Northern Pomo Phrasicon

nan miʔ tʰitimi:na:m t̪a ma habe: jomkʰeʔ
	nan	miʔ	tʰitimi:	-na:m	t̪a	ma	habe:	jo	-m	-kʰe	-ʔ
	and	your	blackberry	-the	Q	you	where	put	-cont.	-future	-Q
and where will you put your blackberries?
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mu:l t̪a ma kʰets'ama: maʔakʰeʔ
	mu:l	t̪a	ma	kʰets'ama:	maʔa	-kʰe	-ʔ
	that	Q	you	winter	eat	-future	-Q
will you eat that this winter?
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nan k'o nakan t̪a ma mu:l bila:ʔ mu:l t̪a ma kʰets'ama: maʔakʰeʔ

nan

t̪a

-ʔ

t̪a

-kʰe

-ʔ

and

what

because

you

that

buy

-Q

that

you

winter

eat

-future

-Q

and what did you buy that for? will you eat that this winter?

nan tsin t̪a ya showmal pʰilamkʰeʔ
	nan	tsin	t̪a	ya	show	-mal	pʰila	-m	-kʰe	-ʔ
	and	how	Q	we	east	-dir.	go.plural	-cont.	-future	-Q
and how are we going to cross to the east side?
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kʰets'ama: t̪a ma mu:l maʔakʰeʔ
	kʰets'ama:	t̪a	ma	mu:l	maʔa	-kʰe	-ʔ
	winter	Q	you	that	eat	-future	-Q
will you eat that this winter?
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kʰets'ama: mu:l t̪a ma maʔakʰeʔ
	kʰets'ama:	mu:l	t̪a	ma	maʔa	-kʰe	-ʔ
	winter	that	Q	you	eat	-future	-Q
will you eat that this winter? (3)
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habedakʰe t̪a ʔa: ja:ʔ xadikʰeʔ
	habe	-da	-kʰe	t̪a	ʔa:	ja:ʔ	xadi	-kʰe	-ʔ
	where	-at	-from	Q	I	person	get	-future	-Q
where will I get someone from?
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k'aye kʰeʔ xa xadim
	k'aye	kʰe	-ʔ	xa	xadi	-m
	self	from	-obl.	water	get	-command
get yourself some water! (command) get water for yourself! (command)
EC

tsin t̪a ʔa: daxakʰeʔ
	tsin	t̪a	ʔa:	daxa	-kʰe	-ʔ
	how	Q	I	help	-future	-Q
how will I help?
EC

k'aye kʰeʔ mo:w ja xawe:
	k'aye	kʰeʔ	mo:w	ja	xawe:
	self	from	he	house	build
he built himself a house
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kʰe k'aye kʰeʔ jana:m t̪o: da:
	kʰe	k'aye	kʰeʔ	ja	-na:m	t̪o:	da:
	my	self	from	house	-the	me	like
I like my own house
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k'aye kʰeʔ t̪iyi ja xawe: hin ma:n he
	k'aye	kʰeʔ	t̪iyi	ja	xawe:	hi	-n	ma:n	he
	self	from	she.logo.	house	build	say	-ing	she	say
she built her own house, she said (3) she said she built her house herself (3)
EC

k'aye kʰeʔ ma:n ja xawe:
	k'aye	kʰeʔ	ma:n	ja	xawe:
	self	from	she	house	build
she built herself a house
EC

k'aye kʰeʔ pʰow ja xawe:
	k'aye	kʰeʔ	pʰow	ja	xawe:
	self	from	they	house	build
they built a house for themselves (2)
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nan muu t̪ʰint̪a ya set'ay maji pʰokʰeʔ
	nan	muu	t̪ʰin	-t̪a	ya	set'ay	maji	pʰo	-kʰe	-ʔ
	and	there	not	-Q	we	how many	day	stay (plural)	-future	-Q
and won't we stay there for several days? and we will stay there for some number of days, right?
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tsinmuʔ t̪a pʰow japʰilikʰeʔ
	tsinmuʔ	t̪a	pʰow	japʰili	-kʰe	-ʔ
	when	Q	they	arrive.plural	-future	-Q
when will they arrive? when will they get to the house?
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tsinheʔ nan t̪a ya muu du:lal pʰilamkʰeʔ

tsinheʔ

-n

t̪a

muu

du:

-lal

pʰila

-m

-kʰe

-ʔ

how

-ing

there

other

-side

go.plural

-cont.

