lecslab/glosslm-corpus-split huggingface dataset:
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï ma=ul wo-p ma=ul wo-p-e yana mï tïnanga lïmndï wa ma=ala
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ 3SG.OBJ=with sleep-PFV 3SG.OBJ=with sleep-PFV-DEP woman 3SG.SUBJ arise eye just 3SG.OBJ=see
Translation: She slept with him. Having slept with him, the woman got up and noticed him.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ma=tï i ma=tï nowe anda=u ma=lï-p ma=tï nowe anda=u ma=lï-p-e mï ma=wat p-e
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=take go.PFV 3SG.OBJ=take sago.species SG.DIST=from 3SG.OBJ=put-PFV 3SG.OBJ=take sago.species SG.DIST=from 3SG.OBJ=put-PFV-DEP 3SG.SUBJ 3SG.OBJ=atop be-IPFV
Translation: [It] brought him and put him on a sago palm. Having put him on the sago palm, he stayed atop it.’ [ulwa006_01:26]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Kowe ma=ul an-mbï-i nïmal mbï-i nïmal mbï-i-e an-mbï-wap
Glosses: [name] 3SG.OBJ=with out-here-go.PFV river here-go.PFV river here-go.PFV-DEP out-here-be.PST
Translation: [We] came out with Kowe, came here to the river. After coming here to the river, [we] stayed here.’ [ulwa013_11:05]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Alkumot yana mï alum ma=kot-p ma=tï al ma=lï-p al ma=lï-p-e mï i
Glosses: [name] woman 3SG.SUBJ child 3SG.OBJ=break-PFV 3SG.OBJ=take net 3SG.OBJ=put-PFV net 3SG.OBJ=put-PFV-DEP 3SG.SUBJ go.PFV
Translation: The woman Alkumot bore the child and put it in a mosquito net. Having put it in the mosquito net, she went.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: wondi mï i ma=wa inmi ma=i inmi ma=i-e mï mïnda ma=kot-p ma=tï li lï-p ma=tï li lï-p-e mï inmi ma=wap
Glosses: bandicoot 3SG.SUBJ go.PFV 3SG.OBJ=atop hole 3SG.OBJ=go.PFV hole 3SG.OBJ=go.PFV-DEP 3SG.SUBJ banana 3SG.OBJ=break-PFV 3SG.OBJ=take down put-PFV 3SG.OBJ=take down put-PFV-DEP 3SG.SUBJ hole 3SG.OBJ=be.PST
Translation: The bandicoot went onto her in the hole. [After it] went into the hole, he cut the banana tree and put it down. When [he] put it down, she was [still] in the hole.’ [ulwa001_02:17]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: rays muku ko=tï nï=n ani lï-p e Dora lïmndï nï=ala
Glosses: rice package INDF=take 1SG=OBL bilum put-PFV DEP [name] eye 1SG=see
Translation: [He] put a package of rice into my bilum [= string bag]. And Dora saw me.’ (rays = TP rais) [ulwa014_29:27]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: min ma=tï i pul ko i ma=tï lï-p wulïn-u-p e wolka tïnanga ma=tï-n ma=tï
Glosses: 3DU 3SG.OBJ=take go.PFV piece one go.PFV 3SG.OBJ=take put-PFV rest-put-PFV DEP again arise 3SG.OBJ=take-PFV 3SG.OBJ=take
Translation: The two brought it, went to a place, put it down, and rested. And then [they] got up again, got it, were getting it.’ [ulwa035_04:20]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï maka lo-p e ndï we ndï=moko-p e ndï mbï-lo-p
Glosses: 3PL thus go-PFV DEP 3PL sago 3PL=take-PFV DEP 3PL here-go-PFV
Translation: They went like that. And then they got the sago starch. And then they came here.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: we ndï=tï an-mbï mbï-i Taw mbï-i p-e Brian ma-nji inom mï wolka tïkli-ka lïmndï tïn ma=ala
Glosses: sago 3PL=take out-here here-go.PFV [place] here-go.PFV be-DEP [name] 3SG.OBJ-POSS mother 3SG.SUBJ again turn-let eye dog 3SG.OBJ=see
Translation: [They] brought sago starch out there, went there to Taw. And [after they had gone] Brian’s mother turned back and saw the dog.’ [ulwa037_61:14]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï ma=p-e ma=ale-p amun wa mbï-lo-p p-e nï tïnanga an-mbï mbï-i
Glosses: 3PL 3SG.OBJ=be-DEP 3SG.OBJ=scrape-PFV now village here-go-PFV be-DEP 1SG arise out-here here-go.PFV
Translation: They were there scraping it and now came home. And then I got up and came out here.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï ango anma=p tembi=p p-e ndï na-i-na
Glosses: 3PL NEG good=COP bad=COP be-DEP 3PL DETR-come-IRR
Translation: They were not healthy, but sick. And [when they were sick] they would come.’ [ulwa029_09:34]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï i-ta we unan ma=atï-na
Glosses: 3PL go.PFV-COND then 1PL.INCL 3SG.OBJ=hit-IRR
Translation: If they come, then we will kill him.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: utam ndï=n ma=nïkï-p we Kowe ma-ngusuwa amun nga=u-lo-p
Glosses: yam 3PL=OBL 3SG.OBJ=dig-PFV then [name] 3SG.OBJ-poor now SG.PROX=from-cut-PFV
Translation: [I] planted yams there and then Kowe, the poor thing, only recently cleared this place.’ [ulwa014_53:05]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mundu wana-ta ndï=angla lumo-p ndï an-mbï-i we na-la-nda
Glosses: food cook-COND 3PL=await put-PFV 3PL out-here-go.PFV then DETR-eat-IRR
Translation: Once [you] have cooked food and put it [there] for them, they will come out and then eat.’ [ulwa030_00:39]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: itom ngata mï ni-p
Glosses: father grand 3SG.SUBJ die-PFV
Translation: The old man died.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï [ni-p-e] itom ngata ma=kamb-p
Glosses: 1SG [die-PFV-DEP] father grand 3SG.OBJ=shun-PFV
Translation: I avoided the old man who died.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: [ni-p-e] itom ngata mï ankam anma
Glosses: [die-PFV-DEP] father grand 3SG.SUBJ person good
Translation: The old man who died is a good person.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï lïmndï [ni-p-e] itom ngata ma=ala
Glosses: 3PL eye [die-PFV-DEP] father grand 3SG.OBJ=see
Translation: They saw the old man who died.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Damnda mï [ni-p-e] itom ngata ma=iya i
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ [die-PFV-DEP] father grand 3SG.OBJ=toward go.PFV
Translation: Damnda went to the old man who died.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ankam mï lamndu ma=asa-p
Glosses: person 3SG.SUBJ pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: The person killed the pig.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Damnda mï lïmndï [lamndu ma=asa-p-e] ankam ma=ala
