Northern Pomo Phrasicon

(because) her sister-in-law cut her finger, her fingernail does not grow there
her sister-in-law cut her finger (so) her fingernail doesn't grow there

ba-shutʰi ma:dal t̪ʰana ts'u: jaxa: muu mu:l ma:dal k'o t̪ʰana he:ch' bade:dinha

ba-shutʰi

ma:dal

t̪ʰana ts'u:

ja-

-xa:

k'o

-di

-nha

her sister-in-law

her

finger

with knife-

-cut

there

that

her

not

fingernail

grow

-present

-not

(because) her sister-in-law cut her finger, her fingernail does not grow there (2)
her sister-in-law cut her finger (so) her fingernail doesn't grow there (2)

t̪ʰana ts'u: ch'a:t̪u ma:dal meʔ k'o t̪ʰana he:ch' bade:dinha
	t̪ʰana ts'u:	ch'a:	-t̪u	ma:dal	meʔ	k'o	t̪ʰana he:ch'	bade:	-di	-nha
	finger	one	-from	her	char.	not	fingernail	grow	-present	-not
a fingernail on one of her fingers does not grow
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t̪ʰana ts'u: ch'a:t̪u meʔ ma:dal k'o t̪ʰana he:ch' bade:dinha nan didalin ka:y nan

t̪ʰana ts'u:

ch'a:

-t̪u

meʔ

ma:dal

k'o

t̪ʰana he:ch'

bade:

-di

-nha

nan

di-

-dali

-n

ka:y

-n

finger

one

-from

char.

her

not

fingernail

grow

-present

-not

and

with fingers-

-split

-ing

also

-ing

a fingernail on one of her fingers does not grow and it splits, too

k'o bishema:nha mili ʔal ya maʔa baʔkana:m jalil diley k'o k'edi bade:dinha

k'o

bishe

-ma:

-nha

mil

-wi

ʔal

maʔa

baʔ

-ka

-na:m

jalil

diley

k'o

k'edi

bade:

-di

-nha

not

rain

-rain

-not

from.that

-with

this

food

grow

-cause

-the

just

all

not

good

grow

-present

-not

it has not rained, so all this food we planted just is not growing well

jano miyin meʔ k'edi bade:din
	jano	miyi	-n	meʔ	k'edi	bade:di	-n
	word	tell	-ing	char.	good	grow	-ing
telling a story so it grows well when talking about this phrase, Edna says, "it's like a train of thought, you might say; everything has to be one after the other, whatever happened, it must be told in sequence"
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