Northern Pomo Phrasicon

showmal kawiyana:m pʰow kilaman
	show	-mal	kawi	-ya	-na:m	pʰow	kila	-ma	-n
	east	-dir.	child	-plural	-the	they	stand	-cont.	-ing
the children are standing on the east side
EC

selka ʔant̪u t̪oma
	selka	ʔan	-t̪u	t̪o	-ma
	fence	back	-from	stand	-cont.
stand behind a fence
ES

selka diyi t̪oman
	selka	diyi	t̪o	-ma	-n
	fence	next to	stand	-cont.	-ing
standing by a fence standing next to a fence
ES

hay dano t̪on
	hay	dano	t̪o	-n
	wood	hill	stand	-ing
piling up wood standing wood up in a pile
AL

t̪oʔ ʔant̪u t̪oman
	t̪oʔ	ʔan	-t̪u	t̪o	-ma	-n
	me	back	-from	stand	-cont.	-ing
standing behind me
ES

hayuya:ʔ t̪oʔ ʔant̪u t̪oman makoʔo
	hayu	-ya:ʔ	t̪oʔ	ʔan	-t̪u	t̪o	-ma	-n	makoʔo
	dog	-nom.	me	back	-from	stand	-cont.	-ing	bark
the dog standing behind me barked
ES

kaweyona:m diley kilama
	kaweyo	-na:m	diley	kila	-ma
	horse	-the	all	stand	-cont.
the horses are all standing
ES

xale batʰe dile: ja t̪o
	xale	batʰe	dile:	ja	t̪o
	tree	lots	between	house	stand
a house is in the middle of a lot of trees a house stands among many trees a house is between lots of trees
ES

xale kii dile: ja t̪o
	xale	kii	dile:	ja	t̪o
	tree	lots	between	house	stand
a house is in the middle of a lot of trees (2) a house stands among many trees (2) a house is between lots of trees (2)
ES

haw ʔoʔ ʔa: meʔ shokuwa du:l bayuʔtʰe
	haw	ʔoʔ	ʔa:	meʔ	shokuwa	du:l	bayu	-ʔ	-tʰe
	before	still	I	char.	Hopland language	other	understand	-semelf.	-used to
before, though, I used to understand Hopland language
EC

showkʰe jano ʔa: k'o bayu:jinha
	showkʰe jano	ʔa:	k'o	bayu:	-ji	-nha
	Lake County language	I	not	understand	-semelf.	-not
I do not understand Lake County language
EC

ʔa: k'o mu:l bayu:jinha
	ʔa:	k'o	mu:l	bayu:	-ji	-nha
	I	not	that	understand	-semelf.	-not
I do not understand that
EC

du: jano janon daʔadin meʔ ma mu:l haba: t̪'oxale na

du:

jano

-n

daʔa

-di

-n

meʔ

mu:l

haba:

t̪'o

-xale

other

language

speak

-ing

want

-present

-ing

char.

you

that

tongue

suck

-should

if you want to speak another language, you have to suck tongues
Edna said, “Old Indian women would say that to us all the time. We’d make a remark about not being able to understand another dialect and we’d laugh at the old ladies when they’d say that to us. I never was able to tell if it was a joke or not, whether we should or whether it was done or not!”

du: janon daʔadin meʔ ma mu:l haba: t̪'oxale nanway

du:

jano

-n

daʔa

-di

-n

meʔ

mu:l

haba:

t̪'o

-xale

nanway

other

speak

-ing

want

-present

-ing

char.

you

that

tongue

suck

-should

disc.mrkr.

if you want to speak another (language), you have to suck tongues
Edna said, “Old Indian women would say that to us all the time. We’d make a remark about not being able to understand another dialect and we’d laugh at the old ladies when they’d say that to us. I never was able to tell if it was a joke or not, whether we should or whether it was done or not!”