is shining again. ITERATIVE

loho=ru sele=viyi rus (again)

8. The sun shines brightly. adverb

9. The bright sun shines. adjective

loho=ru sele=viyi luluvu

luvu loho=ru sele=viyi

loho=ru luvu sele =viyi

If Subject NP is complex:

luvu sele lohoru ma=viyi

ma=viyi loho=ru luvu sele

10. The sun is rising now. PROGRESSIVE/PATH

loho=ŋi sono (up/head) lala (now)

cāj	kiga	belly	inside
cēm	kima	waist	middle
ciēl	kili	face	surface
hāl	gala	chest	front
hēññ	geŋi	hair
hīñ	giŋi	nose	point
hōrr	goro	heel
jāon	ginu	butt
jēt	gite	palm
jōl	gilo	knees
kāc	kake	nails
kāen	kene	flesh
kēm	keme	finger
kīw	kibi	skin
kōλ	koli	neck
kū	ku(vu)	hand
lēŋŋ	leŋe	guts
līw	libi	nerves
lōh	logo	elbows
lōmm	lomo	forearm
māc	make	liver
māll	mala	heart
mān	mana	blood
mōl	molo	womb
mūñ	muŋi	bones
ñām	ŋima	shoulder	next to
nīm	nimi	toe
nōm	nomo	wrist
nōs	noso	penis
ŋāk	ŋaka	back	back
ōrw	woru	legs
piēx	pizi	teeth
rēx	rezi	urine
rōñ	runu	eye
sār	sara	ears
sātt	sata	body
sērj	seri	navel
sēss	sese	kidneys
sōn	sono	head	top
tāk	taka	arms
tāl	tala	vagina
tāwr	taru	mouth
þāk	daka	thigh
þēll	dele	lung
tīrr	tiri	ankle
ūsn	wunu	tongue
ūx	wuzi	anus
wānn	bana	foot	bottom
wēr	bere	name
wūn	bunu	sweat
wūt	butu	shit

11. All the people shouted.

12. Some of the people shouted.

13. Many of the people shouted twice.

thing moving: sound

source: people (all, some, many)

type of motion: OUT

yele = people

animate nouns get explicit plurals: yele, yena, yeliyi

a shout, a cry, a loud noise: rul

yeleyi=ru rulu=veleyi (all at once)

yena=ru rulu=velana (separately)

all = tene + sg

some = peve + mult

many = nana + mult

tene yele=ru rulu=veleyi/velana

peve yena=ru rulu=veleyi/velana

nana yena=ru rulu=velana yene (twice)

14. Happy people often shout.

hanada yena=ru rulu=velana lenaka

15. The kitten jumped up.

16. The kitten jumped onto the table.

yirele = kitten

motion = VIA and up

yirele=ŋela sono tebe=s (onto the table)

17. My little kitten walked away.

No my in this context

yirele=ŋela peze=no (away) liye=pe > lipe (from me (no contact))

18. It’s raining. & 19. The rain came down.

tatara=ŋeleyi (bana)

20. The kitten is playing in the rain.

tatara=nen yirele=ru gire=ŋi

21. The rain has stopped (falling).

tatara=ŋeleyi toro (bana)

22. Soon the rain will stop.

23. I hope the rain stops soon.

tatara=ŋiyi rehe (soon) toro (stop)

diri=me liye=s / les rehe toro tatara=ŋiyi=ru diri=me

24. Once wild animals lived here.

long ago = lilite

wild animals = pake+yi

here = do=s

lived/dwelled = =ye > past.reported = tiyi

dos lilite pakeyi=tiyi (mara=gi (their home))

li / ri / sa / ma / ye

BE/no motion

ye – yena – yigi

la – lana – leyi

bo – bona -buyi

te – tena – tiyi