lecslab/glosslm-corpus-split huggingface dataset:
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Yawat mï awal num ma=lo-p
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ yesterday canoe 3SG.OBJ=cut-PFV
Translation: Yawat made the canoe yesterday.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Yawat mï amun num ma=lo-e
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ now canoe 3SG.OBJ=cut-IPFV
Translation: Yawat is making the canoe now.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Yawat mï umbe num ma=lo-nda
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ tomorrow canoe 3SG.OBJ=cut-IRR
Translation: Yawat will make the boat tomorrow.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ipka anda-n matmat mbï-u ulwa p-e ndï ankam ndï nipinp-aw-e
Glosses: before SG.DIST-OBL cemetery here-from nothing be-DEP 3PL person 3PL die.PL-put.IPFV-DEP
Translation: In the past, there was no cemetery here, but they, the people, were dying.’ (matmat = TP)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï nipunp-u-p
Glosses: 3PL die.PL-put-PFV
Translation: They have died.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: maka lo-p-en ngusuwa ndï wopa nipinp-u-p ulwa=p
Glosses: thus go-PFV-NMLZ poor 3PL all die.PL-put-PFV nothing=COP
Translation: But the poor things who used to go around like that have all died completely.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ankam wa nipunp-u-nda
Glosses: person just die.PL-put-IRR
Translation: People will just die.
Language: Unknown language ( translation)
Transcription: mï awal ni-p
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ yesterday die-PFV
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï awal nipunp-u-p
Glosses: 3PSG.SUBJ yesterday die.PL-put-PFV
Translation: (a) ‘He kept dying yesterday.’ (?)
Language: Ambakich (English translation)
Transcription: Malman mï amun lamndu ma=asa-e
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ now pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-IPFV
Translation: Malman is killing the pig now.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Anam mï amun apa ma=ita-e
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ now house 3SG.OBJ=build-IPFV
Translation: ‎‎Anam is building the house now.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Anam mï awal apa ma=ita-e
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ yesterday house 3SG.OBJ=build-IPFV
Translation: Anam was building the house yesterday.’ (Implication: the process was ongoing yesterday or he has not finished.)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: inom mï ya uta-e
Glosses: mother 3SG.SUBJ coconut grind-IPFV
Translation: Mother is grinding coconut.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: inom mï ipka ya uta-e
Glosses: mother 3SG.SUBJ before coconut grind-IPFV
Translation: Mother was grinding coconut earlier.’ (Implication: she was continuing to grind it.)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: itom mï amun inda-e
Glosses: father 3SG.SUBJ now walk-IPFV
Translation: Father is walking now.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: itom mï utam ma=ama-e
Glosses: father 3SG.SUBJ yam 3SG.OBJ=eat-IPFV
Translation: Father was eating the yam.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: tïn mï ankam ma=iya ma-n
Glosses: dig 3SG.SUBJ person 3SG.OBJ=toward go-IPFV
Translation: The dog is going toward the person.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: inom mï alum nunu ilom ma=tï inda-e
Glosses: mother 3SG.SUBJ child every day 3SG.OBJ=take walk-IPRV
Translation: Mother carries the baby every day.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Ginam mï mïnda ama-e
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ banana eat-IPFV
Translation: Ginam eats bananas.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Ginam mï ipka mïnda ama-e
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ before banana eat-IPFV
Translation: Ginam used to eat bananas before.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï an=na-e
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ 1PL.EXCL=feed-IPFV
Translation: She would feed us.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï-nji inom mï nï=tï inda-e
Glosses: 1SG-POSS mother 3SG.SUBJ 1SG=take walk-IPFV
Translation: My mother used to carry me around.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï awal mïnda ma=ama-p
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ yesterday banana 3SG.OBJ=eat-PFV
Translation: He ate the banana yesterday.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï amun mïnda ma=ama-p
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ now banana 3SG.OBJ=eat-PFV
Translation: He just now ate the banana.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Banjiwa mï numbu ma=ni-p
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ garamut 3SG.OBJ=beat-PFV
Translation: Banjiwa has beaten the garamut drum.
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: Gambri mï umbe apa ma=ita-na
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ tomorrow house 3SG.OBJ=build-IRR
Translation: (a) ‘Gambri will build the house tomorrow.
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: nungol ndï wambana ndï=wana-nda
Glosses: child 3PL fish 3PL=cook-IRR
Translation: (a) ‘The children will cook the fish.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Gambri mï (tap) apa ma=ita-na
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ (maybe) house 3SG.OBJ=build-IRR
Translation: (a) ‘Gambri should build the house.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï ango luwa min=iya ma-na
Glosses: 3PL NEG place 3DU=toward go-IRR
Translation: They could not go to them.’ (Literally ‘They nowhere could go to them.’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: awal maka nungol ndï=ul li ma-na
Glosses: yesterday thus child 3PL=with down go-IRR
Translation: [He] would have gone down with [his] children yesterday.’ [ulwa014_33:22]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ticha ngala mbï-i-e em i stap
Glosses: teacher PL.PROX here-go.PFV-DEP 3SG PRED stay
Translation: But these teachers came, so he stayed.’ (ticha, em, i, stap = TP)
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: wa ma=i ndï=ul la-nda
Glosses: village 3SG.OBJ=go.PFV 3PL=with eat-IRR
Translation: [They] went home to eat with them.’ [ulwa002_05:56]
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: ma=alima-p ma=tï yawa ma=na-nda
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=beat-PFV 3SG.OBJ=take uncle 3SG.OBJ=give-IRR
Translation: [We] beat it [= sago starch] to give to [our] uncle.’ [ulwa014_00:15]
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: ma=n nï=kï-p-ap
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=OBL 1SG=say-PFV-PFV
Translation: [She] had told me.’ [ulwa014_11:15]
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: mana ma=n ma=asa-p-ap
Glosses: spear 3SG.OBJ=OBL 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV-PFV
Translation: [They] had killed him with a spear.’ [ulwa037_11:41]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï ma=p-e Madang p-e ndï=lo-p-op
Glosses: 1SG 3SG.OBJ=be-DEP [place] be-DEP 3PL=cut-PFV-PFV
Translation: I had made them when I was there in Madang.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï-nji inga ma=ul lo-p-op-e
Glosses: 3PL-POSS affine 3SG.OBJ=with go-PFV-PFV-DEP
Translation: [They] had gone with their in-law.’ [ulwa035_03:33]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: asi-ka lïmndï ndï=lï-p-ïp-e ngala luke asi tï na-p ndï=ala uni-e
Glosses: sit-let eye 3PL=put-PFV-PFV-DEP PL.PROX too sit take DETR-be 3PL=for shout-IPFV
Translation: After [they] had sat and watched them, these people also took seats, cheering them on.’ [ulwa032_36:45]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: numbu ala nungun-u-p-op
Glosses: post PL.DIST break-put-PFV-PFV
Translation: Those posts have already broken.
