lecslab/glosslm-corpus-split huggingface dataset:
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ambi anma mï
Glosses: big good 3SG.SUBJ
Translation: the good big [one]’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ambi (mï) anma
Glosses: big (3SG.SUBJ) good
Translation: The big [one] is good.’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: tumbuna ala mbï-p-e Wopata p-e ala anda=u
Glosses: grandparent PL.DIST here-be-DEP [place] be-DEP PL.DIST SG.DIST=from
Translation: When the grandparents were here at Wopata they [went] from there.’ (tumbuna = TP) [ulwa029_07:01]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: alum ala ndï wa lolop ala wandam p-e mundu ama-e
Glosses: child PL.DIST 3PL just just PL.DIST jungle be-DEP food eat-IPFV
Translation: Those children – they just, they’re just in the jungle eating food.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: uta nungol kwa wandam p-na
Glosses: bird child one jungle be-IRR
Translation: [Not] one little bird will be [left] in the jungle!’ [ulwa032_53:17]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ango kwe kuma wa ma=p-na
Glosses: NEG one some just 3SG.OBJ=be-IRR
Translation: Not just one or a few would be staying there.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï wa ma=p-e
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ village 3SG.OBJ=be-IPFV
Translation: She stayed in the village.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï maka ndï-nji wa ma=p-e
Glosses: 3PL thus 3PL-POSS village 3SG.OBJ=be-IPFV
Translation: They thus stayed in their village.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ambi ngata ndï-we ndï amba ma=p-e
Glosses: big grand 3PL-PART.INT 3PL mens.house 3SG.OBJ=be-IPFV
Translation: Only the big grandparents – they stayed in the men’s house.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: inom ma-nji mï ata nga=p
Glosses: mother 3SG.OBJ-POSS 3SG.SUBJ up SG.PROX=be
Translation: The mother’s [garden] was upstream.’ [ulwa001_06:54]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nga Tïwen nga=p-e
Glosses: SG.PROX [place] SG.PROX=be-IPFV
Translation: Here – [they] stayed here in Tïwen.’ [ulwa014_23:57]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï amun=p-e anda=p-e
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ now=COP-DEP SG.DIST=be-IPFV
Translation: He is still there.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: an wa ndï=imbam li apembam anda=p-e
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL just 3PL=under down area.beneath.house SG.DIST=be-IPFV
Translation: We were just staying in the area beneath the house down underneath them.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ase itom ala mïka apa anda=p-e
Glosses: no father PL.DIST thus house SG.DIST=be-IPFV
Translation: No, the fathers are in the house.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï wa p-ta
Glosses: 3PL village be-COND
Translation: If they were home …
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: maka amba nga=p-ta ndï=la-nda ma-n
Glosses: thus mens.house SG.PROX=be-COND 3PL=eat-IRR go-IPFV
Translation: … if [we] stay like this in the men’s house, then [we] are going to eat them.’ [ulwa018_01:23]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: a nïplopa im in p-e wandam p-en
Glosses: INTERJ flying.fox tree in be-DEP jungle be-NMLZ
Translation: Ah, there are [still] flying foxes in the trees in the jungle.’ [ulwa032_57:17]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Nïtet nïmal kanam ma=p-en ndï ma-nji wo
Glosses: [place] river beside 3SG.OBJ=be-NMLZ 3PL 3SG.OBJ-POSS own
Translation: Those [palms] that are next to Nïtet river are her very own.’ [ulwa037_42:24]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: way mï min=n twa kana ma=p
Glosses: turtle 3SG.SUBJ 3DU=OBL hearth beside 3SG.OBJ=be
Translation: The turtle stayed there with them next to the hearth.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï ango un=ul ini nga=wat p-na
Glosses: 1SG NEG 2PL=with ground this.SG=atop be-IRR
Translation: I will not live on this land with you.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: anmoka ndï wandam ma=p
Glosses: snake 3PL jungle 3SG.OBJ=be
Translation: There are snakes in the jungle.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: inim mï ini ma=wat p-e
Glosses: water 3SG.SUBJ ground 3SG.OBJ=atop be-IPFV
Translation: There is water on the ground.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: wanmbi ani ma=p-ta u ma=tï nï=na-ta nï ansi la-n[da]
Glosses: daka bilum 3SG.OBJ=be-COND 2SG 3SG.OBJ=TAKE 1SG=give-COND 1SG red.buai eat-IRR
Translation: If there is daka [= betel pepper] in [your] bilum [= string bag], [then] give it to me so I can chew red buai [= betel nut].’ [ulwa037_34:22]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Mongima mï yata
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ man
Translation: Mongima is a man.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Mongima mï ankam anma
Glosses: [name] 3SG person good
Translation: Mongima is a good person.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Kowe mï nï-nji atuma
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ 1SG-POSS older.brother
