111 Week 6 Day 2

Today's new material came in the form of example sentences, which we received scrambled and took turns arranging the words and affixes into the correct order.

Nü waahu puku puni.

English: I saw two horses.

• The Bannock dictionary also has wahu two for southern (Variant 4) dialects like Fallon and Walker River.
• Sometimes written in Wycliffe as waʻhoo, but I don't hear a glottal stop when spoken.
• Note that waha two is contracted to wa- and receives the suffix -hu when describing a noun.
  • TODO: Confirm the details of how this suffix works

Usu paihu tusadüʻü puni.

English: He sees three black dogs.

• Pyramid Lake Wyfliffe is paehu for this form of three.
  • Dialectal difference where Pyramid Lake/Reno has [e] for some [ai] in other dialects? Is there a consistent pattern?
• tuhu black is contracted to tu-.
  • TODO: Try to confirm as many details as possible about when these contractions happen, and learn them as necessary/able.
• The -ʻhu suffix, again.

Su nana tühoawaʻi.

English: The man is hunting.

• There's that Pyramid Lake [e] again. The Bannock dictionary has hoawaʻi for hunt, but Pyramid Lake Wycliffe is hoawaeʻe.
• Note the tü- prefix when a verb has an indefinite object.

Su nana ka tühüča hoawaʻi.

English: The man hunts the deer.

Su nana ka tühüča kuma kwati.

English: The man shot the buck.

• kwati shoot
• tühüča kuma buck (male deer)

Su nana ka tühüča kuma pacaʻhu.

English: The man killed the buck.

• -ʻhu verbal suffix for recent past, something that just happened

Su tühüča nagwatiʻhu.

English: The deer got shot.

Su tühüča nabacaʻhu.

English: The deer got killed.

Haʻnuyuna ü kimmahu?

English: Where did you come from?

Hunakwatü ünü üzüʻcü.

English: It's really cold outside.

Hii o paaʻawai?

English: What is in the water?

Himma tüwasu nü sumuʻwa?

English: What else did I forget?

Nümmi noʻoyuna miakwü.

English: We are all going.

Noʻoko hii usu tümühu.

English: He bought everything.

Su taba nümmiguba tabiduapünni.

English: The sun is shining on top of us.

Hayu ü tuisi naniʻa?

English: What is your pet's name?

Isu haʻa püdütüpü püti muatüpü?

English: Is this new or old?

Hayu ü büaʻa naniʻa?

English: What is your friend's name?

Pinakwa pahi nawoakünoʻo ü punidua.

English: See you next Wednesday.

Haga maaʻa nobikaʻyu?

English: Who lives here?

Hayu ü tükabüduna kamma?

English: What does your bread taste like?

• -duna what you made, that you made
• kamma taste

Himma ü madabuigatü?

English: What are you making?

• -gatü means talking to someone who is sitting down

Haga ika yuŋapitü?

English: Who brought this?

• yuŋa to bring something in a container

Himma ü saawünü?

English: What are you cooking?

Nü toissu ciayaʻi.

English: I'm still hungry.

• Wycliffe: toesoo

Hanu ü tukahutua?

English: Where did you eat at?

Haga ümü o tükayükwi?

English: What are those two eating over there?

Ü tüpa macüa.

English: Wipe your mouth.

Haga ika madabui?

English: Who made this?

Masu haʻa pisa kamma?

English: Does that taste good?

Mü mui nadükatüŋü.

English: You were asked to eat first.

• -tüŋü ask or tell. Hence passive nadükatüŋü to be asked to eat
• mui first

Kai ü mui koina tükapana.

English: Don't eat your first kill.