Senjecas - Test Sentences 1-35
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Pronunciation table
(labial) |
riisűko (dental) |
muitűko (alveolar) |
vainűko (palatal) |
ṡ̨uuše̋nos (vowels with प) |
nı̋þo ṡ̨uuše̋nos (weak vowels) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||||||||
| 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 ए 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 | |
| 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 |
1. We are sitting in the night, and like the night, we are silent.
m̃us laata̋s éna se̋da. da laata̋' sóma sa̋a̋mus vűűa: 1p-N night-G.s in sit-IND and night-G.s-ELIS like silent-N.p are-IND
2. I thought this darned thread was dead.
mu i-nűűlom ne̋ṡom e-e̋su e-na̋ma: 1s-N this-thread-A.s dead-A.s PST=be-SUP PST=think-IND
3a. The clouds floated over the sea. (two readings)
- The clouds floated across the sea (moving).
ne̋vos ma̋rem tára e-ka̋pa: cloud-N.p sea-A.s across PST=float-IND
- The clouds floated above the sea (not moving).
ne̋vos mare̋s úpa e-ka̋pa: cloud-N.p sea-A.s above PST=float-IND
3b. The cow jumped over the moon.
ȝűne e̋idem úpa e-ı̋ta: moon-N.s moon-A.s over PST=jump-IND
4a. John is taller than he (himself) thinks.
ȝóxana̋nu gŭgőxu vűűa— sómi na̋ma: John-N.s EL~tall-N.s be-IND. than think-IND
4b. John is taller than he (someone else) thinks.
ȝóxana̋nu gŭgőxu vűűa— sómi éȝu na̋ma: John-N.s EL~tall-N.s be-IND. than 3-N.s think-IND
5a. They named their child Fafnir.
éȝus żőőnaþum fafnir e-feetı̋d̨a 3-N.p child-A.s fafnir PST=name-TRZ-IND
5b. They named their child something strange.
éȝus żőőnaþum ze̋bo ȝom e-feetı̋d̨a 3-N.p child-A.s strange-ABS something-A.s PST=name-TRZ-IND
6. They swept the floor (such that the floor was) clean.
7. I am standing between a cat and a rabbit.
mu baave̋sk̬e ṡeṡe̋sk̬e ȝúṡa ṡűra: 1s-N cat-G.s=and hare-G.s=and between stand=IND
