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Syntax
| hei ma liang pi hei ma |
| black horse two CL black horse |
| "a black horse" "two black horses" |
Verb phrase:
| qi fan ta jiao ou qi qi fan |
| eat rice 3.SG ask 1.SG to dinner |
| "have dinner" "he asks me to a dinner" |
Prepositional phrase:
| hui ji ga hui ou ji xin ga |
| back to 1.SG house back to 1.SG POSS new house |
| "back to my house" "back to my new house" |
Word order: (words in parentheses are optional)
| ou hui ji xin ga qi fan' |
| 1.SG back to new 1.SG.POSS house eat rice |
| "I go back to my new house to have dinner" |
Yes/no questions:
| ta shang xuo
me ? |
| 3.SG go to school Q |
| "Does he go to school?" |
| en ke xiang dao ge bi ren ga qi ? |
| 2.SG want go to next door house? |
| "Do you want to visit the next door neighbor?" |
Content questions:
| en jiang cai kan dao mo dong xi le? |
| 2.SG just now see what things Q? |
| "What did you see just now?" |