ba:tʰe | mo:w | basam | -ye | |
lots | he | give a speech | -past | |
set'ay | yemal | |
how many | year | |
pʰik'a | ba:tʰe | diyuʔ | ma:n | shibu | -ji | |
basket | lots | lots | she | weave | -semelf. | |
mishin | diyuʔ | da | -da | na | |
car | lots | road | -at | be | |
there are lots of cars on the road | |||||
mo:waʔ | hayu | ba:tʰe | diyuʔ | na | |
his | dog | many | lots | be | |
set'ay | t̪a | ma:dal ma-kaʔakt̪a | kawi | -ya | na | -ʔ | |
how many | Q | her grandchildren (daughter's children) | child | -plural | be | -Q | |
kaweyo | batʰe | baa | -na:m | -pʰow | maxa | |
horse | lots | man | -the | -they | steal | |
xale | batʰe | dile: | ja | t̪o | |
tree | lots | between | house | stand | |
a house stands among many trees a house is between lots of trees | |||||
xale | kii | dile: | ja | t̪o | |
tree | lots | between | house | stand | |
a house stands among many trees (2) a house is between lots of trees (2) | |||||
set'ay | batʰe | t̪a | pʰow | na | -ʔ | |
how many | lots | Q | they | be | -Q | |
set'ay | t̪a | miʔ | kawi | -ya | na | -ʔ | kʰe | kawi | -ya | -na:m | xo: | na | |
how many | Q | your | child | -plural | be | -Q | my | child | -plural | -the | two | be | |
John | Smith | -wiʔ | set'ay | t̪a | mo:waʔ | kawi | -ya | na | -ʔ | |
John | Smith | -obl. | how many | Q | his | child | -plural | be | -Q | |
set'ay | t̪a | ma:daʔ | kawi | -ya | na | -ʔ | |
how many | Q | her | child | -plural | be | -Q | |
set'ay | t̪a | ba-pʰane | pʰow | na | -ʔ | |
how many | Q | his daughter | they | be | -Q | |
how many daughters does (he/she) have? | ||||||
nan | Tuppen | -na:m | -mo:waʔ | kawi | -ya | -na:m | ʔa: | set'ay | na | k'o | sha: | -nha | -n | |
and | Tuppen | -the | -his | child | -plural | -the | I | how many | be | not | know | -not | -ing | |
kujiya | kii | |
knife | lots | |
lots of knives | ||
kujiya | ba:tʰe | |
knife | many | |
lots of knives (2) | ||
kamiisa | ba:tʰe | ma:n | beʔmaji | dasey | |
shirt | many | she | today | wash | |
kamiisa | ba:tʰe | ma:n | dasey | beʔmaji | |
shirt | many | she | wash | today | |
masa:n | kii | diyuʔ | ka:y | bow | na | |
white person | lots | lots | also | here | be | |
there are too many white people here, too | ||||||
ba:tʰe | pʰow | na | |
many | they | be | |
there are a lot of them | |||
miʔ | -na:m | ba:tʰe | na | -n | kʰe | -na:m | -mil | ʔanu | ba:tʰe | |
your | -the | many | be | -ing | my | the | -from.that | comparative | many | |
you have a lot (of them), more than I do | ||||||||||
kʰe | -na:m | -mil | ʔanu | ba:tʰe | miʔ | du:l | na | |
my | -the | -from.that | comparative | many | your | other | be | |
bishe | kii | -na:m | ʔa: | mo:wal | mit̪'ak | -ka | |
meat | lots | -the | I | him | cook | -cause | |
ma:t̪a | kii | ch'ili | na | |
woman | lots | nude | be | |
there are many nude women | ||||
dishiy | kii | -na:m | ʔa: | shaʔa | -j | -ade | |
black oak acorn | lots | -the | I | pick up (one by one) | -semelf. | -present | |
I am going to gather many acorns | |||||||
dishiy | kii | -na:m | ʔa: | shaʔa | |
black oak acorn | lots | -the | I | gather (one by one) | |
I gather many acorns | |||||
dishiy | kii | -na:m | ʔa: | shaʔa | -kʰemna | |
black oak acorn | lots | -the | I | pick up (one by one) | -future | |
I will gather many acorns | ||||||
ja:ʔ | batʰe | -na:m | -pʰowal | yoʔhet̪aʔa | -n | |
person | many | -the | -them | make fun of (plural) | -ing | |
xabe | batʰe | -na:m | -mil | -kʰe | t̪o: | pʰoʔo | -m | |
rock | lots | -the | -from.that | -from | me | give (multiple objects) | -command | |
give me a lot of those rocks! (command) | ||||||||