Translation: Kowe is my older brother.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Kowe Mongima min nï-nji atuma wot
Glosses: [name] [name] 3DU 1SG-POSS older.brother younger
Translation: Kowe and Mongima are my brothers.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Kowe mï atuma
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ older.brother
Translation: Kowe is an older brother.’ (i.e., he is an older brother to some unspecified person)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ngata yeta mï Suwol
Glosses: grand man 3SG.SUBJ [name]
Translation: The male ancestor was Suwol.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Kowe mï wutota
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ tall
Translation: Kowe is tall.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Kowe mï apka wutota
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ very tall
Translation: Kowe is very tall.
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: Alimban ma-nji yeta watangïnila
Glosses: [name] 3SG.OBJ-POSS man four
Translation: Alimban has four sons.
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: nï amun nï-nji palapal min nga
Glosses: 1SG now 1SG-POSS decoration ? band SG.PROX
Translation: Now I have this shell armband.’ (palapal < TP balbal ~ palpal ‘Indian coral tree’?)
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: Depina ma-nji samban anda-awa
Glosses: [name] 3SG.OBJ-POSS pot SG.DIST-INT
Translation: Depina had her own pot.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Leobaha min min-nji samban anda-awa
Glosses: [name] 3DU 3DU-POSS pot SG.DIST-INT
Translation: Leobaha [and another child] had their own pots.’ [ulwa032_23:34]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Kowe mï atuma=p
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ older.brother=COP
Translation: Kowe is an older brother.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï wandam-p-e mï wolka ma=lo-p
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ jungle=COP-DEP 3SG.SUBJ again 3SG.OBJ=cut-PFV
Translation: It was a jungle; but he cleared it again.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: wondi ulwa=p
Glosses: bandicoot nothing=COP
Translation: There were no bandicoots.’ (Literally ‘Bandicoots are/were nothing.’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Kowe mï atuma=p-na
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ older.brother=COP-IRR
Translation: Kowe will be an older brother.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: itom mï ambi=p
Glosses: father 3SG.SUBJ big=COP
Translation: Father is big.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: itom mï ambi=p-na
Glosses: father 3SG.SUBJ big=COP-IRR
Translation: Father will be big.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: na mï ango anma=p-e
Glosses: talk 3SG.SUBJ NEG good=COP-DEP
Translation: The talk wasn’t good.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: un ndï=la-ka-ta kuma wapata=p-ta
Glosses: 2PL 3PL=IRR-let-COND some dry=COP-COND
Translation: Let some of them dry!’ (Literally ‘If you let them, some will be dry.’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï-nji ambi kwe ma=p-e
Glosses: 1SG-POSS big one 3SG.OBJ=COP?-DEP
Translation: I have one big one there.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ma-nji ini ulwa=p-en
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-POSS ground nothing=COP-NMLZ
Translation: He doesn’t have land.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Amombi maka Rabaul wap
Glosses: [name] thus [place] be.PST
Translation: Amombi was, like, in Rabaul.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nga=i ma=wap Ramu i ma=wap
Glosses: SG.PROX=go.PFV 3SG.OBJ=be.PST [place] go.PFV 3SG.OBJ=be.PST
Translation: [He] went there, stayed there, went to the Ramu area and stayed there.’ [ulwa037_45:51]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Kambaramba wa ambi ma=ita-p ma=wap ma=wap-e wusim anda=in p-e ambla=asa-p
Glosses: [place] village big 3SG.OBJ=build-PFV 3SG.OBJ=be.PST 3SG.OBJ=be.PST-DEP crocodile SG.DIST=in be-DEP PL.REFL=hit-PFV
Translation: [They] built the big village Kambaramba and stayed there. While staying there, they fought one another over the crocodile.’ [ulwa002_00:46]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: anmoka mï apa ma=wap i
Glosses: snake 3SG.SUBJ house 3SG.OBJ=be.PST go.PFV
Translation: There was a snake in the house, [but it] left.’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: inim mï awal ini ma=wat wap
Glosses: water 3SG.SUBJ yesterday ground 3SG.OBJ=atop be.PST
Translation: There was water on the ground yesterday.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Kowe mï atuma wap
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ older.brother be.PST
Translation: Kowe was an older brother.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: itom mï ambi wap
Glosses: father 3SG.SUBJ big be.PST
Translation: Father was big.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Banjiwa mï ankam anma wap amun tembi=p
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ person good be.PST now bad=COP
Translation: Banjiwa was a good person, but now he is bad.