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ eye [pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV-DEP] person 3SG.OBJ=see
Translation: Damnda saw the person who killed the pig.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: [lamndu ma=asa-p-e] mï wandam ma=i
Glosses: [pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV-DEP] 3SG.SUBJ jungle 3SG.OBJ=go.PFV
Translation: The person who killed the pig went to the jungle.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Sinda mï [lamndu ma=asa-p-e] ankam ma=iya i
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ [pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV-DEP] person 3SG.OBJ=toward go.PFV
Translation: Sinda went to the person who killed the pig.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï lïmndï [mana=nï lamndu ma=asa-p-e] ankam ma=ala
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ eye [spear=OBL pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV-DEP] person 3SG.OBJ=see
Translation: She saw the man who stabbed the pig with the spear.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï lïmndï [ankam ul na-ta-n-e] yana ma=ala
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ eye [person with DETR-say-IPFV-DEP] woman 3SG.OBJ=see
Translation: She saw the woman who is talking with the man.
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: ndï [ma-nji ma=ul an-mbï-i-e] ndï kwa ma=asa-p
Glosses: 3PL [3SG.OBJ-POSS 3SG.OBJ=with out-here-go.PFV-DEP] 3PL one 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: They killed one [of] his [brothers] who came along with him.’ [ulwa001_12:39]
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: awal [ma=in p-e] nji ndï=kuk-lï-p
Glosses: yesterday [3SG.OBJ=in be-DEP] thing 3PL=gather-put-PFV
Translation: Yesterday [we] gathered [our] things that were in it [= the house].’ [ulwa042_05:16]
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: [anga ma=p-e] numïni mï angani ma=p-e
Glosses: [side 3SG.OBJ=be-DEP] ditch 3SG.SUBJ behind 3SG.OBJ=be-IPFV
Translation: The ditch that is on the other side [of the river] is behind it.’ [ulwa014†]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: [nï=ul mbï-i-e] yanat ma-ambi umbenam na-i
Glosses: [1SG=with here-go.PFV-DEP] daughter 3SG.OBJ-TOP morning DETR-go.PFV
Translation: As for the daughter who came with me, she left this morning.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: [apa mbï-p-e] itom inom min luke nji ulwa=p
Glosses: [house here-be-DEP] father mother 3DU too thing nothing=COP
Translation: The two home-owners have nothing either.’ (Literally ‘The father and mother who are in the house here, too, have no things.’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: [wandam wap-en] ndï wa na-i-n
Glosses: [jungle be.PST-NMLZ] 3PL village DETR-come-PFV
Translation: Those who were in the jungle came home.’ (Literally ‘the having-been-in-the-jungle [people] …’) [ulwa018_04:09]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: [ata nga=p-e wow-en] anda ma=u an-mbï-unda-e
Glosses: [up SG.PROX=be-DEP sleep.IPFV-NMLZ] SG.DIST 3SG.OBJ=from out-here-go-IPFV
Translation: That one who lives upstream is coming around here from there.’ (Literally ‘that sleeping-up-(in)-this-(place) [person] …’) [ulwa032_15:13]
Language: Unknown language ( translation)
Transcription: [Tïrïngïn ina-en] i ma=n nï=ta
Glosses: [[name] get-NMLZ] go.PFV 3SG.OBJ=OBL 1SG=say
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: [tembi ala] [ndï wa mbï-p]
Glosses: [bad PL.DIST] [3PL village here-be]
Translation: Those people here in the village are bad.’ (Literally ‘Those [people] are bad; they are here in the village.’) [ulwa032_47:06]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: [ango mundu kom] [un ma=tï nï=na-n]
Glosses: [NEG food NEG] [2PL 3SG.OBJ=take 1SG=give-PFV]
Translation: That’s not food you gave me!’ (Literally ‘Not food; you gave it to me.’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: [anda nji tembi wa] [mï unan=iya wa i-n-e]
Glosses: [SG.DIST thing bad just] [3SG.SUBJ 1PL.INCL=toward village come-PFV-DEP]
Translation: That’s a bad thing that’s come to our village.’ (Literally ‘That is a bad thing; it has come to us, to the village.’ There is no prosodic break between the clauses.)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: [numbu anma anda] [u ma=lo-e]
Glosses: [garamut good SG.DIST] [2SG 3SG.OBJ=cut-IPFV]
Translation: That’s a good garamut drum that you’re carving.’ (Literally ‘That is a good garamut; you are carving it.’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: un ango ame tï inda-e
Glosses: 2PL NEG basket take walk-IPFV
Translation: You don’t carry baskets around.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï u-lo un-nji alum nïpat nga=tï inda-p-e
Glosses: 1SG from-go 2SG-POSS child giant SG.PROX=take walk-PFV-DEP
Translation: I carried that giant daughter of yours around.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: apïn ngïn tembi nji ngala ndï ndï=tï inda-e
Glosses: fire cloud bad thing PL.PROX 3PL 3PL=take walk-IPFV
Translation: These marijuana cigarettes – they carry them around.’ (Literally ‘these bad smoke things’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï ndï=tï i
Glosses: 1SG 3PL=take go.PFV
Translation: I brought them.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï upin ma=tï an-mbï-i ma=tï ma=na-n-e
Glosses: 1SG crowned.pigeon 3SG.OBJ=take out-here-go.PFV 3SG.OBJ=take 3SG.OBJ=give-PFV-DEP
Translation: I brought the crowned pigeon out here and gave it to her.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: uma ndï=tï li unda-e
Glosses: bone 3PL=take down go-IPFV
Translation: [She] would bring [their] bones down.’ [ulwa020_00:13]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï=tï i Wopata ma=i
Glosses: 3PL=take go.PFV [place] 3SG.OBJ=go.PFV
Translation: I brought them [= fish] to Wopata.’ (Literally ‘I brought them [and I] went to Wopata.’) [ulwa014_29:41]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ma=tï wa i-ta unan ma=la-n
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=take village go.PFV-COND 1PL.INCL 3SG.OBJ=eat-IMP
