Northern Pomo Phrasicon

ba-de: maʔa yehe:de
	ba-de:	maʔa	yehe:	-de
	her older sister	food	do	-present
her older sister is cooking his older sister is cooking their older sister is cooking
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mo:w na:maʔ ma: t̪iyish yehe:de
	mo:w	na:maʔ	ma:	t̪iyish	yehe:d	-e
	he	always	things	bad	do	-present
he always does bad things
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t̪iʔ kidina:m mo:w ʔanukʰe t̪iyish yehe:de
	t̪iʔ	kidi	-na:m	mo:w	ʔanu	-kʰe	t̪iyish	yehe:	-de
	his.logo.	cat	-the	he	comparative	-from	bad	do	-present
he treats his cats even worse he takes care of his cats even worse
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hayuna:mya:ʔ nan k'awna:mya:ʔ nan bishena:m biyehe she: hayuna:mya:ʔ koljawine

hayu

-na:m

-ya:ʔ

nan

k'aw

-na:m

-ya:ʔ

nan

bishe

-na:m

biye

-he

she:

hayu

-na:m

-ya:ʔ

kol

-jawine

dog

-the

-nom.

and

fox

-the

-nom.

and

meat

-the

eat up

-having

then

dog

-the

-nom.

away

-run

the dog and the fox ate up the meat, then the dog ran away

mo:w k'o t̪iʔ hayuna:m k'edi yehe:dinha
	mo:w	k'o	t̪iʔ	hayu	-na:m	k'edi	yehe:di	-nha
	he	not	his.logo.	dog	-the	good	do	-not
he does not treat his dogs well
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k'aye kʰe ʔa: k'o yehe:de
	k'aye	kʰe	ʔa:	k'o	yehe:d	-e
	self	from	I	thing	do	-present
I am doing something for myself
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k'o t̪a ma yehe:deʔ ja:ʔ yem
	k'o	t̪a	ma	yehe:d	-e	-ʔ	ja:ʔ	yem
	what	Q	you	do	-present	-Q	person	old
what are you doing, old man?
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mit̪o xa: k'ena:msuy ma shuʔuʔ yehenda
	mit̪o	xa:	k'ena:m	-su	-y	ma	shuʔu	-ʔ	yehen	-da
	you	water	drown	-almost	-past	you	crazy	-semelf.	-do	-when
you almost drowned when you were doing crazy (things) you almost drowned when you were showing off / acting goofy
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shinuʔ yehe:din na:maʔ shinuʔ yehe:din
	shinuʔ	yehe:d	-in	na:maʔ	shinuʔ	yehe:d	-in
	drunk	do	-ing	always	drunk	do	-ing
getting drunk, always getting drunk
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jalil shinuʔ yeʔ yehen ma:n meʔ nay
	jalil	shinuʔ	yeʔ	yehen	ma:n	meʔ	na	-y
	just	drunk	only	do	she	char.	be	-past
she was the kind to just drink
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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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mo:w k'o yehe:de mu:l t̪o: k'o da:nha
	mo:w	k'o	yehe:de	mu:l	t̪o:	k'o	da:	-nha
	he	thing	do	that	me	not	like	-not
I do not like it when he does that
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ʔa:mi-ko:n k'o yehen t̪o: k'o da:nha
	ʔa:mi-ko:n	k'o	yehen	t̪o:	k'o	da:	-nha
	my brother-in-law	thing	do	me	not	like	-not
I do not like what my brother-in-law is doing
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ma-dahan ma: yehen
	ma-dahan	ma:	yehen
	his wife	things	do
his wife is doing things (fooling around)
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meʔ pʰow k'o yehet̪a meʔ ʔa: meʔ pʰowaʔ xama: xolhut̪'tʰe

meʔ

pʰow

k'o

yehe

-t̪a

meʔ

ʔa:

meʔ

pʰowaʔ

xama:

xol-

-hu

-t̪'

-tʰe

char.

they

what

-mev.

char.

them

accompany

around-

-go

-mev.