Language: Unknown language ( translation)
Transcription: nï-nji wot yena mï ta ni-p-op
Glosses: 1SG-POSS younger woman 3SG.SUBJ already die-PFV-PFV
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ane anda i-n-e anda ni-p-op
Glosses: sun SG.DIST come-PFV-DEP SG.DIST die-PFV-PFV
Translation: That [woman] died the day before yesterday.’ [ulwa037_36:02]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: John maweka i Mongima ul ngala=n u-p-op
Glosses: [name] also go.PFV [name] with PL.PROX=OBL put-PFV-PFV
Translation: John had also gone and planted these with Mongima.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: an ndï=ama-p-ap-e inim nga ambi=p
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL 3PL=eat-PFV-PFV-DEP water SG.PROX big=COP
Translation: We were eating them [= fish], but [now] the water is high [again].’ [ulwa014_29:36]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï maka aw ndï=n ma=u-p-op
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ thus betel.nut 3PL=OBL 3SG.OBJ=put-PFV-PFV
Translation: He had [?] planted the betel nut there.’ [ulwa014†]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: li-i kïkal wopa nda ango mbï-i-ap
Glosses: down-go.PFV ear all SG.DIST NEG here-go.PFV-PFV
Translation: [She] went downstream, but that deaf one did not stay here.’ [ulwa014†]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï lïmndï u=uta-e i-ap-en
Glosses: 3PL eye 2SG=grind-IPFV go.PFV-PFV-NMLZ
Translation: They were the ones who had gone and watched over you.
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: ngata ala i wap-ap-en
Glosses: grand PL.DIST go.PFV be.PST-PFV-NMLZ
Translation: [Our] ancestors are the ones who had gone [there].’ [ulwa014_23:29]
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: nungol ndï la-nda
Glosses: child 3PL eat-IRR
Translation: (a) ‘The children will eat.’ (unspecified aspect)
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: an-nji wa ko=ita-p namndu nungol ko=tï ma ma=tï ma=lï-nda
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL-POSS village INDF=build-PFV pig child INDF=take go 3SG.OBJ=take 3SG.OBJ=put-IRR
Translation: Once [we] have built a village for ourselves and gotten a pig, [we] will go and put it there.’ [ulwa014_07:07]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: un i an=ul ndï=ul ambla=wali-n
Glosses: 2PL go.PFV 1PL.EXCL=with 3PL=with PL.REFL=hit-IMP
Translation: Go and fight with us with [= against] them!’ (Literally ‘You having gone, fight with us with them!’) [ulwa002_05:19]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ngun an-mbï-i-ta unan ma=la-ama-p-e unan lo-wo-n
Glosses: 2DU out-here-go.PFV-COND PL.INCL 3SG.OBJ=IRR-eat-PFV-DEP 1PL.INCL IRR-sleep-IMP
Translation: Once you two have come and we’ve eaten it, let’s sleep!
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: wa ma lo-wo-p ma siwi angla-lo-nda ma-n-e
Glosses: village go IRR-sleep-PFV go grub.species await-go-IRR go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: [He] was going to the village, and, having slept [there], was going to search for grubs.’ [ulwa038_03:51]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ma=ka lo-wo-p apa mot anda luke ita-na ma-n-e
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=at IRR-sleep-PFV house awning SG.DIST too build-IRR go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: Having slept there, I was going to build that house awning, too.
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: un i no laik an=ul mbï ka lo-wo-p ma-na
Glosses: 2PL PRED NEG want 1PL.EXCL=with here thus IRR-sleep-PFV go-IRR
Translation: Why don’t you spend the night here with us and [then] go?’ (i no laik = TP) [ulwa014_16:04]
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: ndï=la-ama-p we un namndu atï-na
Glosses: 3PL=IRR-eat-PFV then 2PL pig hit-IRR
Translation: Once [we] have eaten them, then you will kill pigs!’ [ulwa014_43:54]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ma=ul la-ama-p mana ma=tï ma=na-nda
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=with IRR-eat-PFV spear 3SG.OBJ=take 3SG.OBJ=give-IRR
Translation: Having eaten with him, [they] will give him the spear.’ [ulwa014_62:16]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mana ma=ita-p ma=tï ma=na-nda
Glosses: spear 3SG.OBJ=build-PFV 3SG.OBJ=take 3SG.OBJ=give-IRR
Translation: Having made the spear, [they] will give it to him.’ [ulwa014_62:19]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: we ma=kot-p ma=tï ma=na-n-e mï ma=ama-e
Glosses: sago 3SG.OBJ=break-PFV 3SG.OBJ=take 3SG.OBJ=give-PFV-DEP 3SG.SUBJ 3SG.OBJ=eat-IPFV
Translation: [He] broke a piece of sago and gave it to him, and he began to eat it.’ [ulwa001_11:42]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï sa-e nï ma=ala ndï=wana-uni-e
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ cry-DEP 1SG 3SG.OBJ=for 3PL=feel-shout-IPFV
Translation: When she started to cry, I called to them to get her.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: tana ko=tï ambï=n wutï anmot nga=lï-p anankïn ala li ma-n-e
Glosses: axe INDF=take SG.REFL=OBL leg post SG.PROX=put-PFV blood PL.DIST down go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: [He] cut his shin with an axe, and blood began to run down.’ [ulwa009_00:25]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï kïkal ndï=wana ndï=na-uta-e inim na-aw
Glosses: 3PL ear 3PL=feel 3PL=DETR-grind-IPFV water DETR-put.IPFV
Translation: They heard them [= their names] and started grinding them [= coconuts] into water.’ [ulwa018_02:14]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ma=wap imba p-e mï wolka na-wow
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=be.PST night be-DEP 3SG.SUBJ again DETR-sleep.IPFV
Translation: [He] stayed the night there and again he fell asleep.’ [ulwa006_04:33]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï numbu ma=lo-e
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ garamut 3SG.OBJ=cut-IPFV
Translation: He resumed making the garamut drum.