Translation: If [we] bring it [= a crocodile] home, we’ll eat it!’ [ulwa038_04:29]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: inga ala ma=tï an=iya i
Glosses: affine PL.DIST 3SG.OBJ=take 1PL.EXCL=toward go.PFV
Translation: [My] in-laws brought it to us.’ [ulwa037_36:56]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï=tï u=iya ma-na
Glosses: 3PL=take 2SG=toward go-IRR
Translation: [They] would bring them to you.’ [ulwa014_36:45]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ma=ala numan ko=tï i
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=for husband INDF=take go.PFV
Translation: [They] brought a husband for her.’ [ulwa019_00:53]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï ndï=ina-p ndï=tï nï=nap i-e
Glosses: 3PL 3PL=get-PFV 3PL=take 1SG=for go.PFV-DEP
Translation: They got them and brought them for me.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: itom mï awal tembi wap
Glosses: father 3SG.SUBJ yesterday bad be.PST
Translation: (a) ‘Was father sick yesterday?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u na-ama-p
Glosses: 2SG DETR-eat-PFV
Translation: (a) ‘Have you eaten?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: inom mï amun ya uta-e
Glosses: mother 3SG.SUBJ now coconut grind-IPFV
Translation: (a) ‘Is mother grinding coconut now?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: alum mï i-kali ya ndï=si-na
Glosses: child 3SG.SUBJ hand-send coconut 3PL=push-IRR
Translation: (a) ‘Can the child catch the coconuts?
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: ala=o un apa ma=p a
Glosses: PL.DIST=VOC 2PL house 3SG.OBJ=be INTERJ
Translation: Hey, you all – are you home?
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: ngun andin ngun mundu ngun=asa a
Glosses: 2DU DU.DIST 2DU hunger 2DU=hit INTERJ
Translation: You two, you two over there – you’re hungry, yeah?
Language: Tok Pisin ( translation)
Transcription: u ango an-mbï mbï-i e
Glosses: 2SG NEG out-here out-go.PFV INTERJ
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: iya nï awal mbï-i lïmndï tawatïp ndï=ala-e
Glosses: yes 1SG yesterday here-go.PFV eye child 3PL=see-DEP
Translation: Yes, I came out yesterday and watched the children.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: a nï-nji nungol ala angos la-nda
Glosses: ah 1SG-POSS child PL.DIST what eat-IRR
Translation: Ah, what will my children eat?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u angos na-ta-n
Glosses: 2SG what DETR-say-IPFV
Translation: What are you saying?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: kwa tïki ma=n tïnanga-na
Glosses: one again 3SG.OBJ=OBL arise-IRR
Translation: Who will get it [= the school] up again?’ [ulwa014_54:01]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ko ma=tï inda-e
Glosses: one 3SG.OBJ=take walk-IPFV
Translation: Who is carrying it around?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u ma=n ko lï-p si-na
Glosses: 2SG 3SG.OBJ=OBL one put-PFV push-IRR
Translation: Whom will you blame?’ (Literally ‘Onto whom will you push with it?’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: wambana anjika inim ma=u ma-n
Glosses: fish how.many water 3SG.OBJ=from go-IPFV
Translation: How many fish are swimming?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: U wambana anjika tï-n
Glosses: 2SG fish how.many take-PFV
Translation: How many fish did you catch?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u inim ambi ama-p
Glosses: 2SG water big eat-PFV
Translation: How much water did you drink?’ (Literally ‘Did you drink big [i.e., much] water?’) [elicited]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u inim ilum ama-p
Glosses: 2SG water little eat-PFV
Translation: How much water did you drink?’ (Literally ‘Did you drink little water?’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nungol mï inim ambi ama-e
Glosses: child 3SG.SUBJ water big eat-IPFV
Translation: How much water does the child drink?’ (Literally ‘Does the child drink big [i.e., much] water?’) [elicited]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u anjikaka apa ma=ita-p
Glosses: 2SG how house 3SG.OBJ=build-PFV
Translation: How did you build the house?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Alimban mï anjikaka lamndu ma=asa-p
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ how pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: How did Alimban kill the pig?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Alimban mï tïn ma=ul lamndu ma=asa-p
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ dog 3SG=with pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: Alimban killed the pig with the dog.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Alimban mï mana=nï lamndu ma=asa-p
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ spear=OBL pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: Alimban killed the pig with the spear.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: itom mï anjika-la-ka apa ma=ita-na
Glosses: father 3SG.SUBJ how.many-IRR-let house 3SG.OBJ=build-IRR
Translation: How will father build the house?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nungol ndï anjika-la-ka wambana ndï=uta-na
Glosses: child 3PL how.many-IRR-let fish 3PL=grind-IRR
Translation: How will the boys catch the fish?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nga kwa anjika-la-ka-na ma-n-e
Glosses: SG.PROX one how.many-IRR-let-IRR go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: What is this one going to do?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u ma=nï anjika-la-ka-na
Glosses: 2SG 3SG.OBJ=OBL how.many-IRR-let-IRR
Translation: What will you do with it?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: itom mï mana ma=nï anjika-la-ka-na
Glosses: father 3SG.SUBJ spear 3SG.OBJ=OBL how.many-IRR-let-IRR
Translation: What is father going to do with the spear?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u ndï=tï inda-ta ndï=n anjika-la-ka-na
Glosses: 2SG 3PL=take walk-COND 3PL=OBL how.many-IRR-let-IRR
Translation: What will you do with them if you carry them around?
