Northern Pomo Phrasicon

mo:w t̪ʰint̪a shana:m daje nat̪e ʔa: maʔa
	mo:w	t̪ʰin	-t̪a	sha	-na:m	da-	-je	-ʔ	nat̪e	ʔa:	maʔa
	he	not	-Q	fish	-the	hand-	-catch	-Q	but	I	eat
he probably caught the fish but I ate it
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mo:w t̪ʰint̪a shana:m dajeʔ nan ʔawe t̪o: ho hala

mo:w

t̪ʰin

-t̪a

sha

-na:m

da-

-je

-ʔ

nan

ʔawe

t̪o:

hala

not

fish

-the

hand-

-catch

-Q

and

hopefully

give

hope ?

he probably caught the fish but I hope he gives it to me

mo:w t̪ʰint̪a shana:m dajeʔ nant̪e ma:n mu:l maʔan

mo:w

t̪ʰin

-t̪a

sha

-na:m

da-

-je

-ʔ

nant̪e

ma:n

mu:l

maʔa

-n

not

-Q

fish

-the

hand-

-catch

-Q

but

she

that

eat

-ing

he probably caught the fish but she ate it

mo:w t̪ʰint̪a shana:m dajeʔ
	mo:w	t̪ʰin	-t̪a	sha	-na:m	da-	-je	-ʔ
	he	not	-Q	fish	-the	hand-	-catch	-Q
he caught the fish, no?
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baʔanu mato sha daje kawiya baana:m ʔa: jadi
	ba	-ʔanu	mato	sha	da-	-je	kawiya baa	-na:m	ʔa:	jadi
	person	-comparative	big	fish	hand-	-catch	boy	-the	I	see
I saw the boy who caught the biggest fish
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baʔanu sha mato daje kawiya baanay xabeda wan ʔa: jadi

-ʔanu

sha

mato

da-

-je

kawiya baa

-nay

xabeda

wan

ʔa:

jadi

person

-comparative

fish

big

hand-

-catch

boy

-the

river

walk

see

I saw the boy who caught the biggest fish walking by the river

baʔanu sha mato daje kawiya baanay mo:w xabeda wan ʔa: jadi

-ʔanu

sha

mato

da-

-je

kawiya baa

-nay

mo:w

xabeda

wan

ʔa:

jadi

person

-comparative

fish

big

hand-

-catch

boy

-the

river

walk

see

I saw the boy who caught the biggest fish walking by the river (2)

mu:l ʔa: daje
	mu:l	ʔa:	daje
	that	I	catch
I caught that
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mu:l ʔa: dajet̪e
	mu:l	ʔa:	daje	-t̪e
	that	I	catch	-mev.
I caught that (multiple times)
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mo:w sha subu daje
	mo:w	sha	subu	daje
	he	fish	three	catch
he caught three fish
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ba-pʰane sha daje mo:w ma:dal ho
	ba-pʰane	sha	daje	mo:w	ma:dal	ho
	her daughter	fish	catch	he	her	give
he gave her the fish that her daughter caught
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ma-pʰane sha dajena:m mo:w ma-t'il ho
	ma-pʰane	sha	daje	-na:m	mo:w	ma-t'i	-l	ho
	his daughter	fish	catch	-the	he	his younger sister	-acc.	give
he gave his younger sister the fish that his daughter caught
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hayuna:m ʔa: daje
	hayu	-na:m	ʔa:	daje
	dog	-the	I	catch
I caught the dog
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mo:w dajet̪e
	mo:w	daje	-t̪e
	he	catch	-mev.
he caught (multiple times)
EC

mo:w sha dajena:m ma:n maʔa:ji
	mo:w	sha	da-	-je	-na:m	ma:n	maʔa:	-ji
	he	fish	hand-	-catch	-the	she	eat	-semelf.
she ate the fish that he caught
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sha ch'a: ʔa: kaneka
	sha	ch'a:	ʔa:	kaneka
	fish	one	I	fish
I caught one fish
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sha ch'a: yeʔ ʔa: kaneka
	sha	ch'a:	yeʔ	ʔa:	kaneka
	fish	one	only	I	fish
I only caught one fish
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sha xo: yeʔ ʔa: kaneka
	sha	xo:	yeʔ	ʔa:	kaneka
	fish	two	only	I	fish
I only caught two fish
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sha subu yeʔ ʔa: kaneka
	sha	subu	yeʔ	ʔa:	kaneka
	fish	three	only	I	fish
I only caught three fish
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