Language: Maruat-Dimiri-Yaul ( translation)
Transcription: na-kanaka lu-nda-t-e
Glosses: DETR-unwrap put-IRR-SPEC-DEP
Language: Maruat-Dimiri-Yaul (English translation)
Transcription: mï amun wa mbï-i na=n nï=ta ma=ul i-na-t
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ now village here-go.PFV talk=OBL 1SG=say 3SG.OBJ=with come-IRR-SPEC
Translation: He recently came here to the village and told me that he might come with her.
Language: Maruat-Dimiri-Yaul (English translation)
Transcription: inim nga=ul ma=ul i-na nï=ta
Glosses: water SG.PROX=with 3SG.OBJ=with come-IRR 1SG=say
Translation: [He] told me [he] would come with her this year.’ [ulwa037_46:32]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ngunan-nji yalum anda tap i wa mbï-p-na-t-e
Glosses: 1DU.INCL-POSS grandchild SG.DIST maybe go.PFV village here-be-IRR-SPEC-DEP
Translation: Our granddaughter might come and stay here in the village.
Language: Unknown language ( translation)
Transcription: ma=kï-na-t-e
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=say-IRR-SPEC-DEP
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: unan iken ma=lï-ka ma-na-t-e
Glosses: 1PL.INCL may 3SG.OBJ=put-let go-IRR-SPEC-DEP
Translation: We may go follow it [= an accusation].’ (iken < TP i ken ‘may, can’) [ulwa037_08:44]
Language: English ( translation)
Transcription: nongut mundu tï unan=na-nda-t
Glosses: lest food take 1PL.INCL=give-IRR-SPEC
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: ango maka an-ma apombam ma-na-t-e
Glosses: NEG thus out-go middle.of.house go-IRR-SPEC-DEP
Translation: [She] shouldn’t go into the middle of the house, going out like that.’ [ulwa014_35:26]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ango apa kwa=n lusim ma-na-t
Glosses: NEG house one=OBL leave go-IRR-SPEC
Translation: [They] were not going to leave out a single household.’ (lusim = TP) [ulwa029_02:26]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: unan ango luwa lo-nda-t
Glosses: 1PL.INCL NEG place go-IRR-SPEC
Translation: We can’t go anywhere.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï ango mbï-u-ka u=iya i-na-t
Glosses: 1SG NEG here-from-let 2SG=toward come-IRR-SPEC
Translation: I will not come to you quickly.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ango nokop-lï-nda-t
Glosses: NEG hide-put-IRR-SPEC
Translation: [It] couldn’t hide [from us].’ [ulwa037_14:36]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï ango un=n apa p-na-t
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ NEG 2PL=OBL house be-IRR-SPEC
Translation: It won’t last [long] in your house.’ [ulwa037_52:13]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ango i=n ma=la-nda-t-e u-nji ametamal
Glosses: NEG hand=OBL 3SG.OBJ=eat-IRR-SPEC-DEP 2SG-POSS spoon
Translation: [You] may not eat it with [your] hand, but [must use] your spoon.’ [ulwa014_36:27]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï ango ma-na-t nï mbï na-p-na
Glosses: 1SG NEG go-IRR-SPEC 1SG here DETR-be-IRR
Translation: I won’t go; I’ll stay here.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: apombam ma-na-t-e angani wat anda=u li ma-na
Glosses: middle.of.house go-IRR-SPEC-DEP rear ladder SG.DIST=from down go-IRR
Translation: [She won’t] go to the middle of the house, but will go down the back ladder.’ [ulwa014_34:48]
Language: Ap Ma (English translation)
Transcription: a un angos tï-na-t
Glosses: ah 2PL what take-IRR-SPEC
Translation: Ah, what will you get?!