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: mï na=n ma=ta a u anjika
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ talk=OBL 3SG.OBJ=say ay 2SG how.many
Translation: He said to her: “Ay, what happened to you?”
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: ango wa maka=p-e wombïn
Glosses: which village thus=COP-DEP work
Translation: Which village has work like this?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u ango tïlwa u mbï-i
Glosses: 2SG which road from here-go.PFV
Translation: Along which road have you come here?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mbï-p-ta ango ini ma=wat p-ta
Glosses: here-be-COND which ground 3SG.OBJ=atop be-COND
Translation: If [they] stay, which ground will they live on?’ [ulwa014_21:01]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Ayndin nï angos na u=kï-na
Glosses: [name] 1SG what talk 2SG=say-IRR
Translation: Ayndin, what should I say to you?’ (Literally ‘what talk?’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: unan wandam ma=wap angos wombïn=n ni-nda
Glosses: 1PL.INCL jungle 3SG.OBJ=be.PST what work=OBL act-IRR
Translation: [When] we are in the jungle, what [sort of] work will [we] do?’ [ulwa030_01:08]
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: Kapos mï ango tem lamndu ma=asa-p
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ which time pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: When did Kapos kill the pig?’ (tem < TP taim ‘time’)
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: Kapos mï awal lamndu ma=asa-p
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ yesterday pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: Kapos killed the pig yesterday.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: itom mï ango tem utam ma=ama-p
Glosses: father 3SG.SUBJ which time yam 3SG.OBJ=eat-PFV
Translation: When did father eat the yam?’ (tem < TP taim ‘time’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ango tem ma=n ni-nda
Glosses: which time 3SG.OBJ=OBL act-IRR
Translation: When will [we] do it?’ (tem < TP taim ‘time’) [ulwa031_01:27]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Kapos mï ango tem=nï lamndu ma=asa-p
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ which time=OBL pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: When did Kapos kill the pig?’ (tem < TP taim ‘time’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ango tem=nï na-ta-na
Glosses: which time=OBL DETR-say-IRR
Translation: When will the meeting start?’ (Literally ‘[They] will at which time talk?’) (tem < TP taim ‘time’) [elicited]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ankam mï ango i
Glosses: person 3SG.SUBJ which go.PFV
Translation: Where did the person go?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ankam mï ngaya i
Glosses: person 3SG.SUBJ far go.PFV
Translation: The person went far away.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Tangin mï ango i
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ which go.PFV
Translation: Where did Tangin go?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Tangin mï wa ma=i
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ village 3SG.OBJ==go.PFV
Translation: Tangin went to the village.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Tangin mï ango ma=i
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ NEG 3SG.OBJ=go.PFV
Translation: (a) ‘Tangin did not go [there].
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u ango u mbï-i
Glosses: 2SG which from here-go.PFV
Translation: Where did you come from?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï wandam u mbï-i
Glosses: 1SG jungle from here-go.PFV
Translation: I came from the jungle.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: popo ndï u=n ango luwa p-e
Glosses: papaya 3PL 2SG=OBL which place be-IPFV
Translation: Where are your papayas?’ (Literally ‘The papayas for you are at which place?’; popo < TP popo ‘papaya’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ngun ango luwa wap
Glosses: 2DU which place be.PST
Translation: Where were you?’ (Literally ‘You were at which place?’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: unan ango=p
Glosses: 1PL.INCL which=COP
Translation: Where are we?’ (Literally ‘We are [at] which [place]?’) [elicited]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u ango wap
Glosses: 2SG which be.PST
Translation: Where were you?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Yanapi mï ango=p-na
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ which=COP-IRR
Translation: Where will Yanapi be?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: itom mï ango=p-e lamndu ma=asa-p
Glosses: father 3SG.SUBJ which=COP-DEP pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: Where did father kill the pig?’ (Literally something like ‘Father killed the pig, having been where?’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: itom mï ango=p-ta lamndu ma=wali-nda
Glosses: father 3SG.SUBJ which=COP-COND pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-IRR
Translation: Where will father kill the pig?’ (Literally ‘Father will kill the pig if [he] is where?’) [elicited]
Language: Ulwa (Papua New Guinea) (English translation)
Transcription: u angwena mbï-i
Glosses: 2SG why here-go.PFV
Translation: Why did you come here?