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: nï ma na ta-na ma-n
Glosses: 1SG 3SG.OBJ talk say-IRR go-IPFV
Translation: I am going to tell its story.
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: un ma=ita-na ma-n
Glosses: 2PL 3SG.OBJ=build-IRR go-IPFV
Translation: You are going to build it.
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: wombïn ambi nga i-na ma-n-e
Glosses: work big SG.PROX come-IRR go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: This big work is going to come.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï ma=in p-na ma-n-e
Glosses: 3PL 3SG.OBJ=in be-IRR go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: They are going to stay inside it.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: apwanam i-ta wa ma=p-na ma-n-e
Glosses: side.of.house go.PFV-COND just 3SG.OBJ=be-IRR go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: If [you] go to the side of the house, [you] are just going to stay there.’ [ulwa014_36:15]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u angos tï-na ma-na
Glosses: 2SG what take-IRR go-IRR
Translation: What could you be going to get?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: unan tïmbïl ma=in p-ta ma-na-ta
Glosses: 1PL.INCL fence 3SG.OBJ=in be-COND go-IRR-COND
Translation: If we are going to be within the fence …
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ala unan=wali-nda i
Glosses: PL.DIST 1PL.INCL=hit-IRR go.PFV
Translation: Those people have come to fight us.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: min tïlwa=nï wandam kol-nda i-e
Glosses: 3DU road=OBL jungle split-IRR go.PFV-DEP
Translation: The two went to split the jungle from the path.’ (i.e., to clear a trail)
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: ndï apïn=n anul la-nda ma-n-e mï ipka i
Glosses: 3PL fire=OBL grassland eat-IRR go-IPFV-DEP 3SG.SUBJ before go.PFV
Translation: They were going to burn the grassland, but he went ahead [of them].’ [ulwa001_13:01]
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: Magendo ala=ul ambla=wali-nda ma-n-e
Glosses: [place] PL.DIST=with PL.REFL=hit-IRR go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: [They] were going to fight with the people from Magendo [village].’ [ulwa002_05:11]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: wongïta ma=n ma=atï-na lo-p-e
Glosses: bow 3SG.OBJ=OBL 3SG.OBJ=take-IRR go-PFV-DEP
Translation: [I] went to hit it with [my] bow.’ [ulwa037_03:16]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï=tï ndï=na-nda ndï=nap i-n-e
Glosses: 3PL=take 3PL=give-IRR 3PL=for come-PFV-DEP
Translation: [They] came for their sake to give them [= fish] to them [= their people].’ [ulwa032_48:36]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: alum mï sa-p
Glosses: child 3SG.SUBJ cry-PFV
Translation: The baby cried.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: anmoka i
Glosses: snake go.PFV
Translation: The snake left.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï wow-e
Glosses: 3PL sleep-IPFV
Translation: They are sleeping.
