Northern Pomo Phrasicon

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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showkʰe jano ʔa: k'o bayu:jinha
	showkʰe jano	ʔa:	k'o	bayu:	-ji	-nha
	Lake County language	I	not	understand	-semelf.	-not
I do not understand Lake County language
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ʔa: k'o mu:l bayu:jinha
	ʔa:	k'o	mu:l	bayu:	-ji	-nha
	I	not	that	understand	-semelf.	-not
I do not understand that
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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!”

t̪emkan dinedinenkan
	t̪emkan	dine	-dinen	-ka	-n
	slow	remember	-redup.	-cause	-ing
slowly staring to understand
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min hi t̪ʰinam mo:w bayuʔwa
	min	hi	t̪ʰin	-am	mo:w	bayu	-ʔ	-wa
	thus	say	not	-command	he	understand	-semelf.	-might
do not say anything, he might understand! he might understand, do not talk like that!
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min hi t̪ʰinam ma:n bayuʔwa
	min	hi	t̪ʰin	-am	ma:n	bayu	-ʔ	-wa
	thus	say	not	-command	she	understand	-semelf.	-might
do not say anything, she might understand! she might understand, do not talk like that!
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min hi t̪ʰinam pʰow bayuʔwa
	min	hi	t̪ʰin	-am	pʰow	bayu	-ʔ	-wa
	thus	say	not	-command	they	understand	-semelf.	-might
do not say anything, they might understand! they might understand, do not talk like that!
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t̪a ma bayu:jiʔ
	t̪a	ma	bayu:	-ji	-ʔ
	Q	you	understand	-semelf.	-Q
do you understand? did you understand (that just now)?
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ʔa: k'o bayu:jinha
	ʔa:	k'o	bayu:	-ji	-nha
	I	not	understand	-semelf.	-not
I do not understand I did not understand (that just now)
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t̪o: bayu:ji
	t̪o:	bayu:	-ji
	me	understand	-semelf.
(he) understands me (she) understood me
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mu:l ʔa: bayu:ji
	mu:l	ʔa:	bayu:	-ji
	that	I	understand	-semelf.
I understand that I understood that (just now)
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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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minakan mu:l bayuʔch'a
	min	-nakan	mu:l	bayu	-ʔ	-ch'a
	thus	-because	that	understand	-semelf.	-plural (?)
that is why that is understood (they) understand that that way
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ma:n bayuʔkʰe t̪'an mo:w k'o hinha
	ma:n	bayu	-ʔ	-kʰe	t̪'a	-n	mo:w	k'o	hi	-nha
	she	understand	-semelf.	-future	think	-ing	he	not	say	-not
thinking she would understand, he didn't say anything he does not talk, thinking she will understand (him)
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k'o t̪a ma k'o bayu:jinhaʔ
	k'o	t̪a	ma	k'o	bayu:	-ji	-nha	-ʔ
	what	Q	you	not	understand	-semelf.	-not	-Q
what do you not understand?
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ma bayuʔwa
	ma	bayu	-ʔ	-wa
	you	understand	-semelf.	-might
you might understand
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