Northern Pomo Phrasicon

badul ba:tʰe maʔamaʔahe ʔal mo:w sima miti
	badul	ba:tʰe	maʔamaʔa	-he	ʔal	mo:w	sima	miti
	lots	much	eat	-having	this	he	sleep	lie
because he ate so much he's sleeping
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mo:w hona:m dasimkʰemna nan ma simaʔkʰena
	mo:w	ho	-na:m	dasim	-kʰemna	nan	ma	sima	-ʔ	-kʰena
	he	fire	-the	put out	-future	and	you	sleep	-semelf.	-future
he will put out the fire and you will sleep
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hona:m mo:w dasimkʰena mit̪o simaʔkakʰe
	ho	-na:m	mo:w	dasim	-kʰena	mit̪o	sima	-ʔ	-ka	-kʰe
	fire	-the	he	put out	-future	you	sleep	-semelf.	-cause	-in order to
he will put out the fire in order to let you sleep
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ʔa: sima: mitijade
	ʔa:	sima:	miti	-j	-ade
	I	sleep	lie	-semelf.	-present
I am going to sleep
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ba-t'iy sima miti
	ba-t'iy	sima	miti
	his younger brother	sleep	lie
his younger brother is sleeping her younger brother is sleeping their younger brother is sleeping
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sima bit̪'a
	sima	bit̪'a
	sleep	feel
feeling sleepy
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ba-t'iy sima miti
	ba-t'iy	sima	miti
	his younger sister	sleep	lie
his younger sister is sleeping her younger sister is sleeping their younger sister is sleeping
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mit̪o ʔa: ʔe: jaxa:kʰemna ma sima mitida
	mit̪o	ʔa:	ʔe:	ja-	-xa:	-kʰemna	ma	sima	miti	-da
	you	I	hair	with knife-	-cut	-future	you	sleep	lie	-when
I will cut your hair while you're sleeping
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ma sima mitida ʔa: mit̪o ʔe: jaxa:kʰemna
	ma	sima	miti	-da	ʔa:	mit̪o	ʔe:	ja-	-xa:	-kʰemna
	you	sleep	lie	-when	I	you	hair	with knife-	-cut	-future
while you are sleeping I will cut your hair I will cut your hair while you're sleeping (2)
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ma sima mitida ʔa: mit̪o ʔe: jak'olkʰemna
	ma	sima	miti	-da	ʔa:	mit̪o	ʔe:	ja-	-k'ol	-kʰemna
	you	sleep	lie	-when	I	you	hair	with knife-	-cut	-future
while you are sleeping I will cut your hair (2) I will cut your hair while you're sleeping (3)
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ma:n maʔamaʔada mo:w sima mitikan ma:n mo:wal duhuka bayokye

ma:n

maʔa

-maʔa

-da

mo:w

sima

miti

-ka

-n

ma:n

mo:wal

duhu

-ka

bayok

-ye

she

food

-eat

-when

sleep

lie

-cause

-ing

she

him

-cause

command

-past

while she ate, he slept, so she asked him to leave
because he slept while she was eating, she told him to leave

ma:n shana:m maʔaʔhi she: sima miti:jin
	ma:n	sha	-na:m	maʔa	-ʔ	-hi	she:	sima	miti:	-ji	-n
	she	fish	-the	eat	-semelf.	-having	then	sleep	lie	-semelf.	-ing
having eaten the fish she is going to sleep now
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John maʔamaʔahe sima miti:ji
	John	maʔa	-maʔa	-he	sima	miti:	-ji
	John	food	-eat	-having	sleep	-lie	-semelf.
having eaten, John went to sleep
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maʔamaʔahe John sima miti:ji
	maʔa	-maʔa	-he	John	sima	-miti:	-ji
	food	-eat	-having	John	sleep	-lie	-semelf.
having eaten, John went to sleep (2)
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ma:n shana:m maʔada mo:w sima mitiʔye
	ma:n	sha	-na:m	maʔa	-da	mo:w	sima	miti	-ʔ	-ye
	she	fish	-the	eat	-when	he	sleep	lie	-semelf.	-past
when she ate the fish, he went to sleep
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mo:w sima mitida ma:n maʔamaʔan nan she: mo:wal duhuka bayokan

mo:w

sima

miti

-da

ma:n

maʔa

-maʔa

-n

nan

she:

mo:wal

duhu

-ka

bayoka

sleep

lie

-when

she

food

-eat

-ing

and

then

him

-cause

-tell

she ate while he slept and then (she) told him to go

ma ho dasiman
	ma	ho	dasima	-n
	you	fire	put out	-ing
you are putting the fire out
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ho dasiman
	ho	dasima	-n
	fire	put out	-ing
putting out a fire
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ma sima mitiʔda mo:w ho sibaʔkakʰena
	ma	sima	miti	-ʔ	-da	mo:w	ho	siba	-ʔ	-ka	-kʰena
	you	sleep	lie	-semelf.	-when	he	fire	burn out	-semelf.	-cause	-future
when you go to sleep, he will put out the fire
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ʔa: ho dasimade
	ʔa:	ho	dasima	-de
	I	fire	put out	-present
I am putting out the fire
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ho dasimam
	ho	dasima	-m
	fire	put out	-command
put the fire out! (imperative)
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sima mitiʔkʰe mo:w jal duhu
	sima	miti	-ʔ	-kʰe	mo:w	ja	-l	duhu
	sleep	lie	-semelf.	-in order to	he	house	-dir.	go
he went home to sleep he went to the house in order to go to bed
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ʔa: k'uhum haʔak k'edi nat̪e ʔa: sima mitijade
	ʔa:	k'uhum	haʔak	k'edi	nat̪e	ʔa:	sima	miti	-j	-ade
	I	white sedge root	trim	good	but	I	sleep	lie	-semelf.	-present
I should trim white sedge roots, but I am going to sleep it would be good if I trimmed basket roots, but I am going to sleep
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k'uhumna:m ʔa: haʔak k'edi nat̪e ʔa: sima mitijade
	k'uhum	-na:m	ʔa:	haʔak	k'edi	nat̪e	ʔa:	sima	miti	-j	-ade
	white sedge root	-the	I	trim	good	but	I	sleep	lie	-semelf.	-present
I should trim the white sedge roots, but I am going to sleep it would be good if I trimmed the basket roots, but I am going to sleep
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