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| Marker/Description of Process: lio | Meaning: Past | |
| Example:
Original Gloss Translation |
Ta-men hui-ji-ga lio 3-PL go-to-home PST 'They went home.' |
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| Marker/Description of Process: men | Meaning: Plural marker | |
| Example:
Original Gloss Translation |
En-men
dao la-chang qi? 2-PL to where go 'Where do you want to go?' |
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| Comments: Only for people | ||
| Marker/Description of Process: me | Meaning: question marker | |
| Example:
Original Gloss Translation |
ou
yao dao ao zhou nv you, en
you xing qu me? 1 S go to Austrilia travel, 2S have insterest Q? I am going to travel to Austrilia, do you have an interest? |
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| Comments: for yes or no question | ||
| Marker/Description of Process: jiang | Meaning: PAST | |
| Example:
Original Gloss Translation |
Ta
jiang
bao
lio yei
tiao-gou 3.S recentt.past adopt PST INDEF CLF- dog He/ she just adopted a dog |
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| Marker/Description of Process: tiao | Meaning: counting classifier for dogs | |
| Example:
Original Gloss Translation |
ou
ga
yang le
liang
tiao gou 1.S.POSS family raise PFV two CLF dog my family has raised two dogs |
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| Marker/Description of Process: tiao | Meaning: counting classifier for rules | |
| Example:
Original Gloss Translation |
zheng
fu
hui
chu
tai yi
tiao
xin gui. government PRED release one CLF new regulation. the government is going to release a new regulation. |
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