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Miwonša

Wai čwoyaniwan, njak woi aiwačit.
she read<PAST>-3SG-IPFV, when he enter<PAST>-3SG.PFV

Wai čwoyaniwan, njak woi kwoyanit tikwa.
she read<PAST>-3SG-IPFV, when he come<PAST>-3SG.PFV in

English: There is a story they tell of two dogs… Both at separate times walk into the same room. One comes out wagging his tail while the other comes out growling. A woman watching this goes into the room to see what could possibly make one dog so happy and the other so mad. To her surprise she find...

Vocabulary: târai - man kâija - woman hâradain - see máridain - sleep waknu - book hânidain - give Examples: Transitive (ERG=TOP) 1a. Târai hâran kâijarai. - The man ERG=TOP sees the woman ABS . 1b. Kâija hâran târairai. - The woman ERG=TOP sees the man ABS . Transitive (ABS=TOP) 2a. Kâija hârasan ...

Standard word order The standard word order is: [topic] + [verb] + [rest] Core cases TOP-SG TOP-PL NTOP-SG NTOP-PL Absolutive: - ga rai garai Ergative: - si rui sirui Secundive: ya yu ya yu When to use which case: Intransitive: ABS Transitive: ERG(agent) ABS(patient) Ditransitive: ERG(agent) ABS(re...

Those are breathy voiced, right? Your IPA diacritic (the below-diaeresis for breathy voice) seems a bit off in positioning, at least on my computer. Is this correct? /a̤ a̤ɪ/ <â âi> Yes, those sounds are breathy voiced, but I had a few difficulties to type them ;) I think you mean [ŋ] instead of [ɲ...

First words târai - man ['tʰa̤raɪ] kâija - woman ['qʰa̤ɪɟa] kaiku - family ['kaiku] maja - mother [maɟa] paja - father [paɟa] jabui - son ['ɟabuɪ] sudi - daughter ['sudʑi] murui - brother ['muruɪ] baidi - sister ['baɪdʑi] hâkni - house ['ħa̤ʔni] hândi - language ['ħa̤ndʑi] waknu - book ['waʔnu] mah...

Orthography

Consonants:

p b (p) - t d (t) - c j (c) - k g (k) - (k)
m - n - (n) - (n)
s z (s) - si zi - (h) - h
w - l r - y

Vowels:

a â i u - ai âi ui

Combinations:

[tɕi, dʑi]: <ti, di>
[tsu, dzu]: <tu, du>

Phonology Consonants: p b (pʰ) - t d (tʰ) - c ɟ (cʰ) - k g (qʰ) - (ʔ) (ts) (dz) - (tɕ) (dʑ) m - n - (ɲ) - (ɲ) s z (sʰ) - sʲ zʲ - (ħ) - h w - l r - j Vowels a ̤a i u - aɪ ̤aɪ uɪ Phonotactics: (C)V(C FIN ) C FIN : /k: [ʔ]/, /h: [ħ]; V+ LOW _#, else: [h]/, /n/ Allophones: /p t c k s h/ > [pʰ tʰ cʰ qʰ ...

:con: Miwonša (1) In whose house do you live? Ški čwoi yuwališan?! at who.ACC INTR-live-2SG-IMPF (2) To whom did you send the flowers? / Who did you send the flowers to? Čwoiša maice liwašiš?! who.DAT flower-ACC.PL send-2SG.PFV (3) Which car is yours? Čweni kjašpi šaya?! which car-NOM.SG 2SG.GEN? (4...

Miwonša

May the best man win:

Stai ločniran yuphosnui!
that-ACC best-NMLZ.VIR-NOM.SG INTR-win-FUT!

May the best woman win:

Stai ločniranška yuphosnui!
that-ACC best-NMLZ.VIR-FEM-NOM.SG INTR-win-FUT!

Lao Kou wrote: Wie kann etwas so Schönes wie die Liebe sich bloß auf eine einzige Person beschränken* beschränkt sein?

Source: native speaker :)

red = grammar
blue = stylistic correction

Miwonša

Rukak sja pašli sta antso cama miwa thanžan lhoro načanka anai?
Why this possible that something like love apply-IPFV only person one-ACC?

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1Grm8d8AQel

:con: Miwonša Did you kill him? Niwačkišit? kill<PAST>-2SG-3SG Yes. / No. Ti kwan. / Žai. Didn't you kill him? Žai niwačkišit? not kill<PAST>-2SG-3SG? Yes / No Kwašti! / Žai. Who did you kill? Čwoi niwačkiš? who-ACC kill<PAST>-2SG Who killed him? Čwo niwačkifit? who-GEN kill<PAST>-3SG-3SG How did yo...

Testyal wrote: Mich wurde von einem Auto geschlagen. Ein Auto hat mich geschlagen.

I did not know that German has an ergative case ;)

A car hit me.
Kjašpi čoyaknifim!

car-NOM.SG hit<PAST>-3SG-1SG.PFV

I was hit by a car.
Čoyaknimarat ka kjašpik.
hit<PAST>-1SG-PASS-PFV by car-GEN.SG

:deu: German Diese Sendung ist wegen ihrer Tanznummern beliebt und nicht etwa, weil sie das Leben der Jugendlichen korrekt darstellt. [The denotation is that it does not accurately portray teen life.] Diese Sendung ist wegen ihrer Tanznummern beliebt und nicht etwa, weil sie das Leben der Jugendlich...

Miwonša

This time I have a very simple translation for you:

Kjašpišan?

kjašpi = car
kjašpiwa = to (be able to) drive a car (infinitive)
kjašp-iš-an = drive_car-2SG-IPFV