Northern Pomo Phrasicon

wayʔe mo:w hint̪il jano janon bayimi
	wayʔe	mo:w	hint̪il	jano	jano	-n	ba-	-yi	-mi
	early	he	Indian	language	speak	-ing	mouth-	-stop	-emph.
he did stop speaking Northern Pomo long ago
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wayʔe mo:w hint̪il jano janon baye
	wayʔe	mo:w	hint̪il	jano	jano	-n	ba-	-ye
	early	he	Indian	language	speak	-ing	mouth-	-stop
he stopped speaking Northern Pomo long ago
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ʔa: k'o miʔ jano janon sha:nhamale
	ʔa:	k'o	miʔ	jano	jano	-n	sha:	-nha	-male
	I	not	your	language	speak	-ing	know	-not	-could
I cannot speak your language I do not know how to speak your language
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ʔa: k'o miʔ jano jano:dinha
	ʔa:	k'o	miʔ	jano	jano:	-di	-nha
	I	not	your	language	speak	-present	-not
I do not speak your language
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ʔa: masa:n jano janoji
	ʔa:	masa:n jano	jano	-ji
	I	English language	speak	-semelf.
I spoke English (just now) I speak English
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yaʔ jano ʔa: jano nan masa:n jano ka:y janoji
	yaʔ	jano	ʔa:	jano	nan	masa:n jano	ka:y	jano	-ji
	our	language	I	speak	and	English language	also	speak	-semelf.
I speak our language and speak English too
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yaʔ jano ʔa: jano:dit̪e nahe ʔa: masa:n jano janoji
	yaʔ	jano	ʔa:	jano:	-di	-t̪e	nahe	ʔa:	masa:n jano	jano	-ji
	our	language	I	speak	-present	-but	so then	I	English language	speak	-semelf.
I speak our language but then I speak English
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yaʔ jano ʔa: jano:di nahe ʔa: masa:n jano janoji
	yaʔ	jano	ʔa:	jano	-di	nahe	ʔa:	masa:n jano	jano	-ji
	our	language	I	speak	-present	so then	I	English language	speak	-semelf.
I speak our language then I speak English
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ʔa: jano xo: jano:di
	ʔa:	jano	xo:	jano:	-di
	I	language	two	speak	-present
I speak two languages
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du: jano janon daʔadin meʔ ma mu:l haba: t̪'oxale na

du:

jano

-n

daʔa

-di

-n

meʔ

mu:l

haba:

t̪'o

-xale

other

language

speak

-ing

want

-present

-ing

char.

you

that

tongue

suck

-should

if you want to speak another language, you have to suck tongues
Edna said, “Old Indian women would say that to us all the time. We’d make a remark about not being able to understand another dialect and we’d laugh at the old ladies when they’d say that to us. I never was able to tell if it was a joke or not, whether we should or whether it was done or not!”

du: janon daʔadin meʔ ma mu:l haba: t̪'oxale nanway

du:

jano

-n

daʔa

-di

-n

meʔ

mu:l

haba:

t̪'o

-xale

nanway

other

speak

-ing

want

-present

-ing

char.

you

that

tongue

suck

-should

disc.mrkr.

if you want to speak another (language), you have to suck tongues
Edna said, “Old Indian women would say that to us all the time. We’d make a remark about not being able to understand another dialect and we’d laugh at the old ladies when they’d say that to us. I never was able to tell if it was a joke or not, whether we should or whether it was done or not!”

yaʔ jano jano:dim
	yaʔ	jano	jano:	-di	-m
	our	language	speak	-present.	-command
speak our language! (command)
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yaʔ jano janojim
	yaʔ	jano	jano	-ji	-m
	our	language	speak	-semelf.	-command
speak our language! (command)
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t̪'est̪ʰin du: ma: baʔ jano jano:din ma k'o t̪'es jano:dinha

-t̪ʰin

-ʔ

-di

-n

k'o

t̪'es

jano:

-di

-nha

right

-not

other

land

person

-obl.

language

speak

-present

-ing

you

not

right

speak

-present

-not

(that is) not right, (you) are speaking another place's language, you do not speak right

nahe ʔa: masa:n jano janoji
	nahe	ʔa:	masa:n jano	jano	-ji
	so then	I	English language	speak	-semelf.
then I speak English
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hint̪il jano lowaʔ ya wayʔe baye
	hint̪il jano	lowaʔ	ya	wayʔe	ba-	-ye
	Northern Pomo language	talk	we	early	mouth-	-stop
we stopped speaking Northern Pomo long ago
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nan t̪iʔ janot̪ʰin ka:y ma jano:di
	nan	t̪iʔ	jano	-t̪ʰin	ka:y	ma	jano:	-di
	and	your.logo.	language	-not	also	you	speak	-present
and you do not speak your language too
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panyol ʔa: janonmale
	panyol	ʔa:	jano	-n	-male
	Spanish	I	speak	-ing	-could
I could speak Spanish
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panyol janon t̪o: shuʔu:jiʔi
	panyol	jano	-n	t̪o:	shuʔu:	-ji	-ʔi
	Spanish	speak	-ing	me	forget	-semelf.	-reflex.
I forget how to speak Spanish
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panyol ʔa: jano:de
	panyol	ʔa:	jano:	-de
	Spanish	I	speak	-present
I speak Spanish
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masa:n jano janon
	masa:n jano	jano	-n
	English language	speak	-ing
speaking English speaking in English
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