Language: Unknown language ( translation)
Transcription: Jukan mï mbï-p
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ here-be
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: alum ulep-lï-nda
Glosses: child jump-put-IRR
Translation: The child will jump.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: itom mï uta wali-nda
Glosses: father 3SG.SUBJ bird hit-IRR
Translation: Father will shoot a bird.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Alimban mï apa ma=ita-e
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ house 3SG.OBJ=build-IPFV
Translation: Alimban is building the house.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: apa mï alum ma=asa-p
Glosses: house 3SG.SUBJ child 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: The house killed the child.’ (e.g., by falling on him)
Language: Unknown language ( translation)
Transcription: wo-p
Glosses: sleep-PFV
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ya-we ma=nïkï-p
Glosses: coconut-sago 3SG.OBJ=dig-PFV
Translation: [He] made the coconut-sago pancake.’ [ulwa001_10:44]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: lïmndï wapa ngala=ala
Glosses: eye leaf PL.PROX=see
Translation: [He] saw these leaves.’ [ulwa001_10:16]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Wombasame ma=iya i-e
Glosses: [name] 3SG.OBJ=toward go.PFV-DEP
Translation: [She] went to Wombasame.’ [ulwa001_15:30]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: wolka ma-nji numan anda=nap i
Glosses: again 3SG.OBJ-POSS husband SG.DIST=for go.PFV
Translation: [She] went [home] again for the sake of her husband.’ [ulwa032_11:03]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: wambana ndï=moko-p
Glosses: fish 3PL=take-PFV
Translation: [They] caught fish.’ [ulwa001_07:01]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ma=ul mbï-i-e
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=with here-go.PFV-DEP
Translation: [They] came with her.’ [ulwa014_16:01]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ma-nji inom ambi ma-nji wandam ma=i
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-POSS mother big 3SG.OBJ-POSS jungle 3SG.OBJ=go.PFV
Translation: [We] went to her aunt’s garden.’ [ulwa032_21:50]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: we ndï=tï akïnaka=p-e
Glosses: sago 3PL=take young=COP-DEP
Translation: [We] took the sago starch when [we] were young.’ [ulwa014_00:13]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ma-nji alum ma=tï inda-e
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-POSS child 3SG.OBJ=take walk-IPFV
Translation: [I] carried her child around.’ [ulwa032_16:32]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ko angwena ma=n inim atï-na na-i
Glosses: just why 3SG.OBJ=OBL water hit-IRR DETR-go.PFV
Translation: Why did [you] just go to throw it in the water?’ [ulwa032_28:44]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï-nji alum ndï nï Wopata anda=p-e ndï=ina-p
Glosses: 1SG-POSS child 3PL 1SG [place] SG.DIST=be-DEP 3PL=get-PFV
Translation: My children – I had them when I was there at Wopata.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Talamba ulum ala ndï ndï=nap ambla=wali-e
Glosses: [place] palm PL.DIST 3PL 3PL=for PL.REFL=hit-IPFV
Translation: Those palms at Talamba – they were fighting on account of them.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nïpïl ala ala ndï=wali-e
Glosses: vine PL.DIST PL.DIST 3PL=hit-IPFV
Translation: Those vines – people used to beat them.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï-nji yenat ngala nï na=n ndï=ta
Glosses: 1SG-POSS daughter PL.PROX 1SG talk=OBL 3PL=say
Translation: My daughters – I told them: …
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: yana mï yata ma=asa-p i
Glosses: woman 3SG.SUBJ man 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV go.PFV
Translation: The woman hit the man [and] [the woman/*the man] left.’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Kolpe mana ma=top-lï-p li-u
Glosses: [name] spear 3SG.OBJ=throw-put-PFV down-put
Translation: Kolpe threw the spear [but] [Kolpe/*the spear] fell.’ [elicited]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: alum mï ulep-lï-p
Glosses: child 3SG.SUBJ jump-put-PFV
Translation: The child jumped.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: alum mï li-u
Glosses: child 3SG.SUBJ down-put
Translation: The child fell.
Language: Unknown language ( translation)
Transcription: nï amun na-ta-n
Glosses: 1SG now DETR-say-IPFV
Language: Unknown language ( translation)
Transcription: nï amun kïkal-wana
Glosses: 1SG now ear-feel
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: yata mï awal ya ma=tï yananu ma=na-na
Glosses: man 3SG.SUBJ yesterday coconut 3SG.OBJ=take woman 3SG.OBJ=give-PFV
Translation: Yesterday the man gave the woman a coconut.
