Northern Pomo Phrasicon

ma:n kolhu haw ba-ʔodaʔ hayu koljawine
	ma:n	kol	-hu	haw	ba-ʔod	-aʔ	hayu	kol	-jawini
	she	away	-go	before	her daughter-in-law	-obl.	dog	away	-run
before she left, her daughter-in-law's dog ran away
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haw yemal xalena:m t'aboʔ na
	haw	yemal	xale	-na:m	t'aboʔ	na
	before	year	tree	-the	dry	be
last year the tree was dry
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maʔamaʔaʔ haw
	maʔa	-maʔa	-ʔ	haw
	food	-eat	-semelf.	before
before eating food before (you) start to eat
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k'o dase: haw ma:n tʰoʔo: mit̪'akye mu:l maʔakʰe
	k'o	dase:	haw	ma:n	tʰoʔo:	mit̪'ak	-ye	mu:l	maʔa	-kʰe
	thing	wash	before	she	acorn mush	cook	-past	that	eat	-in order to
before washing things, she cooked acorn mush so (it would be ready) to eat
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k'o dase: haw ma:n tʰoʔo: mit̪'akye mil sili: maʔakʰe
	k'o	dase:	haw	ma:n	tʰoʔo:	mit̪'ak	-ye	mil	sili:	maʔa	-kʰe
	thing	wash	before	she	acorn mush	cook	-past	from.that	after	eat	-in order to
before washing things, she cooked acorn mush to eat afterwards
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dakosaʔ ʔu:l t̪ʰint̪a mu:l Dorothyt̪u hawkʰe ma-kaʔak naʔ

-t̪a

Dorothy

-t̪u

haw

-kʰe

ma-kaʔak

-ʔ

young man

now

that

Dorothy

-acc.

before

-from

grandchild (daughter's child)

-Q

isn't Dorothy's oldest grandchild a young man now?

be: juhula t̪o: ma-kaʔak dakosaʔna:mo:w ma-cha:madel haw saawalumda jade

be:

juhula

t̪o: ma-kaʔak

dakosaʔ

-na:m

-mo:w

ma-cha:mad

-el

haw

saawalum

-da

jade

dir.

north

my grandchild (daughter's child)

young man

-the

-he

his niece

-acc.

before

Saturday

-at

bring

the young man that is my grandson that (lives) up north, he brought his niece home early Saturday

mi-pʰaneʔ hawkʰe dakosaʔna:mo:w
	mi-pʰane	-ʔ	haw	-kʰe	dakosaʔ	-na:m	-mo:w
	your daughter	-obl.	before	-from	young man	-the	-he
your daughter's oldest son
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ʔa:mi-je: ba-pʰane hawkʰena:ma:n ʔa:mi-de: na
	ʔa:mi-je:	ba-pʰane	haw	-kʰe	-na:m	-ma:n	ʔa:mi-de:	na
	my uncle	his daughter	before	-from	-the	-she	my cousin	be
my uncle's oldest daughter is my cousin
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haw dal ʔa:mi-she:ʔ jaw kawi baʔanʔa
	haw	da	-l	ʔa:mi-she:	-ʔ	ja	-w	kawi	baʔan	-ʔa
	before	month	-dir.	my aunt	-obl.	house	-dir.	child	birth	-passive
a child was born in my aunt's house last month
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miʔ hawkʰe Becky na
	miʔ	haw	-kʰe	Becky	na
	you	before	-from	Becky	be
Becky is older than you
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haw ʔoʔ ʔa: meʔ shokuwa du:l bayuʔtʰe
	haw	ʔoʔ	ʔa:	meʔ	shokuwa	du:l	bayu	-ʔ	-tʰe
	before	still	I	char.	Hopland language	other	understand	-semelf.	-used to
before, though, I used to understand Hopland language
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da koja haw ma:n tʰoʔo: mit̪'aka
	da	ko	-ja	haw	ma:n	tʰoʔo:	mit̪'aka
	sun	out	-jump	before	she	acorn mush	cook
she cooked acorn mush before the sun rose before the sun came out, she cooked acorn mush
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k'o dase: haw ma:n tʰoʔo: mit̪'aka
	k'o	dase:	haw	ma:n	tʰoʔo:	mit̪'aka
	thing	wash	before	she	acorn mush	cook
she cooked acorn mush before washing things
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haw dal
	haw	da	-l
	before	month	-dir.
last month
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hawkʰena:mu:l Rooney shit̪ na mo:w t̪ʰint̪a Sacramento Valley jimayʔ nan du: Ike shi natʰe mo:w ʔal mu:l be: habeda xa du:lalt̪u dibe:muʔda mo:wal mi: jabanʔa