Language: Ap Ma (English translation)
Transcription: unan angos na-ta-na-t-e
Glosses: 1PL.INCL what DETR-say-IRR-SPEC-DEP
Translation: What could we talk about?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: inim lopo-ta nï ma-na
Glosses: water rain-COND 1SG go-IRR
Translation: If it rains, I’ll leave.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: inim lopo-p-ta nï ma-na
Glosses: water rain-PFV-COND 1SG go-IRR
Translation: If it rains, I’ll leave.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u nï-nji mundu ama-p-ta nï u=wali-nda
Glosses: 2SG 1SG-POSS food eat-PFV-COND 1SG 2SG=hit-IRR
Translation: If you eat my food, I’ll hit you.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u nï-nji mundu la-ta nï u=wali-nda
Glosses: 2SG 1SG-POSS food eat-COND 1SG 2SG=hit-IRR
Translation: If you eat my food, I’ll hit you.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï i-ta nï na=n ma=kï-na
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ go.PFV-COND 1SG talk=OBL 3SG.OBJ=say-IRR
Translation: If he comes, I’ll tell him.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: kuma ala-awa ma=p-ta la-nda
Glosses: some PL.DIST-INT 3SG.OBJ=be-COND eat-IRR
Translation: When some other people are there, [they] might eat [our food].’ [ulwa033_00:18]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ambi na-p-ta we mï lïmndï an=ala
Glosses: big DETR-be-COND then 3SG.SUBJ eye 1PL.EXCL=see
Translation: Once [we] had gotten big, then she saw us.’ [ulwa013_00:47]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: akum p-ta akum=nï ndï=uta-na
Glosses: basket be-COND basket=OBL 3PL=grind-IRR
Translation: If there is basket, [they] scoop them with the basket.’ [ulwa036_01:43]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ma=wap-ta mï anma=p-ta we ande ndï wolka ma=ul na-i-na
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=be.PST-COND 3SG.SUBJ good=COP-COND then ok 3PL again 3SG.OBJ=with DETR-come-IRR
Translation: If [the sick person] has stayed there and has gotten well, then OK, they would come back with him.’ [ulwa029_10:14]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï=n ndï=iya i iwa=n ndï=nambï-lumo-p-e
Glosses: 3PL=OBL 3PL=toward go.PFV basket=OBL 3PL=skin-put-PFV-DEP
Translation: [Men] would go to them [= women] with them [= bamboo stalks], blocking them [= fish] with fish trap baskets.’ [ulwa036_02:11]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u=ul wandam ma i tï u kïkal we-lo-nda
Glosses: 2SG=with jungle go hand take 2SG ear cut-cut-IRR
Translation: [They] will go to the jungle with you and box your ears with [their] hands.’ [ulwa014_00:44]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ma=nambï-we-u-p kuma ndï=ina-p ndï=tï wa i
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=skin-cut-put-PFV some 3PL=get-PFV 3PL=take village go.PFV
Translation: [She] peeled it, got some [greens], and brought them home.’ [ulwa001_01:06]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: an kaw ma=wutï-ni-p
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL song 3SG.OBJ=leg-beat-PFV
Translation: We danced the song.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï tïn ma=nambït-wana
Glosses: 1SG dog 3SG.OBJ=odor-feel
Translation: I smelled the dog.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï angos tï-na na-kï-p an=wana-kï-p
Glosses: 3PL what take-IRR DETR-say-PFV 1PL.EXCL=feel-say-PFV
Translation: [When] they wanted to get something, [they] called us.’ [ulwa018_05:01]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ambla=wana-uni-e na-i
Glosses: PL.REFL=feel-shout-DEP DETR-go.PFV
Translation: Calling to each other, they went.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï kenmbu ma=ina-ka-wana
Glosses: 1SG problem 3SG.OBJ=liver-at-feel
Translation: I thought about the problem.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nungolke ngala ango ndï=ina-ka-wana
Glosses: child PL.PROX NEG 3PL=liver-at-feel
Translation: But these children aren’t thinking about them.
Language: Unknown language ( translation)
Transcription: nï na-top-in-ka
Glosses: 1SG DETR-throw-in-let
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: atana mï ko ma=ala-kamb
Glosses: older.sister 3SG.SUBJ just 3SG.OBJ=from-shun
Translation: The older sister disapproved of it.
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: ndï=n u-nji uta ma=in-u-p
Glosses: 3PL=OBL 2SG-POSS shell 3SG.OBJ=in-put-PFV
Translation: [They] put them in your dish.’ [ulwa014_39:19]
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: ndï amun ndï=wat-lo-p-e
Glosses: 3PL now 3PL=atop-cut-PFV-DEP
Translation: They have just now cleared them.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï ma=p-e ndï=wat-lo-e
Glosses: 1SG 3SG.OBJ=be-DEP 3PL=atop-cut-IPFV
Translation: I cleared them there.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ankam ambi mï tïn njukuta ma=asa-p
Glosses: person big 3SG.SUBJ dog small 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: The big person hit the small dog.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï-nji i anma mï ndï=ul i
Glosses: 3PL-POSS way good 3SG.SUBJ 3PL=with go.PFV
Translation: Their good behavior has gone with them.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï nï-nji wandam ambi anda=lo-p
Glosses: 1SG 1SG-POSS jungle big SG.DIST=cut-PFV
Translation: I cleared that big garden of mine.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nïmal wapata ma=in p-e apa ita-e ma=wap
Glosses: river old 3SG.OBJ=in be-DEP house build-IPFV 3SG.OBJ=be.PST
Translation: [They] were building houses in the old river there.’ [ulwa032_27:47]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mïnkïn ndï wutota
Glosses: sago.species 3PL tall
Translation: The sago palms are tall.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï-nji wutï ambatïm ngala tembi=p-e
Glosses: 1SG-POSS foot joint PL.PROX bad=COP-DEP
Translation: My knees are bad.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï anma=p-na
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ good=COP-IRR
Translation: It [= sago starch] will be good.’ [ulwa014_60:25]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ambi mï ngunan=u ndï=tï-na
Glosses: big 3SG.SUBJ 1DU.INCL=from 3PL=take-IRR
Translation: The big man will get them from us.’ (Literally ‘the big [one]’) [ulwa014_33:46]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: tembi ndï=ina-p
Glosses: bad 3PL=get-PFV
Translation: [I] got the bad ones [= tobacco plants].’ [ulwa037_55:49]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: tembi ngala=ul inda-e
Glosses: bad PL.PROX=with walk-IPFV
Translation: [They] walk around with these sick ones [= children].’ [ulwa014_47:09]
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: waembïl ankam anda i
Glosses: white person SG.DIST go.PFV
Translation: That white person came.
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: tembi ankam ala imba p-e
Glosses: bad person PL.DIST night be-IPFV
Translation: Those bad people are around at night.
