Northern Pomo Phrasicon

mo:w yal k'aye t̪ʰana datsapka muʔye
	mo:w	yal	k'aye	t̪ʰana	da-	-tsap	-ka	-muʔ	-ye
	he	us	self	hand	hand-	-slap	-cause	-recip.	-past
he made us slap our own hands
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mo:w yal k'aye t̪ʰana datsapka muʔu
	mo:w	yal	k'aye	t̪ʰana	da-	-tsap	-ka	-muʔu
	he	us	self	hand	hand-	-slap	-cause	-recip.
he makes us slap our own hands
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t̪iyal daxakakʰe pʰow mo:wal baʔole
	t̪iyal	daxa	-ka	-kʰe	pʰow	mo:wal	baʔole
	them.logo.	help	-cause	-in order to	they	him	call
they called him to help them
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ma:n ma-cheyal baʔolade
	ma:n	ma-cheya	-l	baʔol	-ade
	she	her son-in-law	-acc.	call	-present
she is calling her son-in-law
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ʔa: ba-cheyal baʔolade
	ʔa:	ba-cheya	-l	baʔol	-ade
	I	his son-in-law	-acc.	call	-present
I am calling his son-in-law
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ʔa: ba-cheyal baʔolade
	ʔa:	ba-cheya	-l	baʔol	-ade
	I	her son-in-law	-acc.	call	-present
I am calling her son-in-law
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yal ma-kaʔakt̪ana:m kolpʰili
	yal ma-kaʔakt̪a	-na:m	kol	-pʰili
	our grandchildren (daughter's children)	-the	away	-go.plural
our grandchildren went out our grandchildren left
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yal ma-baʔakt̪a ma-kaʔakt̪ana:m pʰow du: kawiyana:mil ʔanu yehet̪aʔa
	yal ma-baʔakt̪a	ma-kaʔakt̪a	-na:m	pʰow	du:	kawi	-ya	-na:m	-mil	ʔanu	yehet̪aʔa
	our grandchildren (son's children)	grandchildren (daughter's children)	-the	they	other	child	-plural	-the	-from.that	comparative	do
our grandchildren do more (to help) than other children
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jalil yal kasi:wi dileyade
	jalil	yal	kasi:	-wi	dileya	-de
	just	us	cold	-with	kill	-present
the cold is just killing us we're just dying from the cold
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jalil kasi:wi yal dileyade
	jalil	kasi:	-wi	yal	dileya	-de
	just	cold	-with	us	kill	-present
the cold is just killing us (2) we're just dying from the cold (2)
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yal kasi:wi dileyadin
	yal	kasi:	-wi	dileya	-di	-n
	us	cold	-with	kill	-present	-ing
the cold is killing us we are dying from the cold
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beʔyemal yal kasi:wi dileyade
	beʔ	-yemal	yal	kasi:	-wi	dileya	-de
	this	-year	us	cold	-with	kill	-present
this year the cold is killing us we are dying from the cold this year
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k'edi yal nakam
	k'edi	yal	na	-ka	-m
	good	us	be	-cause	-command
make us good! (command) make us be kind! (command)
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pʰow yal showʔkʰemna
	pʰow	yal	show	-ʔ	-kʰemna
	they	us	hear	-semelf.	-future
they will hear us
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yal daxam
	yal	daxa	-m
	us	help	-command
help us! (command)
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yal daxam hin pʰow mo:wal he
	yal	daxa	-m	hi	-n	pʰow	mo:wal	he
	us	help	-command	say	-ing	they	him	say
"help us!," they said to him
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t̪iyal daxakat̪e hin pʰow mo:wal he
	t̪iyal	daxa	-ka	-t̪e	hi	-n	pʰow	mo:wal	he
	them.logo.	help	-cause	-mev.	say	-ing	they	him	say
they told him to help them
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nan meʔ ʔal yal hint̪ilyajul hawilda yoʔhet̪aʔan
	nan	meʔ	ʔal	yal	hint̪il	-yajul	hawilda	yoʔhet̪aʔa	-n
	and	char.	this	us	Indian	-acc.	long time ago	make fun of (plural)	-ing
and a long time ago, (they) made fun of us Indians for this kind of thing
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yal yoʔhet̪aʔan
	yal	yoʔhet̪aʔa	-n
	us	make fun of (plural)	-ing
making fun of us
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yal yoʔhet̪aʔan ya hit̪ hin
	yal	yoʔhet̪aʔa	-n	ya	hi	-t̪	hi	-n
	us	make fun of (plural)	-ing	we	say	-mev.	say	-ing
making fun of us for what we say
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be: yo:wkʰe ja:ʔya:ʔ mu:l yal nayt̪uway hin hin ya hit̪ hin yal yoʔhet̪aʔan

be:

-kʰe

-ya:ʔ

nayt̪uway

-n

-t̪

-n

yal

yoʔhet̪aʔa

-n

dir.

south

-from

person

-nom.

that

disc.mrkr.

say

-ing

say

-ing

say

-mev.

say

-ing

make fun of (plural)

-ing

the people from the south make fun of us for saying "nayt̪uway"

yo:wkʰe ja:ʔya:ʔ mu:l yal yoʔhet̪aʔanway nayt̪uway hin ya hit̪ hin

-kʰe

-ya:ʔ

-nway

nayt̪uway

-n

-t̪

-n

south

-from

person

-nom.

that

make fun of (plural)

-disc.mrkr.

say

-ing

say

-mev.

say

-ing

the people from the south make fun of us for saying "nayt̪uway" (2)

chiba: t̪a t̪o: pʰewʔkʰeʔ hin t̪'aʔadin ʔa: muu mitin kadokadoman diyalin

chiba:

t̪a

t̪o:

pʰe

-w

-ʔ

-kʰe

-ʔ

-n

t̪'aʔa

-di

-n

ʔa:

muu

miti

-n

kado

-kado

-ma

-n

diyali

-n

who

pick up

-dir.

-semelf.

-future

-Q

say

-ing

think

-present

-ing

there

lie

-ing

roll

-redup.

-cont.

-ing

struggle

-ing

"who will pick me up?" I thought, lying there, rolling around, struggling (to get up)

mu:l k'edika jo: ʔa: diyali
	mu:l	k'edi	-ka	jo:	ʔa:	diyali
	that	good	-cause	for	I	struggle
I am struggling to fix that I struggle to make that better
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muu mitin ʔa: diyalye
	muu	miti	-n	ʔa:	diyal	-ye
	there	lie	-ing	I	struggle	-past
I lay there struggling (to get up)
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t̪iʔ kanemaʔ yow ma:n diyali
	t̪iʔ	kanemaʔ	yow	ma:n	diyali
	her.logo.	relative	under	she	struggle
she struggles because of her relatives she struggles under the burden of her relatives
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ʔemala yow diyalin
	ʔemala	yow	diyali	-n
	flea	under	struggle	-ing
struggling under the fleas struggling because of the fleas
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