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: ma=na-ta we mï ma=n ulum ndï=n ali-n[da]
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=give-COND then 3SG.SUBJ 3SG.OBJ=OBL palm 3PL=OBL scrape-IRR
Translation: If [they] give her [it], then she will scrape sago palms with it.’ [ulwa022_00:18]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï=na-n-e ma-n-e ndï ndï=ama-e
Glosses: 3PL=give-PFV-DEP go-IPFV-DEP 3PL 3PL=eat-IPFV
Translation: Going and giving them, they would eat them.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Alma mï lamndu ma=tï Kongos ma=na-n
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ pig 3SG.OBJ=take [name] 3SG.OBJ=give-PFV
Translation: Alma gave a pig to Kongos.’ (Literally ‘Alma took a pig; [Alma] gave Kongos.’) [elicited]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï=tï wa na-i ndï=tï nï-nji inom ma=na-na
Glosses: 3PL=take village DETR-go.PFV 3PL=take 1SG-POSS mother 3SG.OBJ=give-PFV
Translation: [He] brought them home and gave them to my mother.’ (Literally ‘took them; gave my mother’) [ulwa013_01:22]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ngan tana ma=tï ma=na-n
Glosses: 1DU.EXCL axe 3SG.OBJ=take 3SG.OBJ=give-PFV
Translation: We gave him the axe.’ (Literally ‘We took the axe; [we] gave him.’) [ulwa014†]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: wawana mu ko=tï ma=na-n-e
Glosses: plant.species fruit INDF=take 3SG.OBJ=give-PFV-DEP
Translation: [They] gave him a fruit.’ [ulwa020_02:01]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: imba p-ta wondi anda=tï unan=na-nda
Glosses: night be-COND bandicoot SG.DIST=take 1PL.INCL=give-IRR
Translation: When night comes, [he] will give us that bandicoot.’ [ulwa029_05:31]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: an ango kuma=tï u=na-nda
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL NEG some=take 2SG=give-IRR
Translation: We won’t give you any!
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mu kuma=tï nï=na-n
Glosses: seed some=take 1SG=give-IMP
Translation: Give some seeds to me!
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï yena ndï=tï ndï=na-n-e ndï ndï=ul wo-p
Glosses: 3PL woman 3PL=take 3PL=give-PFV-DEP 3PL 3PL=with sleep-PFV
Translation: They gave the women to them and they slept with them.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: uma ndï=tï-n-e Wombasame ma=na-n-e mï ndï=n ni-e
Glosses: bone 3PL=take-PFV-DEP [name] 3SG.OBJ=give-PFV-DEP 3SG.SUBJ 3PL=OBL act-IPFV
Translation: [They] gave the bones to Wombasame, and he began playing with them.’ [ulwa001_00:47]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï ani ndï=moko-p ndï=na-na
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ bilum 3PL=take-PFV 3PL=give-PFV
Translation: He gave them the bilum [= string bags] [one by one].’ [ulwa001_04:59]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï=tï wa i ndï=we-aw-e ndï=moko-e lapun ndï=na-n-e
Glosses: 3PL=take village go.PFV 3PL=cut-put.IPFV-DEP 3PL=take-DEP old 3PL=give-PFV-DEP
Translation: [They] used to bring them home, cut them, and give them out to the old people.’ (lapun = TP) [ulwa029_01:46]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï ndï=tï an-mbï-lï-p ndï=moko-e ambla=na-n-e
Glosses: 3PL 3PL=take out-here-put-PFV 3PL=take-DEP PL.REFL=give-PFV-DEP
Translation: They got them out and were sharing them among themselves.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï ilum moko-e ambla=na-n-e
Glosses: 3PL little take-DEP PL.REFL=give-PFV-DEP
Translation: They would share little [pieces] with each other.’ [ulwa029_02:35]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï atuma wot ala mundu moko-e ambla=na-n-e
Glosses: 3PL older.brother younger PL.DIST food take-DEP PL.REFL=give-PFV-DEP
Translation: They, those brothers, shared the food.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ma isi wana-p yawa ala=na-nda
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ soup cook-PFV uncle PL.DIST=give-IRR
Translation: [They] will cook her soup and give [it] to the uncles.’ [ulwa014_38:05]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: an keka ma=nïkï-p ndï=na-n