-used to

I used to go around with them whatever they did
I used to follow them around (doing) whatever they did

shuʔuʔ yehen
	shuʔuʔ	yehen
	crazy	do
do crazy (things)
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shuʔuʔ yehe:din
	shuʔuʔ	yehe:d	-in
	crazy	do	-ing
doing crazy (things)
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k'edi ma yeheʔ na
	k'edi	ma	yehe	-ʔ	na
	good	you	do	-semelf.	be
you did good
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k'o holmoʔo yehen ma:n meʔ nay
	k'o	holmoʔo	yehen	ma:n	meʔ	na	-y
	thing	haphazard	do	she	char.	be	-past
she did things haphazardly she was one to do things sloppy
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k'o yehe:din t̪a ma k'aye jabaneʔeʔ
	k'o	yehe:di	-n	t̪a	ma	k'aye	jabane	-ʔe	-ʔ
	what	do	-ing	Q	you	self	kill	-reflex.	-Q
what were you doing that you killed yourself (working so hard)?
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mo:w ma: t̪iyish yehe:dinhala ʔa: k'o mo:wal daxanhamale

mo:w

ma:

t̪iyish

yehe:

-di

-n

-hala

ʔa:

k'o

mo:wal

daxa

-nha

-male

things

bad

-present

-ing

-if

not

him

help

-not

-could

if he does bad things I should not help him

mo:w ma:daʔ maʔa yehe:nye
	mo:w	ma:daʔ	maʔa	yehe:n	-ye
	he	her	food	make	-past
he cooked for her (3) he made her food (3)
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ma: t̪iyishna:m mo:w yehe:nye
	ma:	t̪iyish	-na:m	mo:w	yehe:n	-ye
	things	bad	-the	he	do	-past
he did the bad things
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t̪iyi ma: t̪iyish yehe:nye mu:l mo:w maxoyeʔade
	t̪iyi	ma:	t̪iyish	yehe:n	-ye	mu:l	mo:w	maxoyeʔ	-ade
	he.logo.	things	bad	do	-past	that	he	regret	-present
he regrets those bad things he did he keeps regretting those bad things he did
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t̪iyi ma: t̪iyish yehe:nye mu:l mo:w maxoye
	t̪iyi	ma:	t̪iyish	yehe:n	-ye	mu:l	mo:w	maxoye
	he.logo.	things	bad	do	-past	that	he	regret
he regrets those bad things he did
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t̪iyi ma: t̪iyish yehe:nye mu:l mo:w maxoyeʔe
	t̪iyi	ma:	t̪iyish	yehe:n	-ye	mu:l	mo:w	maxoyeʔe
	he.logo.	things	bad	do	-past	that	he	regret
he regrets those bad things he did (2)
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t̪iyi k'o t̪iyish yehe:de mo:w maxoyeʔkʰe
	t̪iyi	k'o	t̪iyish	yehe:de	mo:w	maxoyeʔ	-kʰe
	he.logo.	thing	bad	do	he	regret	-future
he will regret the bad thing he is doing
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datʰaʔ dasayna:ma:dal k'o yehenkakʰe
	datʰaʔ	dasay	-na:m	-ma:dal	k'o	yehen	-ka	-kʰe
	old woman	blind	-the	-her	thing	do	-cause	-future
(you) will let the old blind woman do things let the old blind lady do something!
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datʰaʔ dasayyajul k'o yehenkayatʰe
	datʰaʔ	dasay	-yajul	k'o	yehen	-ka	-ya	-tʰe
	old woman	blind	-acc.	thing	do	-cause	-passive	-used to
the old blind woman used to be let to do things the old blind lady used to be allowed to do something
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baana:mpʰow masanyajuʔ hay pʰich'ot̪in du:du: t̪aawalna:meʔ yehet̪aʔan

baa

-na:m

-pʰow

masan

-yajuʔ

hay

pʰi-

-ch'o

t̪i

-n

du:

-du:

t̪aawal

-na:m

-meʔ

yehe

-t̪a

-ʔa

-n

man

-the

-they

white person

-obl.

wood

with long object-

-chop

-mev.

-ing

different

-different

work

-the

-char.

-mev.

-reflex.

-ing

the men chopped wood for white people, doing different kinds of work
men chopped wood for the white people, doing various tasks