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: tembi nji ala ala ndï=tï inda-na
Glosses: bad thing PL.DIST PL.DIST 3PL=take walk-IRR
Translation: Those bad things – they will bring them [here].’ [ulwa037_20:39]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï-awa ndï-nji kalam anda=ul lo-e
Glosses: 3PL-INT 3PL-POSS knowledge SG.DIST=with go-IPFV
Translation: They went around with their knowledge.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: yena ambi anda u kalam anda
Glosses: woman big SG.DIST 2SG knowledge SG.DIST
Translation: You’re a grown woman; you know well.’ (Literally ‘[You] are that big woman; you are that knowledgeable [woman].’) [ulwa032_09:04]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï u=kalam=p-e
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ 2SG=knowledge=COP-DEP
Translation: She knows you.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï ango ndï=kalam
Glosses: 1SG NEG 3PL=knowledge
Translation: I don’t know about them.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: na ndï anjikaka=p-e i kalam=p-na
Glosses: and 3PL how=COP-DEP way knowledge=COP-IRR
Translation: And how are they going to know [good] behavior?’ (na < TP na ‘and’) [ulwa014_41:07]
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: tembi mï maka=p-e tïlwa anda=u unda-en
Glosses: bad 3SG.SUBJ thus=COP-DEP road SG.DIST=from go-NMLZ
Translation: The sickness is one that goes along this kind of road.
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: tembi nji ala u=n u ma=tï tembi tï ma=na-nda
Glosses: bad thing PL.DIST 2SG=OBL from 3SG.OBJ=take bad take 3SG.OBJ=give-IRR
Translation: Bad things will take her from you and give her sickness.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u tembi=p-ta
Glosses: 2SG bad=COP-COND
Translation: You may be sick [someday].’ [ulwa014_13:10]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: tïn apïn wat mï imbam-ka
Glosses: dog fire atop 3SG.SUBJ run-let
Translation: The fast dog ran.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: anma wana-ni-e ma=ul lo-p-e i
Glosses: good feel-act-IPFV 3SG.OBJ=with go-PFV-DEP yay
Translation: [They] were happy, went with him, [and said:] “yay!”.’ [ulwa035_03:50]
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: ndï wa amamas=p-e ma=ul lo-p-en
Glosses: 3PL just happy=COP-DEP 3SG.OBJ=with go-PFV-NMLZ
Translation: They were just happy and went with him.’ (amamas = TP)
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: inim u kwa ma=n anma la-n
Glosses: water 2SG just 3SG.OBJ=OBL good eat-IMP
Translation: Water – just drink it well!
Language: Yuat (English translation)
Transcription: Kambok inom ngusuwa ndin asi-ka ndï=ula-e
Glosses: Kambuku mother poor 3DU ? sit-let 3PL=weave-IPFV
Translation: Two poor women from Kambuku [village] used to sit and weave them.’ [ulwa014_42:11]
Language: Yuat (English translation)
Transcription: wik wopa kwa anda nini ndin=tï-na
Glosses: week all one SG.DIST two 3DU?=take-IRR
Translation: for all of one week, or two’ (wik = TP)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï-nji anapa mï atal-a-p
Glosses: 1SG-POSS sister 3SG.SUBJ laughter-break-PFV
Translation: My sister laughed.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u-nji aweta mï anma
Glosses: 2SG-POSS friend 3SG.SUBJ good
Translation: Your friend is nice.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ma-nji wonmi ndï namli=p
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-POSS hair 3PL soft=COP
Translation: Her hair is soft.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï lïmndï ndï-nji aweta ma=ala
Glosses: 3PL eye 3PL-POSS friend 3SG.OBJ=see
Translation: They saw their friend.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Ginami mï inim ma=u ma-njii/j aweta ndï=tï ata-lï-p
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ water 3SG.OBJ=from 3SG.OBJ-POSS friend 3PL=take up-put-PFV
Translation: Ginam pulled her friends out of the water.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Ginami mï inim ma=u ambï-njii/*j aweta ndï=tï ata-lï-p
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ water 3SG.OBJ=from SG.REFL-POSS friend 3PL=take up-put-PFV
Translation: Ginam pulled her own friends out of the water.
Language: Latin (English translation)
Transcription: nï lïmndï ambï-nji aweta ma=ala
Glosses: 1SG eye SG.REFL-POSS friend 3SG.OBJ=see
Translation: I saw my own friend.
Language: Latin (English translation)
Transcription: min lïmndï ambin-nji aweta ma=ala
Glosses: 3DU eye DU.REFL-POSS friend 3SG.OBJ=see
Translation: The two of them saw their own friend.
Language: Latin (English translation)
Transcription: un lïmndï ambla-nji aweta ndï=ala
Glosses: 2PL eye PL.REFL-POSS friend 3SG.OBJ=see
Translation: You saw your own friends.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ma-nji anma ndï apa ma=p
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-POSS good 3PL house 3SG.OBJ=be
Translation: His good ones [= daughters] are in the house.’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï-nji njukuta mï wandam i
Glosses: 1SG-POSS small 3SG.SUBJ jungle go.PFV
Translation: My small one [= dog] went into the jungle.’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u-nji apa mï njukuta=p nï-nji mï ambi=p
Glosses: 2SG-POSS house 3SG.SUBJ small=COP 1SG-POSS 3SG.SUBJ big=COP
Translation: Your house is small; mine is big.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Kayta ma-nji tïn mï nï-nji asa-p
Glosses: [name] 3SG.OBJ-POSS dog 3SG.SUBJ 1SG-POSS hit-PFV
Translation: Kayta’s dog attacked mine.
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: Tambana mï ambï=wali-nda
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ SG.REFL=hit-IRR
Translation: Tambana will hit herself.
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: mï ambï=tï nïmal ndï=lï-p
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ SG.REFL=take river 3PL=put-PFV
Translation: It has put itself in the rivers.
