Leda Jules: Pelly Banks dialect
Basic Noun Categories:
- A living thing (dog, cat, baby…)
- A contained liquid (a bottle of water, a cup of tea…)
- A fabric-like thing (A piece of fabric, a sheet of paper,…)
- A proportional object (a rock, a box, …)
- A long object (a gun, a pole,…)
- A part of something (a piece of bread, some money,…)
- Plural objects (bottles, pots, rocks, dogs,…)
| Michael: | Dā́ne esgāgáh nénlé! Denegūkḗdīkǭ́ą̄ tsʼį̄́ʼ dāsyāl. | |
| Money-beside me-you place!-Store-to-I will go. | ||
| Lend me some money! Iʼm going to the store. | ||
| Dā́ne esyínǹlé! Denegūkḗdīkǭ́ą̄ tsʼį̄́ʼ dāsyāl. | ||
| Money-you give me!-Store-to-I will go. | ||
| Give me some money! Iʼm going to the store. | ||
| Neʼū́něʼ esgāgáh néntį̄́. Ejedāsyāl. | ||
| Your gun-beside me-you place.-I will go hunting. | ||
| Lend me your gun. Iʼm going hunting. | ||
| Neʼū́něʼ esyínǹtį̄́. Ejedāsyāl. | ||
| You gun-you give me.-I will go hunting. | ||
| Give me your gun. Iʼm going hunting. | ||
| Michael: | Ną́ʼ! | |
| Here! | ||
| Here! (handing) | ||
| Robert: | Nebēzéʼ esgāgáh nénʼą̄́. | |
| Your knife-beside me-you place. | ||
| Lend me your knife. | ||
| Nebēzéʼ k’ī-esyínǹʼą̄́. | ||
| your knife-also-you give me. | ||
| Give me your knife. | ||
| Esbēzéʼ ahdigé Tūchō Menéʼ kū́hyigé sesʼān. | ||
| my knife-up there-water big-Lake-there-I placed. | ||
| My knife is up at Frances Lake. | ||
| Michael: | Didī negāgáh nûsʼą̄́ī łā́néyéh denekʼā́ʼ. | |
| This-beside you-I will place-really-sharp. | ||
| Iʼll loan you this one, itʼs really sharp. | ||
| Edēt’ē k’ī neyûslḗ. | ||
| Bullets-also-I will give you [plural objects]. | ||
| I’ll give you some bullets as well. | ||
| Robert: | Sṓgá sénlā́’! | |
| Good-you made me | ||
| Thanks |
| C1: | Ehtʼū́t esyínǹhtę́h! | |
| Hand me the baby! | ||
| C2: | Tūzés esyínǹʼā́! | |
| Hand me the bottle of water! | ||
| C3: | Kʼū́k esyínǹtsūs! | |
| Give me the paper! | ||
| C4: | Tsē esyínǹʼā́! | |
| Give me the rock! | ||
| C5: | Ū́ne esyínǹtį̄́! | |
| Give me the gun! | ||
| C6: | Dā́ne esyínǹlé! | |
| Give me some money! | ||
| C7: | Tsʼáʼ esyínǹlé! | |
| Hand me the dishes! | ||
| C8: | Ahʼáné ehtʼū́t nínté! | |
| Move the baby out of the way! | ||
| C9: | Ahʼáné tūzís nénʼą̄́! | |
| Move the water bottle out of the way! | ||
| C10: | Kʼū́k ahʼáné nénhtsūs! | |
| Move the paper out of the way! | ||
| C11: | Ahʼáné tsē nénʼą̄́! | |
| Move the rock out of the way. | ||
| C12: | Ahʼáné ū́ne néntį̄́! | |
| Move the gun out of the way! | ||
| C13: | Ahʼáné etʼāne nénlé! | |
| Move the leaves out of the way! | ||
| C14: | Ah’áné ts’á’ nénlé! | |
| Move the plates out of the way! | ||
| C15: | Ehtʼū́t génteh! | |
| Carry the baby around! | ||
| C16: | Tūzés génʼąh! | |
| Carry the water bottle around! | ||
| C17: | Kʼū́k génhtsūs! | |
| Carry the paper around! | ||
| C18: | Tsē génʼąh! | |
| Carry the rock around! | ||
| C19: | Ū́nē géntį̄h! | |
| Carry the gun around! | ||
| C20: | Dā́ne génleh! | |
| Carry some money around! | ||
| C21: | Tsʼáʼ génleh! | |
| Carry the dishes around! |