Key
Subject Phrases (A, S, CS) are double underlined. Object Phrases (O, CC) are single underlined. Peripheral Phrases are dashed. Verb Phrases are unmarked. Clauses are set off by vertical lines.
Dunnolamiwa (What We Saw)
Interlinear
Cudu dunno-da-sedelamigo meli-lewa yisida.
- cudu
- rabbit
- dunno
- see
- da
- GO&
- sede
- PROG
- -la
- -RP+DIR
- =mi
- =1PLex.A
- =go
- =N3
- meli
- son
- lewa
- 1SG.A
- yisi
- child
- =da
- =this.3A
My son and I were hunting rabbits.
The noun phrase meli-lewa yisida "my son" only partially renames the actual A argument =mi "we (exclusive)". The noun phrase is furthermore tagged with =da and will be referenced in the next sentence.
Kinship association used the pattern [kinship term - associate]. Here the associate is the first person full pronoun lewa.
Woŋŋi wabaŋe ŋakodu laja siŋi sonosu dunno-nomeladace.
- woŋŋi
- cloud
- wabaŋe
- unusual
- ŋakodu
- heap+to
- laja
- mountain
- siŋi
- tall
- sonosu
- top+at
- dunno
- see
- nome
- LET
- -la
- -RP+DIR
- =da
- =this.3A
- =ce
- =1SG.O
He showed me an unusual cloud at the top of the tall mountains.
What he showed me and where is fronted for topicality.
Siŋi medego wodune hadahada teŋi cidigo takane ŋaka tenela.
- siŋi
- tall
- mede
- tree
- =go
- =like
- wodune
- vertical+via
- hadahada
- several
- teŋi
- thin
- cidi
- platter
- =go
- =like
- takane
- horizontal+via
- ŋaka
- heap
- tene
- sit
- -la
- -RP+DIR
- =∅
- =3
It had a tall vertical tree-like part and several thin horizontal platter-like parts.
CS tene PP-via is the standard pattern for whole (CS) has a part (PP).
Xotoxoto legilegi xeye ŋaka tenela.
- xotoxoto
- everywhere
- legilegi
- blotchy
- xeye
- dark
- ŋaka
- heap
- tene
- sit
- -la
- -RP+DIR
- =∅
- =3
It was blotchy and dark all over.
Hadahada wono taka nolo-callola.
- hadahada
- several
- wono
- big
- taka
- horizontal
- nolo
- increase
- callo
- SEEM
- -la
- -RP+DIR
- =∅
- =3
The several horizontal parts seemed to become bigger.
Tenewa dullo-wolami.
- tene
- sit
- -∅
- -NP
- =∅
- =3
- =wa
- =NOM
- dullo
- know
- wo
- NEG
- -la
- -RP+DIR
- =mi
- =1PLex.A
- =∅
- =3
We did not know what it was.
Callolami, koxodu da-dememi, gennayo se-dememiyo woŋŋi wono wabaŋe ŋakane.
- callo
- think
- -la
- -RP+DIR
- =mi
- =1PLex.A
- =∅
- =3
- ko
- home
- =xodu
- =place+to
- da
- go
- deme
- EXPECT
- -∅
- -NP
- =mi
- =1PLex.A
- genna
- elder+PL
- =yo
- =yon.3O
- se
- say
- deme
- EXPECT
- -∅
- -NP
- =mi
- =1PLex.A
- =yo
- =yon.3O
- woŋŋi
- cloud
- wono
- big
- wabaŋe
- unusual
- ŋakane
- heap+via
We think we should go home and tell the elders about the unusual big cloud.
Everything after the first word is a complement clause in the O position of the verb callo. The complement clause itself consists of two clauses in juxtaposition.