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Syntax
EXAMPLES (DELETE After reading) - Noun phrase: | kuda metana
kuda metana lola'e |
| horse black
horse black two |
| "a black horse" "two black horses" |
Verb phrase:
| ira gehe
era
ira ma
nahi gehe? |
| water drink
they water [emp] where drink? |
| "drink water
"where do they drink water? |
Prepositional phrase:
| asi oma mutu wo'i
anu baunu asi
oma mutu wo'i |
| my
house
in
people many my house
in there |
| "in my house"
"many people are over there in my house" |
Word order: (words in parentheses are optional)
| era festa ma asi oma isi woi gini |
| they party [emp] my house at make |
| They throwing a party at my house |
Yes/no questions:
| Ai la'a di ina'a? La'a |
| you go or not? Go |
| "Are you going? Yes |
| Rau di nokorau? Rau |
| good or bad? Good |
| "How are you" I am good |
Content questions:
| Ai karaka nahi la'a nana? Oma isi la'a nana |
| You want where go [emp]? House to go [emp] |
| "Where do you want to go? I want to go home |
Noun phrase:
| anu
daho
anu daho
nai
|
| people
six
people six only |
| "six
people"
"six people only" |
Verb phrase:
| ate
lafu
gira'a
nahire ate lafu gira'a? |
| tree life watering who tree life watering? |
| "Watering
plant"
"Who is watering plant(s)? |
Prepositional phrase:
| oma
muta
Asi ina
teli
ma oma
muta woi saunu |
| house
back
my mom corn [emp]
house back there plant |
| "Backyard"
"My mom plants corn at the backyard" |
Word order:
| arabau
resa
nawa
arabau lolitu
esere
resa nawa |
| buffalo
paddy
eat
buffalo three yesterday
paddy eat |
| "Buffalo
(s) eats paddy"
"Three buffalos ate paddy yesterday"
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Yes/no questions:
| (hai) nawa di ne'egu? ne'egu |
| [past] eat or yet? not yet |
| "Have you eaten yet? Not yet" |
Content questions:
| aibobu
(ne)tani ma
aigini?
Wori lawa
ma anigini |
| uncle
what [emp] give to
you? He
money [emp] give to me |
| "What does you uncle give to you?" "He gives me money " |