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL completely 3SG.OBJ=dig-PFV 3PL=give-PFV
Translation: We butchered it and gave it out completely to them.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï=in u itïtïl ndï=si-e
Glosses: 3PL=in from dust 3PL=push-IPFV
Translation: [I] was pushing the dust out from them.’ (i.e., shaking out the dust) [ulwa037_57:21]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u=nap ndï=si apïn lï-p
Glosses: 2SG=for 3PL=push fire put-PFV
Translation: [They] put them on the fire for you.’ [ulwa014_36:41]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Nawoli ma-ngusuwa imba-ka-e apa i wutï si nï=imbam-lï-p
Glosses: [name] 3SG.OBJ-poor night-at-DEP house go.PFV leg push 1SG=under-put-PFV
Translation: Nawoli, the poor thing, came to [my] house at night and put [his] legs under me.’ [ulwa014_22:02]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nungol mï i-kali ma=si
Glosses: child 3SG.SUBJ hand-send 3SG.OBJ=push
Translation: The son grabbed it.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u wa li ma=ma i-kali ma=si-na
Glosses: 2SG just down 3SG.OBJ=go hand-send 3SG.OBJ=push-IRR
Translation: You’ll just go down there and grab it?
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Gwam mï tawa ma=n Mapana ma=ul si
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ wound 3SG.OBJ=OBL [name] 3SG.OBJ=with push
Translation: Gwam showed her wound to Mapana.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Gwam mï tawa ndï=n yena min=ul si-na
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ wound 3PL=OBL mother 3DU=with push-IRR
Translation: Gwam will show her wounds to the two women.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Gwam mï tawa ndï=n ndï wopa lu si-e
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ wound 3PL=OBL 3PL all with push-IPFV
Translation: Gwam is showing her wounds to everyone.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ma=iya apa i lïmndï ma=n ma=ul si
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=toward house go.PFV eye 3SG.OBJ=OBL 3SG.OBJ=with push
Translation: [It] went to him in the house, and showed him [its] eye.’ [ulwa006_08:05]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ma=n ndï=ul si
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ=OBL 3PL=with push
Translation: [He] showed it to them.’ [ulwa037_25:03]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: itom nap=nï uta ma=asa-p
Glosses: father arrow=OBL bird 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: Father shot the bird with an arrow.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï ma-nji sina ma=n mundu ma=we-u-p
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ 3SG.OBJ-POSS knife 3SG.OBJ=OBL food 3SG.OBJ=cut-put-PFV
Translation: He cut the food with his knife.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Anton ma-ngusuwata inim=nï an=ana-p
Glosses: [name] 3SG.OBJ-poor water=OBL 1PL.EXCL=scrub-PFV
Translation: Anton, the poor thing, baptized us.’ (Literally ‘scrubbed us with water’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï anam=nï ndï=atï-na
Glosses: 1SG lightning=OBL 3PL=hit-IRR
Translation: I will strike them with lightning.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï yot=nï ma=asa-p
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ machete=OBL 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: He hit it with [his] machete.’ [ulwa035_02:25]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï-nji apa ma=i nji ndï=n apa u-p
Glosses: 1SG-POSS house 3SG.OBJ=go.PFV thing 3PL=OBL house put-PFV
Translation: [I] went to my house and put things in the house.’ [ulwa040_00:17]
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: lamndu nungol ko=asa-p-e an ma=n im ita-p
Glosses: pig child INDF=hit-PFV-DEP 1PL.EXCL 3SG.OBJ=OBL tree tie-PFV
Translation: [They] killed a small pig and we tied it to stick.’ [ulwa031_03:51]
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: wa ala lïmndï unan=nï mbï-u ma=uta-e
