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Syntax
Noun phrase: | kuda
mean ida
kuda mean rua
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| horse red horse two |
| "a red horse" "two red horses" |
Verb phrase:
| han etu
Maria fo'o
hau
sasan foun |
| eat rice Maria give 1.SG new things |
| "eat rice" "Maria give me new things" |
Prepositional phrase:
| iha hau nia uma iha hau nia uma foun |
| at 1.SG POSS house at 1.SG POSS new house |
| "at my house" "at my new house" |
Declarative sentence 1: (transitive)
| Jose
han paun iha
nia uma |
| Jose eat bread at 3.SG house |
| "Jose eats bread at his house" |
Declarative Sentence 2: (intransitive)
| Jinha toba hela |
| Jinha sleep PROG |
| "Jinha is sleeping" |
Yes/no questions:
| João
lee
jornál kah
lae? |
| João
read newspaper or
NEG |
| "Does João read newspaper?" |
| O hakarak han kah lae? |
| 2.SG want eat
or NEG |
| "Do you want to eat?" |
Content questions:
| Se mak toba? |
| who FOC sleep |
| "Who slept?" |
| Se
mak tebe
tiha
ona bola ne'e? |
| who FOC kick PERF
already ball this |
| "Who kicked the ball?" |
| Saida mak o bele hare'e? |
| what FOC you can see |
| "What can you see?" |
| Ita ba nebe'e? |
| 1PL go where? |
| "Where are we going?" |
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