-future

-Q

how will we go to the other side?
which way will we cross to the other side?

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)

yo:w t̪a ʔa: yowxayaʔma: duhukʰeʔ
	yo:w	t̪a	ʔa:	yowxayaʔma:	duhu	-kʰe	-ʔ
	south	Q	I	Ukiah	go	-future	-Q
will I go south to Ukiah?
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helyajul t̪a muu s'idaykʰeʔ
	hel	-yajul	t̪a	muu	s'i-	-day	-kʰe	-ʔ
	which	-acc.	Q	there	slip-	-slide	-future	-Q
which one will slip there? which will slide there?
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chiba: t̪a muu madaykʰeʔ
	chiba:	t̪a	muu	ma-	-day	-kʰe	-ʔ
	who	Q	there	foot-	-slide	-future	-Q
who will slip there? who will slide there (on their feet)?
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ʔawey ma:n t̪iʔ k'ayekʰeʔ ja xawe:hala
	ʔawey	ma:n	t̪iʔ	k'aye	-kʰe	-ʔ	ja	xawe:	-hala
	hope	she	her.logo.	self	-from	-obl.	house	build	-hope
I hope she builds herself a house I wish she would build her own house
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peysu dat̪'a:sho: tsinan t̪a ya meʔ mu:l bila:kʰeʔ
	peysu	dat̪'a:sho:	tsinan	t̪a	ya	meʔ	mu:l	bila:	-kʰe	-ʔ
	money	scarce	how	Q	we	char.	that	buy	-future	-Q
money is scarce, how will we buy that? there's not enough money, how will we buy that?
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tsin t̪a pʰow japʰilikʰeʔ
	tsin	t̪a	pʰow	japʰili	-kʰe	-ʔ
	how	Q	they	arrive (plural)	-future	-Q
how will they arrive? (I wonder) how they will come?
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k'aye kʰeʔ ma: ts'e:yeʔin meʔ ʔa: meʔ kʰila: jiman minaminajan

k'aye

kʰeʔ

ma:

ts'e:yeʔi

-n

meʔ

meʔ

-n

-mina

-ja

-n

self

from

things

feel remorseful

-ing

char.

alone

sit

-ing

cry

-redup.

-semelf.

-ing

when I feel sad I sit by myself and cry
feeling nostalgic, I sit alone and cry

jalil ma: ts'e:yeʔin meʔ ʔa: meʔ k'aye kʰeʔ kʰila: jiman minaminajan

jalil

ma:

ts'e:yeʔi

-n

meʔ

ʔa:

meʔ

k'aye

-n

-mina

-ja

-n

just

things

feel regretful

-ing

char.

self

from

alone

sit

-ing

cry

-redup.

-semelf.

-ing

when I feel sad I sit by myself and cry (2)
feeling nostalgic, I sit alone and cry (2)

chiba: t̪a xale pʰixamkʰeʔ
	chiba:	t̪a	xale	pʰi-	-xa	-m	-kʰe	-ʔ
	who	Q	tree	with long object-	-cut	-cont.	-future	-Q
who will cut trees? who will chop down trees?
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mit̪o t̪a ʔa: dak'atkʰeʔ
	mit̪o	t̪a	ʔa:	da-	k'at	-kʰe	-ʔ
	you	Q	I	hand-	-scratch	-future	-Q
will I scratch you? will I scrape you?
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