Language: Ulwa (Papua New Guinea) (English translation)
Transcription: itom mï angwena apa ma=ita-p
Glosses: father 3SG.SUBJ why house 3SG.OBJ=build-PFV
Translation: Why did father build the house?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï ndï=n angwena ndï=tï inda-e
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ 3PL=OBL why 3PL=take walk-IPFV
Translation: Why is he walking around with them?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: un angwena ma=wat p-e ni-e
Glosses: 2PL why 3SG.OBJ=atop be-DEP act-IPFV
Translation: Why are you doing [things] during it [= this period of mourning]?’ [ulwa032_03:15]
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: ango luwa angos nji ndï=la-nda
Glosses: which place what thing 3PL=eat-IRR
Translation: Where will [we] find something to eat?’ (Literally ‘[We] will eat what things [at] which place?’) [ulwa032_07:52]
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: u ango luwa angos ma=tï-na
Glosses: 2SG which place what 3SG.OBJ=take-IRR
Translation: Where will you get something?
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: ngan ndï=andï ango luwa u angos tï-na
Glosses: 1DU.EXCL 3PL=for which place from what take-IRR
Translation: From which place can we two get what for them?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: e ngusuwa ko angwena angos mundu wana-nda na-ta
Glosses: ay poor just why what food cook-IRR DETR-say
Translation: Ay, why did that poor thing say that he would cook whatever kind of food?’ (Literally ‘Why did the poor thing say that [he] would cook what food?’) [ulwa014_15:28]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï ango luwa wandam lo-ta angos mundu ma=la-n[da]
Glosses: 3PL which place jungle go-COND what food 3SG.OBJ=eat-IRR
Translation: Where will they go and what will they eat?’ (Literally ‘If they go to which jungles, what food will [they] eat?’) [ulwa032_14:00]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï nji ndï=wat-lo-nda
Glosses: 3PL thing 3PL=atop-cut-IRR
Translation: Will they clear the things?’ (The anticipated response is: ‘No, they will not.’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u ko wandam nji ndï ango luwa p-e u ko lïmndï ndï=ala
Glosses: 2SG just jungle thing 3PL which place be-DEP 2SG just eye 3PL=see
Translation: Where are your jungle properties? Do you see them?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u nï=ul ma-n
Glosses: 2SG 1SG=with go-IMP
Translation: Go with me!’ (said to one person)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ngun na-ma-n
Glosses: 2DU DETR-go-IMP
Translation: Go!’ (said to two people)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u i-kali nga=si-n
Glosses: 2SG hand-send SG.PROX=push-IMP
Translation: Hold this!’ (said to one person)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u ma-nji ndï na=n ma=kï-n
Glosses: 2SG 3SG.OBJ-POSS 3PL talk=OBL 3SG.OBJ=say-IMP
Translation: Tell her about her [sago palms]!’ (said to one person) [ulwa037_42:10]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: un ma=iya wa na-i-n
Glosses: 2PL 3SG.OBJ=toward village DETR-come-IMP
Translation: Come home to her!’ (said to multiple people)
Language: Unknown language ( translation)
Transcription: amun ma-n
Glosses: now go-IMP
Language: Unknown language ( translation)
Transcription: u-nji ma=tï inda-n
Glosses: 2SG-POSS 3SG.OBJ=take walk-IMP
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u-nji al kwa anda-awa ka lo-wo-n
Glosses: 2SG-POSS net one SG.DIST-INT in IRR-sleep-IMP
Translation: Sleep in that other mosquito net of yours!
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï la-n
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ eat-IMP
Translation: Let him eat!
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï wutï-ni-n
Glosses: 3PL leg-beat-IMP
Translation: Let them dance!
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Kalingana kali-lï-ta mï ma-n
Glosses: [name] send-put-COND 3SG.SUBJ go-IMP
Translation: Send Kalingana and he’ll go!’ (Literally ‘If [you] send Kalingana, let him go!’) [ulwa018_01:00]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ngunan la-n
Glosses: 1DU.INCL eat-IMP
Translation: Let’s eat!
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: unan ndï=la-n
Glosses: 1PL.INCL 3PL=eat-IMP
Translation: Let’s eat them!
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: unan ma-n
Glosses: 1PL.INCL go-IMP
Translation: Let’s go!
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï la-n
Glosses: 1SG eat-IMP
Translation: Let me eat!
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: an la-n
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL eat-IMP
Translation: Let’s eat!
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï la-nda
Glosses: 1SG eat-IRR
Translation: I should eat.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: an la-nda
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL eat-IRR
Translation: We should eat.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï ma ndï=n lo-n[da]
Glosses: 1SG go 3PL=OBL cut-IRR
Translation: I will go and plant them.
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: u la-nda
Glosses: 2SG eat-IRR
Translation: (a) ‘Eat!
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: asa u ma=tï nï=na-nda
Glosses: no 2SG 3SG.OBJ=take 1SG=give-IRR
Translation: (a) ‘No, give it to me!
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: kïkal misimisi nga=wana-nda
Glosses: ear story SG.PROX=feel-IRR
Translation: (a) ‘Listen to this story!
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï la-nda
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ eat-IRR
Translation: (a) ‘Let him eat!
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ngunan ma-na
Glosses: 1DU.INCL go-IRR
Translation: (a) ‘We shall go.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: unan ma-na
Glosses: 1PL.INCL go-IRR
Translation: (a) ‘We must go.
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: i apa i kop la-ama-p we un ma-n
Glosses: go.PFV house go.PFV please IRR-eat-PFV then 2PL go-IMP
Translation: Come, come to the house, eat, and then go!
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: kop ma=la-ka-n
Glosses: please 3PL=IRR-let-IMP
Translation: Just leave him!
