Continuing with Gary’s list:
This sits (as) the litter’s first kitten?
100. ha tɛndɛ moɬkɛdɛ da iddɨse andana dɛmɛ?
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I suppose, now that I have done 99 sentences, I should do a recap. Rather than go through multiple posts on vocabulary, though, I am going to give you a small present: a pdf of the dictionary, in progress…
You might like some of the stuff at the back, too.
Continuing with Gary’s list:
This is a straightforward use of tɨŋi with a causative/agentive source and a purposive source.
98. leneya ŋidi dɨdɛn salɨdɛn tɨŋi dɛmɛ?
Let’s do another:
And this is a straightforward re-working of #47 in post #25.
99. leneya ŋidi sɛdɛ susi goɬi dɛmɛ?
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Continuing with Gary’s list:
Right. Ready. and On time. OK. Readiness is a state I suppose, so “will you be at readiness” will work. On time, though… On time for what? At a specific time? At the time we have previously decided upon? I suppose this could be a time word equivalent of susi (here, there, this place, that place). Something that meant now, then, this time, that time: yanda. So, “Will you be ready then?”
97. ŋidi otni tomot yanda dɛga dɛmɛ?
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Continuing with Gary’s list:
This is straightforward. We could use tattɨŋi “Have all the leaves rained down from the tree”, but I will stick with the more prosaic:
96. mɛdɛ nadɨdi malɨdi otni tadya dɛmɛ?
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Continuing with Gary’s list:
Right. Let’s see. Let’s figure out orbital mechanics. Let’s figure out the periods of my three or four moons. Let’s decide how many moons I have. Let’s figure out a super cool calendar based on the various lunar cycles. Let’s make up names for different parts of the different cycles. Let’s chuck it all and go study for my Latin final instead. Besides, today is Thursday.
OK then. How about Is today {the day of the ceremony} or Is today {her birthday} (not that I am sure I have a word for birthday). Are those equivalent? I hope so.
95. da lonnas tɛndɛ katɛn da lonnas dɛmɛ?
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Continuing with Gary’s list:
Another use of ono for hearing.
94. le sada syodɨdiya ono andabalya no bala.
This could also mean that I am very happy to hear their voices.
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Continuing with Gary’s list:
Another use of ɛmɛmɛ for making and building. This sentence also has multiple sources: one a sessile purpose (his little boy) and the other a motile cause (Mr J, hereafter referred to as Mada). I should probably put the motile one closer to the verb.
93. kodava ɨsava Mada ɛstɨdɛn omɛt dɛstɛ.
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Continuing with Gary’s list:
Hah. Already have a word for noon! And like any one-word time phrase, it can go in the source slot. And by the roadside involves a serial predicate. Since the food is also by the roadside dantɛndɛ tona, this works. Eating, by the way, uses ono.
92. lɨnanda lɛnna kye gogɨdiya tono dantɛndɛ tona.
Hmm. This could also mean “we ate the food that was by the road.”
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Continuing with Gary’s list:
Damn birds.
I have been thinking about the concept of building and making, and I think this uses the verb ɛmɛmɛ. ɛmɛmɛ is in many ways the opposite of evi, which means to emit (sometimes explosively), so ɛmɛmɛ is sort of “implode”. Sort of. More like multiple things come together to one thing. So, yeah, building and making fit with that. The structure of an ɛmɛmɛ clause in this context is S A ɛmɛmɛ (L). S is the “robin”, A the nest, and L the apple tree.
91. udle lomɨdɛn omɛt mɛdɛ da gadi dɛstɛ.
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