Northern Pomo Phrasicon

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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baana:mpʰow masa:nyajuʔ hay pʰich'ot̪in du:du: t̪aawalna:meʔ yehet̪aʔan

-na:m

-pʰow

-yajuʔ

pʰi-

-ch'o

t̪i

-n

-du:

-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

jalil t̪aawal mato yehet̪aʔan ya meʔ mu:l mil natʰe
	jalil	t̪aawal	mato	yehet̪aʔa	-n	ya	meʔ	mu:l	mil	na	-tʰe
	just	work	big	do (plural)	-ing	we	char.	that	that	be	-used to
just doing hard work, that's how we used to do it we used to be that way, just doing big jobs
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nan muu mu:l ya min jalil t̪aawal mato yehet̪aʔan
	nan	muu	mu:l	ya	min	jalil	t̪aawal	mato	yehet̪aʔa	-n
	and	ther	that	we	thus	just	work	big	do (plural)	-ing
and so there we just did hard work and thus we just did big jobs there
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