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï umbe Supam ul ma-ta mï ma=iya ata ma-na
Glosses: 1SG tomorrow [name] with go-COND 3SG.SUBJ 3SG.OBJ=toward up go-IRR
Translation: I’ll go with Supam tomorrow and she’ll climb it [= a tree].’ [ulwa001_01:14]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï=la-ka-ta nï ma=ul ma=la-nda
Glosses: 1SG=IRR-let-COND 1SG 3SG.OBJ=with 3SG.OBJ=eat-IRR
Translation: Let me eat with him!’ (Literally ‘If [you] let me, I will eat with him.’) [ulwa001_06:11]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: yena ngala=tï ndï=na-ta ndï ndï=ul lo-wo-p-e lo-nda
Glosses: woman PL.PROX=take 3PL=give-COND 3PL 3PL=with IRR-sleep-PFV-DEP go-IRR
Translation: Give them these women, and they, having slept with them, will go!’ (Literally ‘If [you] give them these women, they, having slept with them, will go.’) [ulwa002_06:04]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: kwa nï-nji ma=ul nï=iya wa i-ta nï ko lïmndï ma=andï-na
Glosses: just 1SG-POSS 3SG.OBJ=with 1SG=toward village go.PFV-COND 1SG just eye 3SG.OBJ=see-IRR
Translation: If [you] come home to me with my [cousin], I will see her.’ (i.e., ‘Please bring my cousin to me so that I can see her!’) [ulwa037_46:36]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: unan na kali wa ala=n lï-ta
Glosses: 1PL.INCL talk send village PL.DIST=OBL put-COND
Translation: Let’s send a message to those villages!’ (Literally ‘If we send a message to those villages …’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: kop ma wa na ndï=ta-ta ma-ta
Glosses: please go just talk 3PL=say-COND go-COND
Translation: Please, just go and tell stories!’ (Literally ‘If [you] please just go and say the talks, [it] will go.’) [ulwa014†]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: kop nga=p-ta apa ita-p nji ngala=imbam p-n
Glosses: please SG.PROX=be-COND house build-PFV thing PL.PROX=under be-IMP
Translation: Please build a house here under these things!’ (Literally ‘If [you] please be this, build a house under these things.’) [ulwa014_53:10]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: kop ambla=kalam=p-ta lo-n
Glosses: please PL.REFL=knowledge=COP-COND go-IMP
Translation: Please look after yourselves and go!’ (Literally ‘If [you] please know yourselves, go!’) [ulwa037_63:08]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: wana nunu nji tï ip lï-p ma-na
Glosses: PROH every thing take nose put-PFV go-IRR
Translation: Don’t go destroying everything!’ (Literally ‘Don’t go, having put nose to everything!’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: angani i wanap maka=p-e na
Glosses: behind go.PFV PROH thus=COP-DEP talk
Translation: Later, when [you] have come, do not [make] talk like this!’ [ulwa014†]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: (un) wana nï-nji utam ma=la-nda
Glosses: (2PL) PROH 1SG-POSS yam 3SG.OBJ=eat-IRR
Translation: Don’t eat my yam!’ (commanded to more than two people)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï wana la-nda
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ PROH eat-IRR
Translation: Don’t let him eat!
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: unan wana ma-na
Glosses: 1PL.INCL PROH go-IRR
Translation: Let’s not go!
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: an wana na-kï-na
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL PROH DETR-say-IRR
Translation: We shouldn’t talk.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï wana ma-na
Glosses: 1SG PROH go-IRR
Translation: I shouldn’t go.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Tarambi wana apka nï=klop ma ngaya ma-na-t
Glosses: [name] PROH very 1SG=cross go far go-IRR-SPEC
Translation: Tarambi, don’t go completely bypass me and go far away!
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: wana ndï=wali-nda-t
Glosses: PROH 3PL=hit-IRR-SPEC
Translation: Don’t shoot them!
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: wanap mbï-p-na-t-e
Glosses: PROH here-be-IRR-SPEC-DEP
Translation: Don’t stay here!
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: wana ata ma Kambaramba ma-na-t
Glosses: PROH up go [place] go-IRR-SPEC
Translation: Don’t go up to Kambaramba [village]!’ [ulwa014†]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: inim wana ma=la-ka-na-t ko ma=n ambi anda=la-n
Glosses: water PROH 3SG.OBJ=IRR-let-IRR-SPEC just 3SG.OBJ=OBL big SG.DIST=eat-IMP
Translation: Water – don’t avoid it; drink a lot of it!
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: wana imba p-ta nï=iya mbï-unda-na-t
Glosses: PROH night be-COND 1SG=toward here-go-IRR-SPEC
Translation: Don’t come around here to me at night!’ (Literally ‘Don’t, when it is night, come around here to me!’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: wana ma=p-ta
Glosses: PROH 3SG.OBJ=be-COND
Translation: Don’t live there!
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: wana mbï-unda-ta inim la-ta maka=p-ta
Glosses: PROH here-go-COND water eat-COND thus=COP-COND
Translation: Don’t come around here and drink beer like that!
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Kolpe mï amun ango apa ma=ita-e
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ now NEG house 3SG.OBJ=build-IPFV
Translation: Kolpe is not building the house now.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Kolpe mï ango amun apa ma=ita-e
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ NEG now house 3SG.OBJ=build-IPFV
Translation: Kolpe is not building the house now.
