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LDC Home About My Language Bird Story Text Translation 1: Morphology Translation 2: Syntax Swadesh List

TEXT I: BIRD STORY (1) Hmjiyal    kingal    qbubu    tutu    elug     ka     Pisaw    Umin    ni    asi     na   ngali. find          one        hat        tube    road   NOM    Pisaw   Umin           just          take ‘Pisaw Umin finds a top hat on the road and he just takes it.’ (2) Pisaw  nii   o  psaun   na   tunux    na    ka     qbubu  tutu     hnlayan  na   ni   tqqaras   musa. Pisaw  this     put on          head           NOM    hat       tube     find-TF              happy      leave 'Pisaw wears the hat that he found and leaves happily. (3) Strung  Sitang Wilang  elug   ka    Pisaw  ni  rngagan  Sitang  "Manu ka    gaga tunux  su  gaga? meet    Sitang Wilang  road  NOM  Pisaw          tell         Sitang    what  NOM  that   head  your  that  Ma naqih  bi       qtaan!         sun     na.         bad   very     look-TF      tell     'When Sitang Wilang meets Pisaw on the road, he asks him what is the thing that is on your head.  It looks very bad.'     (4) Pisaw do asi     na     hcii     qmada    elug     hiya       ka     qbubu  tutu     ni   wada   da. Pisaw      just                       leave      road    there     NOM     hat      tube          go         PERF 'Pisaw just leaves the top hat on the road and left. (5) Asi  sai   mangal Sitang  nhari    ka     qbubu   nii     ni     dsun   niya. just  go   take     Sitang  quick  NOM    h             this          carry   he 'Sitang quickly goes, takes the hat and carries it away.' (6) Sitang  o  powxun                 na   ka     qbubu ni saan   na  ttama babaw na hiya. Sitang      turn upside down         NOM    hat        go-TF       sit       on           he 'Sitang turns the hat upside down and sit on it.' (7) Rngagan Pisaw ka     Sitang: "Masu saan    ttama baraw ka      qbubu da!"     msa msaang ka    Sitang. tell-TF    Pisaw NOM Sitang   why    go-TF  sit      on       NOM  hat      EXCL          angry   NOM  Sitang. 'Sitang tells Pisaw "Why do you sit on the hat?" angrily.' (8) Ngalun Pisaw ka     qbubu ni psaun   na tunux niya. take      Pisaw NOM hat          put on      head  his 'Pisaw takes the hat and puts it on his head.' (9) Mniq ruwan qbubu ka     Sayun   wawa   Sitang o pcingun na dxgal      ka       qbubu, be     in         hat    NOM  Sayun    baby    Sitang    drop           ground NOM     hat 'Sitang's baby Sayun was in the hat and Sitang drops the hat on the ground.' (10) kiya ni qmita Stangan     bubu na    ka     Sayun do   mqaras   balay.    Mqaras   bi     ka      Sitang   bubu     na    uri. so        see    Sitang-TF   mother      NOM   Sayun        happy     very      happy     very   NOM  Sitang   mother         too 'So Sayun sees her mother and feel very happy.  Sitang, her mother feels very happy too.'