haw

-kʰe

-na:m

-mu:l

Rooney

shit̪

mo:w

t̪ʰin

-t̪a

Sacramento Valley

jima

-y

-ʔ

nan

Ike

-tʰe

be:

-da

-lal

-t̪u

dibe:

-muʔ

-da

mo:wal

mi:

jaban

-ʔa

before

-from

-the

-that

Rooney

name

not

-Q

Sacramento Valley

live

-past

-Q

and

other

Ike

name

-used to

this

that

dir.

where

-at

water

other

-side

-from

fight

-recip.

-at

him

there

kill

-passive

the older one, named Rooney, didn't he live in Sacramento Valley? And the other one named Ike, he was killed where fighting happened on the other side of the water (World War II)

ʔa: kapelt̪u haw diweʔ jadiy
	ʔa:	kapel	-t̪u	haw	diweʔ	jadi	-y
	I	paper	-loc.	before	night	see	-past
I saw (that) in the paper the other night
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Estherwiʔ hawkʰe
	Esther	-wiʔ	haw	-kʰe
	Esther	-obl.	before	-from
older than Esther
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hawkʰena:ma:n
	haw	-kʰe	-na:m	-ma:n
	before	-from	-the	-she
the older one, her the oldest (woman)
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hawkʰena:mpʰow
	haw	-kʰe	-na:m	-pʰow
	before	-from	-the	-they
the older ones the older (people)
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ʔa: haw semaanu ja manaʔye
	ʔa:	haw	semaanu	ja	mana	-ʔ	-ye
	I	before	week	house	pay	-semelf.	-past
I paid for the house last week I paid the rent last week I paid the mortgage last week
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haw yemal mo:w ts'u:na:m jats'a:y
	haw	yemal	mo:w	ts'u:	-na:m	ja-	-ts'a:	-y
	before	year	he	arrow	-the	rear-	-break	-past
he broke the arrow last year
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pʰik'a dase: haw
	pʰik'a	dase:	haw
	dish	wash	before
before washing dishes before (I) wash baskets
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haw semaanu
	haw	semaanu
	before	week
last week
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haw yemal
	haw	yemal
	before	year
last year
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haw yemal xalena:m t'aboyt̪ana
	haw	yemal	xale	-na:m	t'abo	-y	-t̪a	-na
	before	year	tree	-the	dry	-semelf.	-mev.	-evid.
last year the trees got dry (I saw)
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meʔ mu:l ʔal t̪oʔ diyina:mo:wal haw yemal ya: shameyami

meʔ

mu:l

ʔal

t̪oʔ

diyi

-na:m

-mo:wal

haw

yemal

shame

-ya

-mi

char.

that

this

next to

-the

-him

before

year

leg

cut

-passive

-emph.

the one next to me had surgery on his leg last year
last year my husband had an operation on his leg

sha kanenka haw ma:n k'ot̪am Kelly jadi
	sha	kanenka	haw	ma:n	k'ot̪am	Kelly	jadi
	fish	fish	before	she	swim	Kelly	see
Kelly saw her swim before she fished she swam before fishing, Kelly saw
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haw ʔoʔ ʔa: meʔ shokuwa bayuʔtʰe
	haw	ʔoʔ	ʔa:	meʔ	shokuwa	bayu	-ʔ	-tʰe
	before	still	I	char.	Hopland language	understand	-semelf.	-used to
I used to understand Hopland language before
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