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: nï ambï=nakap ma=ul uni-e
Glosses: 1SG SG.REFL=for 3SG.OBJ=with shout-IPFV
Translation: I was yelling at her on my own behalf.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ngun ambin=kalam=p
Glosses: 2DU DU.REFL=knowledge=COP
Translation: You two know yourselves.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nungol ndï ambla=tï na-i
Glosses: child 3PL PL.REFL=take DETR-go.PFV
Translation: The children brought themselves [to go along].’ [ulwa014_60:09]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: unan ambla=kol-p
Glosses: 1PL.INCL PL.REFL=break-PFV
Translation: We have broken ourselves.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ay ndï=nïkï-p ndï=n ambla=n u-p
Glosses: sago 3PL=dig-PFV 3PL=OBL PL.REFL=OBL put-PFV
Translation: [They] made [packets of] sago and left them for themselves.’ [ulwa014_49:21]
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: Wangasai Wore ngala ini tï ambïi=na-nda na-ta-e
Glosses: [name] [place] PL.PROX ground take SG.REFL=give-IRR DETR-say-DEP
Translation: Wangasa says that these Wore [people] will give him land.’ (Literally ‘… will give himself land’) [ulwa014_21:49]
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: ambï=wali-nda ambï=ul unda-t-e na-kï-p
Glosses: SG.REFL=hit-IRR SG.REFL=with go-SPEC-DEP DETR-say-PFV
Translation: [He] thought that [the crocodile] might go around with him to kill him.’ [ulwa035_02:29]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: kwa mïi ma=n ambïi=aweta kï-p
Glosses: one 3SG.SUBJ 3SG.OBJ=OBL SG.REFL=friend say-PFV
Translation: Someone said that it was his friend.
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: ndï=iya lo-p ndï=iya wa lo-p ndï=ul ambla=asa-p
Glosses: 3PL=toward go-PFV 3PL=toward village go-PFV 3PL=with PL.REFL=hit-PFV
Translation: [They] went to them, went to them in the village, and fought with them [as enemies].’ [ulwa034_00:27]
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: unan ndï=iya ma ndï=ul ambla=wali-nda
Glosses: 1PL.INCL 3PL=toward go 3PL=with PL.REFL=hit-IRR
Translation: Let’s go to them and fight with them [as allies]!’ [ulwa002_05:37]
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: ndï=ul ndï=ul ambla=asa-p
Glosses: 3PL=with 3PL=with PL.REFL=hit-PFV
Translation: With them [= our allies] we fought with them [= our enemies].’ [ulwa002_03:13]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Kolpe Womel min ambin=asa-p
Glosses: [name] [name] 3DU DU.REFL=hit-PFV
Translation: Kolpe and Womel fought each other.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ngunan ambin=lu ndï=ta-na
Glosses: 1DU.INCL DU.REFL=with 3PL=say-IRR
Translation: We will tell them [= stories] with each other.’ [ulwa033_02:36]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ngan ma=nap ambin=lu uni-e
Glosses: 1DU.EXCL 3SG.OBJ=for DU.REFL=with shout-IPFV
Translation: We argued with each other over her.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: wopa ambla=ul ma=la-nda ma-n-e
Glosses: all PL.REFL=with 3SG.OBJ=eat-IRR go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: All are going to eat it with one another.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mundu ndï=at-ta ndï na ambla=kï-p
Glosses: hunger 3PL=hit-COND 3PL talk PL.REFL=say-PFV
Translation: And when [they] got hungry, they said to one another other: …’ [ulwa018_00:30]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: an ambi na-p-e an lïmndï ambla=ala
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL big DETR-be-DEP 1PL.EXCL eye PL.REFL=see
Translation: When we had gotten big, we looked at one another.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: an lïmndï an=ala
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL eye 1PL.EXCL=see
Translation: We saw ourselves.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: olsem nï lïmndï nï=ala
Glosses: thus 1SG eye 1SG=see
Translation: I see myself like this.’ (i.e., ‘I view myself as a person from Manu.’) (olsem = TP)
Language: Unknown language ( translation)
Transcription: kwa ni-p
Glosses: one die-PFV
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï kwa asa-p
Glosses: 1SG one hit-PFV
Translation: I killed someone.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nji kwa li-u
Glosses: thing one down-put
Translation: Something fell.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï lïmndï nji kwa ala
Glosses: 1SG eye thing one see
Translation: I saw something.
Language: Unknown language ( translation)
Transcription: ankam kuma mbï-i-n
Glosses: person some here-come-PFV
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ya kuma li-u
Glosses: coconut some down-put
Translation: Some coconuts fell.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ya kuma ndï li-u
Glosses: coconut some 3PL down-put
Translation: Some coconuts fell.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï lïmndï ankam kuma ndï=ala
Glosses: 1SG eye person some 3PL=see
Translation: I saw some people.
