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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. | 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 | === '''Nü waahu puku puni.''' === | ||
'''English:''' ''I saw two horses.'' | '''English:''' ''I saw two horses.'' | ||
* Note that '''waha''' ''two'' is contracted to '''wa-''' and receives the suffix '''- | * 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 | ** '''TODO:''' Confirm the details of how this suffix works | ||
=== '''Usu | === '''Usu paihu tusadüʻü puni.''' === | ||
'''English:''' ''He sees three black dogs.'' | '''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-'''. | * '''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. | ** '''TODO:''' Try to confirm as many details as possible about when these contractions happen, and learn them as necessary/able. | ||
* The '''-ʻhu''' suffix, again. | * The '''-ʻhu''' suffix, again. | ||
=== '''Su nana | === '''Su nana tühoawaʻi.''' === | ||
'''English:''' ''The man is hunting.'' | '''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. | * Note the '''tü-''' prefix when a verb has an indefinite object. | ||
=== '''Su nana ka tühüča | === '''Su nana ka tühüča hoawaʻi.''' === | ||
'''English:''' ''The man hunts the deer.'' | '''English:''' ''The man hunts the deer.'' | ||
Revision as of 08:03, 4 October 2024
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