Senjecas Humorous Sayings

Pronunciation table

peműko (labial)								riisűko (dental)								muitűko (alveolar)								vainűko (palatal)							ṡ̨uuše̋nos (vowels with प)								nı̋þo ṡ̨uuše̋nos (weak vowels)
p	b	f	v	m̃	m			t	d	þ	ð	ɫ	l			ṡ	ż	s	z	r	n			k	g	x	ƣ	h	ȝ			š	s̨			i	e	a	ɔ	o	u			ĭ	ĕ	ŭ
प	ब	फ	भ	म़	म			त	द	थ	ध	ल़	ल			च	ज	स	स़	र	न			क	ग	क़	ग़	ह	य			स्व	स्य			इ ई पि पी	ए एै पे पै	अ आ प पा	ऒ ॵ पॊ पॏ	ओ औ पो पौ	उ ऊ पु पू			पं	पऺ	पॅ
/p/	/b/	/ɸ/	/β/	/m̥/	/m/			/t/	/d/	/θ/	/ð/	/l̥/	/l/			/ʦ/	/ʣ/	/s/	/z/	/ɾ̥/	/n/			/k/	/g/	/ç/	/ʝ/	/j̊/	/j/			/sʷ/	/sʲ/			/i/	/e/	/ä/	/ɒ/	/o/	/u/			/ɪ/	/ɛ/	/ʊ/

Glossing abbreviations

1s/p = 1st person singular/plural	ABL = ablative suffix	COL = collective	F = feminine	INT = intensive prefix	PRV = privative prefix	SUP = supine
2s/p = 2nd person singular/plural	ABS = absolutive (an unmarked modifying adjective)	DES = desiderative	FRQ = frequentative	LAT = lative suffix	PST = past	TRZ = transitivizer
3 = 3rd person	ADV = adverb	DIM = diminutive	FUT = future	LOC = locative suffix	REV = reversive	VOC = vocative particle
A(.s/p) = accusative (singular/plural)	AG = agent	ELIS = elision	IMP = imperative	M = masculine	Q = interrogative particle	YNG = young
G(.s/p) = genitive (singular/plural)	AP = agent (active) participle	ELT = elative	INC = inchoative	OCC = occupation suffix	QUOT = direct quotation
N(.s/p) = nominative (singular/plural)	AUG = augmentative	EP = epenthesis	IND = indicative	PP = patient (past) participle	RPR = recent perfective
V(.s/p) = vocative (singular/plural)	CAUS = causative	EQU = equative degree	INS = instrument	PRF = perfect	SBJ = subjunctive

Humorous Sayings

• I have a hobby. I have the world’s largest collection of sea shells. I keep it scattered on beaches all over the world. Maybe you’ve seen some of it.
• मु से॔बध्नै॓म्रम् ग़े॓भ॥ भ्वैतो॓स् मर्चोन्क़ो॓म् मंमे॓ज ले॓स़्रम् ग़े॓भ॥ भ्वै॓तोम् थ॔फ क्यु॓दोन् ए॔भ जआ॓दथ ए॔यम् अ॓उक॥ तु म॔ग़्भि एय॔म् ती॓धोम् नंन॓क॥
• mu sébaðne̋e̋mram ƣe̋va: v̌eetős marṡonxőm mĭme̋ża le̋zram ƣe̋va: v̌e̋e̋tom þáfa k̨űdon éva ża̋a̋daþa éȝam a̋uka: tu máƣvi eȝám tííðom nĭna̋ka:

m-u	séb.aðne̋e̋mr-am	ƣe̋v-a	v̌eet-ős	mar.ṡonx-őm	mĭ~me̋ża-Ø	le̋zr-am	ƣe̋v-a	v̌e̋e̋t-om	þáfa
1s-N	amuse.interest-A.s	have-IND	world-G.s	sea.shell-G.p	ELT~large-ABS	collection-A.s	have-IND	world-A.s	all.over

k̨űd-on	éva	ża̋a̋d-a-þa-Ø	éȝ-am	a̋uk-a	t-u	máƣvi	eȝ-ám	tı̋ı̋ð-om	nĭ~na̋k-a
beach-A.p	on	scatter-IND-PP-ABS	3-A.s	keep-IND	2s-N	maybe	3-G.p	some-A.s	PRF~see-IND

• If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?
• ए॔फी म़ी॓रु फुरो॓सॎ ए॔न ती॓दोम् तै॓अ। द तो॔रु ग्वे॓नुस् भू॓ल ने—तोअ॔रि ए॔यु ओदु मु॓नु भू॓अ मे॥
• ébi m̃ı̋ı̋ru furős éna tííðom te̋e̋a. da tóru ǧe̋nus vűűla ne—toári éȝu ódu műnu vűűa me:

ébi	m̃ı̋ı̋r-u	fur-ős	éna	tííð-om	te̋e̋-a	da	tóru	ǧe̋n-us	vűűl-a	ne	toári	éȝ-u	ódu	műn-u	vűű-a	me
if	man-N.s	woods-G.s	in	something-A.s	say-IND	and	there	woman-N.p	there.be-IND	not	then	3-N.s	still	wrong-N.s	be-IND	Q

• If at first you don't succeed then skydiving definitely isn't for you.
• ए॔फी तु थु॔न्तु म्यु॓म ने। तोअ॔रि स्वैभ्फौ॓ल्र तो॓स्भि तु॔स् ए॔र एै॓स ने॥
• ébi tu þúntu m̨űma ne. toári šeevfőőlra tósvi tús éra e̋sa ne:

ébi	t-u	þúnt=u	m̨űm-a	ne	toári	šeev.főőlr-a	tós=vi	t-ús	éra	e̋s-a	ne
if	2s-N	first=ADV	succeed-IND	not	then	free.fall-N.s	definite=ADV	2s-G	for	be-IND	not

• When I was in school the teachers told me practice makes perfect; then they told me nobody’s perfect so I stopped practicing.
• मू॔स् तुन्देमो॓स् ए॔न ए-भूअन्तु॔स्। दो॓क़्लुस् ती॓दोम् बआगि॓द्यु मु॔स् ओ ए-तै॓अ॥ पो॔सु मु॔स् ओ ने॔उम् बआ॓गु ए-तै॓अ॥ स॔रु मु तीदि॓द्यु ए-दे॓उस॥
• mús tundemős éna e-vuuantűs. dőxlus tı̋ı̋dom baagı̋d̨u mús o e-te̋e̋a: pósu mús o néum ba̋a̋gu e-te̋e̋a. sáru mu tiidı̋d̨u e-de̋usa:

m-ús	tun.dem-ős	éna	e=vuu-a-nt-űs	dőx-l-us	tı̋ı̋d-om	baag-ı̋d̨-u	m-ús	o	e=te̋e̋-a
1s-G	learn.building-G.s	in	PST=be-IND-AP-G.s	teach-AG-N.p	practice-A.s	perfect-TRZ-SUP	1s-G	to	PST=tell-IND

pósu	m-ús	o	né-um	ba̋a̋g-u	e=te̋e̋-a	sáru	m-u	tiid-ı̋d̨-u	e=de̋us-a
then	1s-G	to	nobery-A.s	perfect-SUP	PST=tell-IND	so	1s-N	practice-TRZ-SUP	PST=stop-IND