Language: Unknown language ( translation)
Transcription: nï ya kuma ndï=ama-p
Glosses: 1SG coconut some 3PL=eat-PFV
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ango angos na i-e
Glosses: NEG what talk go.PFV-DEP
Translation: [They] came to no thought whatsoever.’ (i.e., they came without any particular purpose) [ulwa002_01:26]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: unan ango angos wombïn=n ni-nda
Glosses: 1PL.INCL NEG what work=OBL act-IRR
Translation: We will not do [just] whatever [sort of] work.’ [ulwa030_02:30]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ango angos na ndï=ta
Glosses: NEG what talk 3PL=say
Translation: [She] didn’t say anything to them.’ [ulwa014†]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï ango angos ama-e
Glosses: 1SG NEG what eat-IPFV
Translation: I’m not eating anything.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: angos nji i-na-ta unan lïmndï ma=andï ande
Glosses: what thing come-IRR-COND 1PL.INCL eye 3SG=see ok
Translation: Whatever may come, we would see it [and say:] “OK”.’ [ulwa037_20:53]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: kwa (mï) lamndu ndï=asa-p
Glosses: one (3SG.SUBJ) pig 3PL=hit-PFV
Translation: Who killed the pigs?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: kuma (min) lamndu ndï=asa-p
Glosses: some (3DU) pig 3PL=hit-PFV
Translation: Who [= which (two) people] killed the pigs?’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: kuma (ndï) lamndu ndï=asa-p
Glosses: some (3DU) pig 3PL=hit-PFV
Translation: Who [= which (three or more) people] killed the pigs?’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: angos (mï) lamndu ndï=asa-p
Glosses: what (3SG.SUBJ) pig 3PL=hit-PFV
Translation: What killed the pigs?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: angos (min) lamndu ndï=asa-p
Glosses: what (3DU) pig 3PL=hit-PFV
Translation: What [= which (two) things] killed the pigs?’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: angos (ndï) lamndu ndï=asa-p
Glosses: what (3PL) pig 3PL=hit-PFV
Translation: What [= which (three or more) things] killed the pigs?’ [elicited]
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: u lïmndï kwa ma=ala
Glosses: 2SG eye one 3SG.OBJ=see
Translation: Whom did you see?
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: yata mï kuma ndï=asa-p
Glosses: man 3SG.SUBJ some 3PL=hit-PFV
Translation: Whom [= which people] did the man hit?’ [elicited]
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: u angos ma=tï-n
Glosses: 2SG what 3SG.OBJ=take-PFV
Translation: What did you take?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nungol mï angos min=angla-lo-p
Glosses: child 3SG.SUBJ what 3DU=await-go-PFV
Translation: What [= which two things] did the boy look for?’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ango tïn (mï) mïnda ma=ama-p
Glosses: which dog (3SG.SUBJ) banana 3SG.OBJ=eat-PFV
Translation: Which dog ate the banana?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u ango mïnda (mï) ma=ama-p
Glosses: 2SG which banana (3SG.SUBJ) 3SG.OBJ=eat-PFV
Translation: Which banana did you eat?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ango nungolke nï-nji yot ma=tï-n
Glosses: which child 1SG-POSS machete 3SG.OBJ=take-PFV
Translation: Which child took my machete?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u ango apa ndï=ita-p
Glosses: 2SG which house 3PL=build-PFV
Translation: Which houses did you build?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: kwa-nji nungol (mï) nï-nji yot tï-n
Glosses: one-POSS child (3SG.SUBJ) 1SG-POSS machete take-PFV
Translation: Whose child took my machete?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: anda kwa-nji mana
Glosses: SG.DIST one-POSS spear
Translation: Whose spear is that?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u kuma-nji apa ma=ita-p
Glosses: 2SG some-POSS house 3SG.OBJ=build-PFV
Translation: Whose [plural] house did you build?’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï-awa lamndu ma=asa-p
Glosses: 1SG-INT pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: I myself killed the pig.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Kayta ma-awa lamndu ma=asa-p
Glosses: [name] 3SG.OBJ-INT pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: Kayta himself killed the pig.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u-awa utam ndï=wana-p
Glosses: 2SG-INT yam 3PL=cook-PFV
Translation: You yourself cooked the yams.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï-we lamndu ma=asa-p
Glosses: 1SG-PART.INT pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: I myself [in the group] killed the pig.’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï-we i
Glosses: 3PL-PART.INT go.PFV
Translation: They themselves [out of a group] went.’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Kolpe Kongos ambin-we lamndu ndï=asa-p-e na-kï-p
Glosses: [name] [name] DU.REFL-PART.INT pig 3PL=hit-PFV-DEP DETR-say-PFV
Translation: Kolpe and Kongos said that they themselves [out of a group] killed the pigs.’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï-we awa nïmal nga=ita-e ma=u li-i-en
Glosses: 3PL-PART.INT INT river SG.PROX=build-IPFV 3SG.OBJ=from down-go.PFV-NMLZ
Translation: They themselves alone were the ones who built [along] this river, having come down along it.’ [ulwa002_02:47]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ma-nji nji ngala ndï-we awa
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-POSS thing PL.PROX 3PL-PART.INT INT
Translation: These things are his.’ (Literally ‘His things are them indeed [out of the group].’) [ulwa014_05:28]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï-we awa ma=n ni-e
Glosses: 3PL-PART.INT INT 3SG.OBJ=OBL act-IPFV
Translation: They themselves do it.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ma-ngusuwa we i
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-poor alone go.PFV
Translation: The poor thing went alone.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï we alum nga=ul mbï-ka lo-wo-nda
Glosses: 1SG alone child SG.PROX=with here-thus IRR-sleep-IRR
Translation: I alone will sleep here with this child.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï-nam amun ma=si-al Dumngul nungol nga=wat-aw-e
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ-EMPH now 3SG.OBJ=push-PFV [name] child SG.PROX=atop-put.IPFV-DEP
Translation: Now he’s the one – [they] call Dumngul’s son after him.’ (Literally ‘are pushing it [= the name] onto this child [of] Dumngul’) [ulwa014_45:50]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ina-p u=ul i-en ndï-nam
Glosses: get-PFV 2SG=with go.PFV-NMLZ 3PL-EMPH
Translation: They were the ones who bore [you] and went with [you].’ [ulwa014†]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: a anda-nam
Glosses: ah SG.DIST-EMPH
Translation: Ah, that one!
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nga-nam u nï=n lïmndï nga=ka nï=asa-e
Glosses: SG.PROX-EMPH 2SG 1SG=OBL eye SG.PROX=in 1SG=hit-DEP
Translation: This is it – you shot me in my eye.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ngunan-ambi ango lïmndï ma-nji pamili ndï=ala-e
Glosses: 1DU.INCL-TOP NEG eye 3SG.OBJ-POSS family 3PL=see-DEP
Translation: As for us, we don’t see his family.’ (pamili = TP famili)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï mïnja=n nï-ambi ango misimisi kalam=p
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ speech=OBL 1SG-TOP NEG story knowledge=COP
Translation: She said: “Me? I don’t know stories.”
