Sample Sentences
- mawo hoop: water boiled
- upa mawo hoop-ka: A man boiled water (lit. "man water boiled-caus.")
- gumu be: it is not a stick (lit. "stick not".)
- ma gumu: it is a stick (lit. "stick ?")
- dɛrbakan kaal nu ɗe-be: Derbakan does not have a dog (lit. "Derbakan dog poss.? ?:not")
- dɛrbakan kaal nu yaaŋk: Derbakan has a dog (lit. "Derbakan dog poss.? positive?")
- ʔam be-gea: he will not come (lit. "come not-?")
- inɗigi am-k: he will come (lit. "? come ?")
- tin-ta be-ge: he will not eat (lit. "? eat not ?")
- inɗage t'a-g: he will eat (lit. "? eat ?")
- paar bap: two snakes (lit. "snake two")
- upa kaan-ik ye: a man saw a dog (lit. "man dog-obj. saw")
- kaan upa-k ye: a dog saw a man (lit. "dog man-obj. saw")
- koto upa dɛpik ye: a woman saw a man (lit. "woman man tense? saw")
- gom c'uwa t'a: fire burned wood (lit. "fire wood ate")
- cu ɗɛpik ibalabiyan-an ɗe (word divisions uncertain): you (pl.) came (lit. "you(pl.) ?:? come-2pl.")
- subuk maakɛle kak t'a-ɗe: you (pl.) ate corn (lit. "you(pl.) corn aux? eat-2pl.")
- wo ka git inɗeet: I want to drink (lit. "drink ? infin.? want")
- moopa git inɗeet: I want to sit (lit. "sit ? infin.? want")
- abiyaŋge: they came
- upa kakaak jaal kaki ye ʔam: I saw the man who came yesterday (lit. "man came yesterday ? saw ?")
- upa mana pond ɗɛpik moi: a man sat on a rock (lit. "man rock on aux.? sat")
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