Language: English ( translation)
Transcription: kwa ango ni-p
Glosses: one NEG die-PFV
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: nï ango lïmndï kwa ala
Glosses: 1SG NEG eye one see
Translation: (a) ‘I didn’t see anyone.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nji (Ø / mï / ndï) ango li-u
Glosses: thing (Ø / 3SG.SUBJ / 3PL) NEG down-put
Translation: Nothing fell.’ (cf. Nji kwa liyu ‘Something fell.’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï ango lïmndï nji ala
Glosses: 1SG NEG eye thing see
Translation: (a) ‘I didn’t see anything.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï ango lïmndï min=ul kwa ala
Glosses: 1SG NEG eye 3DU=with one see
Translation: I didn’t see either [of them].’ (Literally ‘I did not see one with [i.e., of] the two.’; cf. Nï lïmndï minala ‘I saw both.’) [elicited]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï ango lïmndï nungol min=ul kwa ala
Glosses: 1SG NEG eye child 3DU=with one see
Translation: I didn’t see either child.’ (Literally ‘I did not see one with [i.e., of] the two children.’) [elicited]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï ango lïmndï min=ala
Glosses: 1SG NEG eye 3DU=see
Translation: I saw neither [of them].’ (Literally ‘I did not see the two.’) [elicited]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï ango lïmndï ankam min=ala
Glosses: 1SG NEG eye person 3DU=see
Translation: I saw neither person.’ (Literally ‘I did not see the two people.’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï ango lïmndï mïnda ndï=ul kwa ala
Glosses: 1SG NEG eye banana 3PL=with one see
Translation: I saw none of the bananas.’ (Literally ‘I did not see one with [i.e., of] the [more than two] bananas.’) [elicited]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: an=ul kwa ango wandam i
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL=with one NEG jungle go.PFV
Translation: None of us went to the jungle.’ (Literally ‘With [i.e., among] us, one did not go to the jungle.’) [elicited]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï=ul kwa ango wombïn=n ni-e
Glosses: 3PL=with one NEG work=OBL act-IPFV
Translation: None of them is working.’ (Literally ‘With [i.e., among] them, one is not working.’) [elicited]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï-nji kwa ango ni-p-e
Glosses: 3PL-POSS one NEG die-PFV-DEP
Translation: Not one of them died.’ (Literally ‘Their one did not die.’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï-nji kwa ango tïnanga wolka tïkli-ka i
Glosses: 3PL-POSS one NEG arise again turn-let go.PFV
Translation: Not one of their [men] got up and came back again.’ (Literally ‘Their one did not arise again and go back.’) [ulwa004_00:59]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Mawna mï keka ango mïnkïn ama-p
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ completely NEG grub.species eat-PFV
Translation: Mawna has never eaten sago grubs.’ (Literally ‘Mawna has completely not eaten sago grubs.’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï keka ango ya ama-e
Glosses: 1SG completely NEG coconut eat-IPFV
Translation: I never eat coconut.’ (Literally ‘I completely do not eat coconut.’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Mawna mï ango nunu ika mïnda ama-e
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ NEG every instance banana eat-IPFV
Translation: Mawna sometimes/rarely eats bananas.’ (Literally ‘Mawna does not always eat bananas.’; cf. Mawna mï nunu ika mïnda ame ‘Mawna always/often eats bananas.’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Kolpe mï ango yana
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ NEG woman
Translation: Kolpe is not a woman.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï-ambi ango wandam ambi
Glosses: 1SG-TOP NEG jungle big
Translation: As for me, I don’t have a big garden.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ango anma=p
Glosses: NEG good=COP
Translation: [It] is not good.’ [ulwa001_09:18]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u ango ulum ulwa=p-e
Glosses: 2SG NEG palm nothing=COP-DEP
Translation: You had no lack of sago palms.
Language: French (English translation)
Transcription: nï ango un-nji itom me
Glosses: 1SG NEG 2PL-POSS father NEG
Translation: I am not your father.
Language: French (English translation)
Transcription: ango Taw me
Glosses: NEG [place] NEG
Translation: [It] is not Taw.’ [ulwa014_25:06]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ipka ango wambana ambi me
Glosses: before NEG fish big NEG
Translation: Before, there weren’t any big fish.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ango nu luwa me
Glosses: NEG close place NEG
Translation: [It] was not a close place.’ [ulwa031_04:53]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: unan-ambi ango unan-nji amba me
Glosses: 1PL.INCL-TOP NEG 1PL.INCL-POSS mens.house NEG
Translation: As for us, we don’t have any magic.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ango u-nji me
Glosses: NEG 2SG-POSS NEG
Translation: [They] are not yours.’ [ulwa037_42:38]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï ango na=n nï=kï-p-en me
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ NEG talk=OBL 1SG=say-PFV-NMLZ NEG
Translation: She didn’t reply to me.’ (Literally ‘She was not a having-spoken-to-me [person].’) [ulwa032_21:36]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï-ambi ango ala-nji wandam unda-en me
Glosses: 1SG-TOP NEG PL.DIST-POSS jungle go-NMLZ NEG
Translation: As for me, I’m not one to go around in other people’s jungles.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï-ambi ango ndï=iya ma=unda-en
Glosses: 1SG-TOP NEG 3PL=toward 3SG.OBJ=go-NMLZ
Translation: As for me, I don’t go around to them there.’ (Literally ‘As for me, I am not a to-them-there goer.’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ango [kamb-e] nji me
Glosses: NEG [shun-DEP] thing NEG
Translation: [It] wasn’t something that [they] neglected.’ [ulwa037_44:45]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ango wala luwa kom
Glosses: NEG far.off place NEG
Translation: [It] is not a far-off place.’ [ulwa001_18:22]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: unan ango wa ambi kom
Glosses: 1PL.INCL NEG village big NEG
