Amal/phrases

Passive

• yemwa bikopa daqeshba.

food-ACC DAT-dog give-PST.PASS

The food was given to the dog.

Random Phrases

• amanti - /amaːnti/ - love-1s-2s - I love you.

• ma ede? - /maː ɛde/ - what do-2s - What are you doing?

• aryemeshilan? - /aɾʲemɛʃɪlan/ - see-INT-PST-3s-1s - Did she see me?

• ibti kurwa nai daqeshan. - /ɪbtiː kuɾwa na͜ɪ daːʔɛʃan/ - DAT-2s heart-ACC 1s.GEN give-PST-1s - I gave you my heart.

• ne emeshanti - NEG ask-PST-1s-2s - I did not ask you.

verb derivation

• nanek - to feel pain

nanegek - ache-REFL-INF - to feel pain in oneself, to grieve (reflexive)

nanedek - ache-CAUS-INF - to cause to grieve (causative)

nanebek - ache-PASS-INF - to be made to grieve (passive)

• nanuredati

/nanuɹɛdɑti/

ache-TENT-CAUS-3s-2s

She will make you grieve.

random

• aryan ne kamatim | see-1s NEG book-PL | I see no books.
• aryemilan? | see-Q-3s-1s | Does he see me?
• aryeshanu | see-PST-1s-3s | I saw her.
• bahuk yemek | intend-1pl eat-INF | We will eat. / We intend to eat.
• edan malimwa yibak biqamal | do-1s word-PL-ACC anew-COM BEN-Amal | I am making new words for Amal.
• gelemu? | arrive-Q-3s | Has she arrived?
• ibti kurwa nai daqeshan | DAT-2s heart-ACC 1s.GEN give-PST-1s | I gave you my heart.
• ilha eyemwa Meshikanya hayak | 3s-COP.PERM food-ACC Mexican-GEN spice-COM | Mexican food is spicy.
• keshimwa nida shidak yareshbum | person-PL-ACC two-ten serious-COM injure-PP-3pl | Twenty people were seriously injured.
• kushu kapesha lai pawa | bird container-ABL 3s.GEN fly-3s | The bird flies away from his cage.
• mara yemuruk? | when eat-TENT-1pl | When might we eat?
• mawa shabti? | how know-2s | How do you know?
• shabanla | know-1s-NEG | I don't know.
• shabemumti? | know-Q-3pl-2s | Do they know you?
• kish shishimwa urya ayan | five bottle-PL-ACC water-GEN have-1s | I have five bottles of water.
• shum kaye buda? | why be-2s here | Why are you here?
• yemsibda kayeshuk | dining.room-LOC be-PST-1pl | We were in the dining room.