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: unan-ambi unan-nji wa ilum nga-ambi anma anda=o
Glosses: 1PL.INCL-TOP 1PL.INCL-POSS village little SG.PROX-TOP good SG.DIST=VOC
Translation: But us? As for this little village of ours, it’s good.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nogat Nomnga ma-ambi kalam anda
Glosses: no [name] 3SG.OBJ-TOP knowledge SG.DIST
Translation: No, Nomnga knows [how to hunt].’ (The speaker was asked whether she was referring to Nomnga as the person who does not know how to hunt.) (nogat = TP) [ulwa014_25:39]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï-ambi ma=andïm ma Wopata ma ma=p-na
Glosses: 1SG-TOP 3SG.OBJ=from go [place] go 3SG.OBJ=be-IRR
Translation: I for one will leave her behind and go and stay at Wopata.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Tarambi ma-ambi an-mbï mbï-p-e
Glosses: [name] 3SG.OBJ-TOP out-here here-be-IPFV
Translation: As for Tarambi, he stays outside.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ma-ambi=la-ka-n nï na-kamb-p
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-TOP=IRR-let-IMP 1SG DETR-shun-PFV
Translation: Forget it; I’ve had enough.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: maka=p-e i ma-ambi ma-ambi=na-la-ka-ta
Glosses: thus=COP-DEP way 3SG.OBJ-TOP 3SG.OBJ-TOP-DETR-IRR-let-COND
Translation: As for behavior like that – forget it!
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï-nji uta ala ko ndï-ambi=la-ka-ta ndï nï=n ma=p-n
Glosses: 1SG-POSS bird PL.DIST just 3PL-TOP=IRR-let-COND 3PL 1SG=OBL 3SG.OBJ=be-IMP
Translation: Those are my birds – just let them be there with me!
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ma-ambi=la-ka-na
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-TOP=IRR-let-IRR
Translation: Shocking!
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: yawa ngusuwa anda ma u=nap ma=tï i-ap
Glosses: uncle poor SG.DIST go 2SG=for 3SG.OBJ=take go.PFV-PFV
Translation: That poor uncle went and brought it for you.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Moira numan ngusuwa mï ndï=ala kuma ne-p
Glosses: [name] husband poor 3SG.SUBJ 3PL=for some harvest-PFV
Translation: Moira’s poor husband harvested some [betel nut] for them.’ [ulwa014_16:22]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Paulus ngusuwa mï numbu ma na=n nï=ta
Glosses: [name] poor 3SG.SUBJ garamut 3SG.OBJ talk=OBL 1SG=say
Translation: Poor Paulus told me about the ironwood tree.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Donna maka wombïn tï tawatïp ngusuwa ala=na-n-e
Glosses: [name] thus work take child poor PL.DIST=give-PFV-DEP
Translation: Donna, like, gave the work to those poor children.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ngunan-nji itom ngusuwa min-we ya ndï=n aw-e
Glosses: 1DU.INCL-POSS father poor 3DU-PART.INT coconut 3PL=OBL put-IPFV
Translation: Only our two poor fathers used to plant coconuts.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ma-ngusuwa ya ndï=n num u-p
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-poor coconut 3PL=OBL canoe put-PFV
Translation: The poor thing put coconuts in the canoe.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ma-ngusuwa mbï-p-e sal=ïn nï=sa-p
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-poor here-be-DEP tear=OBL 1SG=cry-PFV
Translation: When the poor thing was here, [he] cried to me.’ [ulwa014†]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ma-ngusuwata nga=tï i-e
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-poor SG.PROX=take go.PFV-DEP
Translation: The poor thing brought this.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u-ngusuwa ma=tï ambï=ul na-ma-na
Glosses: 2SG-poor 3SG.OBJ=take SG.REFL=with DETR-go-IRR
Translation: You poor thing will bring it with yourself.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ngun-ngusuwa ango luwa u wambana ndï=tï
Glosses: 2DU-poor which place from fish 3PL=take
Translation: You two poor things, where did [you] get the fish?’ [ulwa036_03:45]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ma=ta un-ngusuwata
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=say 2PL-poor
Translation: [I] said: “You poor things!”’ [ulwa014_47:29]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï-ngusuwa ma=i we ma=tï-n ma=tï mbï-i
Glosses: 3PL-poor 3SG.OBJ=go.PFV sago 3SG.OBJ=take-PFV 3SG.OBJ=take here-go.PFV
Translation: The poor things went there, got sago starch, and brought it here.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï-ngusuwata mbï-p-e ma=ta-n-e wap-en
Glosses: 3PL-poor here-be-DEP 3SG.OBJ=say-IPFV-DEP be.PST-NMLZ
Translation: When the poor things were here, [they] used to talk about it.’ [ulwa037_43:44]
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: mana mï li-u
Glosses: spear 3SG.SUBJ down-put
Translation: The spear fell.
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: wot yana mï lïmndï ma=ala
Glosses: younger woman 3SG.SUBJ eye 3SG.OBJ=see
Translation: The younger sister saw her.
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: sokoy mï ango anma=p tembi
Glosses: tobacco 3SG.SUBJ NEG good=COP bad
Translation: The tobacco isn’t good; [it’s] bad.’ [ulwa037_53:09]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: itom ndï isi=n ndï=wana-p
Glosses: father 3PL soup=OBL 3PL=cook-PFV
Translation: The men cooked them in soup.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: alum ndï sa-e
Glosses: child 3PL cry-IPFV
Translation: The children were crying.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: tïn min ma=u maka lamndu ko=n an-mbï-asa
Glosses: dog 3DU 3SG.OBJ=from thus pig INDF=OBL out-here-hit
Translation: The two dogs thus chased a pig out from there.