Translation: We are not a big village.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ango wutota kom mundotoma anda=o
Glosses: NEG long NEG short SG.DIST=VOC
Translation: [The story] is not long; it’s a short one.’ [ulwa010_00:00]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ango unan-nji amba kom
Glosses: NEG 1PL.INCL-POSS mens.house NEG
Translation: [It] is not our magic.’ [ulwa037_09:59]
Language: Keram (English translation)
Transcription: un ini me
Glosses: 2PL ground NEG
Translation: [It] is not your land.’ [ulwa014_23:19]
Language: Keram (English translation)
Transcription: ulwa me
Glosses: nothing NEG
Translation: [It] is nothing.’ [ulwa032_41:11]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ulwa=p-en me nï u=n ka na-ma-n
Glosses: nothing=COP-NMLZ NEG 1SG 2SG=OBL let DETR-go-IPFV
Translation: There’s nothing here, so I’m leaving you.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mïkï itïm kome
Glosses: tree.species trash NEG
Translation: [It] is not a swamp at all.’ [ulwa014_31:25]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï-nji kome ndï ma=tï-na
Glosses: 3PL-POSS NEG 3PL 3SG.OBJ=take-IRR
Translation: But [it] isn’t theirs, so they [won’t] get it.’ [ulwa037_23:17]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: isi=n wana-e mundu kom
Glosses: soup=OBL cook-DEP food NEG
Translation: [This] is not [the kind of] food that is cooked in soup.’ [ulwa014†]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: kwe wat u i-en kom
Glosses: one atop from go.PFV-NMLZ NEG
Translation: It wasn’t just one who came onto [it].’ (Literally ‘One was not a having-gone onto [it] [one].’) [ulwa014_21:43]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: un ko nï-nji ankam me
Glosses: 2PL just 1SG-POSS person NEG
Translation: You are not my people.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ngun ko ini anma me
Glosses: 2DU just ground good NEG
Translation: You two, [it] is not good land.’ [ulwa014_12:32]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ngunan ko ndï=ul amba kwe in wap ko ndï=kalam=p-en me
Glosses: 1DU.INCL just 3PL=with mens.house one in be.PST just 3PL=knowledge=COP-NMLZ NEG
Translation: We have not lived with them in even one men’s house nor [do we] know about them.’ [ulwa037_16:31]
Language: Banaro (English translation)
Transcription: e an namndu nïpat me
Glosses: ay 1PL.EXCL pig giant NEG
Translation: Ay, we [had] really giant pigs!’ [ulwa014†]
Language: Banaro (English translation)
Transcription: ambi ngata anda yangle me kenmbu nïpat
Glosses: big grand SG.DIST strong NEG heavy giant
Translation: That big huge [child] was very strong, terribly heavy.’ [ulwa032_19:15]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: wanap apka nï=klop ma-na
Glosses: PROH very 1SG=cross go-IRR
Translation: Don’t go and bypass me completely!
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: an ango apa mbï-lo-p mbï-wap
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL NEG house here-go-PFV here-be.PST
Translation: We came home, but didn’t stay.’ (Literally ‘We did not come home and stay.’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ango ulum ale-e we wandam p-en
Glosses: NEG palm scrape-DEP sago jungle be-NMLZ
Translation: When [they] scrape sago palms, the sago starch is not [left behind] in the jungle.’ (Literally ‘[It is] not [the case that], having scraped sago palms, the sago starch is [left behind] in the jungle.’) [ulwa014_60:03]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ango ma=tï mïnjika=n kï-na
Glosses: NEG 3SG.OBJ=take speech=OBL say-IRR
Translation: Having gotten it, [they] wouldn’t say [the following]: …’ (Literally ‘[It is] not [the case that they] get it and would say [the following]: …’) [ulwa032_46:52]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ango maka apwanam ma=p-ta inim la-nda
Glosses: NEG thus side.of.house 3SG.OBJ=be-COND water eat-IRR
Translation: As long as [she] is staying at the side of the house, [a recent mother] may not drink water.’ [ulwa014_36:12]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ango ma=tï i-ta ndï-we ma=la-nda
Glosses: NEG 3SG.OBJ=take go.PFV-COND 3PL-PART.INT 3SG.OBJ=eat-IRR
Translation: If [he] brings it, they will not eat it alone.’ [ulwa014_64:59]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ango amun=p-ta i-kali ma=si-na-t-e
Glosses: NEG now=COP-COND hand-send 3SG.OBJ=push-IRR-SPEC-DEP
Translation: If [a baby] is still very young, [then fathers] will not hold it.’ [ulwa014_37:45]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: wana ambi=p-ta wa lolop ala wandam p-ta ala-nji nji la-nda
Glosses: PROH big=COP-COND just just PL.DIST jungle be-COND PL.DIST-POSS thing eat-IRR
Translation: When [you] are grown and are just [going around] in other people’s gardens, don’t eat their things!’ [ulwa032_40:38]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: a un wana apa ma=p-ta luke na-ta-na
Glosses: INTERJ 2PL PROH house 3SG.OBJ=be-COND too DETR-say-IRR
Translation: Hey, if you’re in the house, don’t talk either!
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï ma=n na=n nï=ta ase
Glosses: 3PL 3SG.OBJ=OBL talk=OBL 1SG=say no
Translation: They told me “no.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ase unan tïngïn=p-e
Glosses: no 1PL.INCL many=COP-DEP
Translation: No, we are many [now].’ [ulwa014_64:27]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï ango wa mbï-p-ta u=ul wombïn=n ni-nda ase nï umbe u=n ka wandam na-ma-na
Glosses: 1SG NEG village here-be-COND 2SG=with work=OBL act-IRR no 1SG tomorrow 2SG=OBL let jungle DETR-go-IRR
Translation: I won’t stay in the village and work with you. No, tomorrow I’ll leave you and go to the jungle.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: asa mï mïnjika=n ngunan=kï-p
Glosses: no 3SG.SUBJ speech=OBL 1DU.INCL=say-PFV
Translation: No, he said the following to us: …
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: nï ma=ta ndï amun u-p
Glosses: 1SG 3SG.OBJ=say 3PL now put-PFV
Translation: I said: “They’ve only now planted (them).”’ (Literally ‘I said it …’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: awal imba p-e unan na-ta-p
Glosses: yesterday night be-DEP 1PL.INCL DETR-say-PFV
Translation: Last night we talked.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: inom mï na-kï-p
Glosses: mother 3SG.SUBJ DETR-say-PFV
Translation: Mother spoke.