Lessons #46-47: Landscaping | Kaska Language Website

Leda Jules: Pelly Banks dialect

Sentences with post-positional phrases

	Leda:	Gūkǭ́ą̄ gāgáh nī́ʼ gūtīe dzeleh.
		Our house-beside-ground-good-we are making.
		We’re fixing up our yard.

		Roberta atʼāne sededī́hī nehhē kǭ́ą̄ dānī.
		Roberta-plants-beautiful-she grows-house-in front.
		Roberta planted some flowers out front.

	Martina:	Tlį̄kǭ́ą̄ síkʼādé kǭ́ą̄ dānégé saʼān.
		Dog house-still-house-behind-it (proportional) is positioned.
		I see the dog house is still behind the house.

	Leda:	Robert deargo kǭ́ą̄ dānégé sahtān kʼī.
		Robert-his argo-house-behind-it (long object) is positioned-also.
		Robert parked his argo behind the house too.


	Martina:	Dáhyigé gūts’į̄h Roberta atʼāne sededī́hī īkēd-ā?
		Where-from-Roberta-plant-beautiful-she bought-information question?
		Where did Roberta buy the flowers?

	Leda:	Whitehorse tsʼį̄́’ dáhya’.
		Whitehorse-to-she went.
		She went to Whitehorse.

		Kū́hyigé gūts’į̄h yīkēt.
		There-from-she bought them.
		She bought them there.

	Martina:	Dáhyigé gūtsį̄h flower box nédén’ān-ā?
		Where-from-flower box-you got-information question?
		Where did you get the flower box?

	Leda:	Whitehorse gūts’į̄h lātʼā kʼī.
		Whitehorse-from-it is-also.
		It’s from Whitehorse too.

		Roberta esdege neyédé’ān.
		Roberta-for me-she got it.
		Roberta bought it for me.

		Dekǭ́ą̄ dādąh ełī́gé néneʼān kʼī.
		Her house-in front-one-she placed-also.
		She put one in front of her house too.

	Q1:	Gūtsʼā́wēt endį̂?
		Where is our frying pan?

	A1:	Stove kā desetān.
		It is on the stove.

	A2:	Cupboard tʼā́t gūdésetān.
		It is in the cupboard.

	Q2:	Tsū́nētʼḗs endį̂?
		Where is the bread?

	A3:	Table kā dése’ān.
		It is on the table.

	A4:	Refrigerator tʼát gūdése’ān.
		It is in the refrigerator.

	Q3:	Tlį̄kǭ́ą̄ kā yā etʼā-ā?
		What’s on the doghouse?

	A5:	Mésgą̂ tlį̄kǭ́ą̄ kā sedāʼ.
		There is a raven on the doghouse.

	S1:	Łūge boat yige dēbēł.
		The fish is swimming under the boat.

	S2:	Łūge tehmī́l yéh sedlū́h.
		The fish is caught in the net.

	S3:	Boat kéh łūge gū́līn.
		The fish is in the boat.

	S4:	Nī́ʼ tsʼį̄h tsās kī́gḗt.
		She dug the bear roots out of the ground.

	Q4:	Bēs dādī́n’ā́n-ā?
		Where did you put the knife?

	A6:	Drawer tʼát nénesʼān.
		I put it in the drawer.

		Bēszís tʼát gūdénīsʼān.
		I put the knife in a knife case.

	A7:	Drawer tʼát.
		In the drawer.

		Bēs drawer tʼát saʼān.
		The knife is in the drawer.

	A8:	Table kā senʼān.
		You put it (proportional object) on the table.

		Kʼū́k table kā nénhtsūs.
		You put the paper on the table.

		Łedī́hī table kā néntsʼī́t.
		You put a handful of sugar on the table.

		Étl table kā néntsʼī́t.
		You put some (loose) salt on the table.

	A9:	Denemekāetsedzī kā.
		On the table.

		Denemekāetsedzī
		Dene-mekā-etsedz-ī
		people-on it-eat-the one that
		“Table” and also “tablecloth” – people eat on it

	A10:	Bēs labā́t yige nénes’ān.
		I put the knife under the mitts.

		Kʼū́k labā́t yige nénestsū́ts.
		I put the paper under the mitts.

		Kū́k’ā labā́t yige nénes’ān.
		I put the cup under the mitts.

		Dechen labā́t yige nénestān.
		I put the long stick under the mitts.

		Łedī́hī labā́t yegē nénestsʼét.
		I put sugar under the mitts.

	A11:	Labā́t yige.
		Under the mitts.

	Q5:	Dáhyigé gūtsʼį̄h łâyāl-ā?
		Where did he come from?

	A12:	Vancouver gūtsʼį̄h łâyāl.
		He came from Vancouver.

	Q6:	Dáhyigé tsʼį̄́’ dāyāl-ā?
		Where is he going (to)?

	A13:	Tūʼ Łī́dlīnī tsʼį̄́’ dāyāl.
		He’s going to Ross River.

#46-47 Landscaping