Glosses: village PL.DIST eye 1PL.INCL=OBL here-from 3SG.OBJ=grind-IPFV
Translation: Those [people from other] villages see it here among us.’ [ulwa037_23:05]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: min=tï ambï=n ani ma=in-lï-p
Glosses: 3DU=take SG.REFL=OBL bilum 3SG.OBJ=in-put-PFV
Translation: [I] put them into the bilum [= string bag] for myself.’ [ulwa037_01:57]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï ma=ul apïn=nï ma=ama-e
Glosses: 1SG 3SG.OBJ=with fire=OBL 3SG.OBJ=eat-IPFV
Translation: I burn it with him.’ (Literally ‘I eat it with [= by means of] fire with [= along with] him.’) [ulwa014_13:05]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï ma=ul ndï=n mbï-u-p
Glosses: 1SG 3SG.OBJ=with 3PL=OBL here-put-PFV
Translation: I planted them here with him.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï=n maka ya ndï=iya ata unda-e
Glosses: 3PL=OBL thus coconut 3PL=toward up go-IPFV
Translation: With them [= straps around their feet] [they] would go up coconut trees like that.’ [ulwa018_01:05]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ala nï=n amba nga=u numbu lï-p it-ana ma-n
Glosses: PL.DIST 1SG=OBL mens.house SG.PROX=from post put-PFV build-IRR go-IPFV
Translation: They are going to tie me to a post in this men’s house.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u ango inamba=nï ini ma=in
Glosses: 2SG NEG money=OBL ground 3SG.OBJ=get
Translation: You did not buy the land.’ (Literally ‘get the land with money’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ango maka ngin=nï uta-e
Glosses: NEG thus net=OBL grind-IPFV
Translation: [They] didn’t catch [fish] with the nets.’ [ulwa036_02:24]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ango ma=n ambi ita-na-t-e
Glosses: NEG 3SG.OBJ=OBL big build-IRR-SPEC-DEP
Translation: [I] won’t build it [too] big.’ [ulwa042_05:46]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï ango ndï=n anma asa-p
Glosses: 3PL NEG 3PL=OBL good hit-PFV
Translation: They did not kill them well.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: u ma=tï inda-e ma=n anma tï inda-e
Glosses: 2SG 3SG.OBJ=take walk-DEP 3SG.OBJ=OBL good take walk-DEP
Translation: You carry her, carry her well.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: apa mï ndï ma=n tembi ita-p
Glosses: house 3SG.SUBJ 3PL 3SG.OBJ=OBL bad build-PFV
Translation: The house – they built it poorly.
Language: German (English translation)
Transcription: mï unan=n ma=wat p-e wombïn=n ni-e
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ 1PL.INCL=OBL 3SG.OBJ=atop be-DEP work=OBL act-IPFV
Translation: He is hurting us by doing work during it [= this period of mourning].’ [ulwa030_05:00]
Language: German (English translation)
Transcription: tembi nji ngala apa=n ndï=n mbï-lï-p
Glosses: bad thing PL.PROX house=OBL 3PL=OBL here-put-PFV
Translation: These bad things [= flies] have put [their] house [i.e., nest] here to their disadvantage.’ [ulwa032_30:19]
Language: German (English translation)
Transcription: ndï mokum an=ïn wandam p-e ndï=ama
Glosses: 3PL stealth 1PL.EXCL=OBL jungle be-DEP 3PL=eat
Translation: They are stealthily in [our] jungles, eating them [= our crops]!’ [ulwa032_38:45]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ala an=ïn p-e ndï=wali-e
Glosses: PL.DIST 1PL.EXCL=OBL be-DEP 3PL=hit-IPFV
Translation: People were killing them [= our dogs], while we were there suffering for it.’ [ulwa032_11:43]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nïpokonam=p-ta u=n ma=p-na
Glosses: hard=COP-COND 2SG=OBL 3SG.OBJ=be-IRR
Translation: If [the soil] is hard, [it] will be no good for you.’ (Literally ‘If hard, [it] will be there to your disadvantage.’) [ulwa037_50:58]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï awal wandam ma=u lo-p
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ yesterday jungle 3SG.OBJ=from go-PFV
Translation: Yesterday, he went around in jungle.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: un amun ma=n u maka wombïn nga=moko-p
Glosses: 2PL now 3SG.OBJ=OBL from thus work SG.PROX=take-PFV
Translation: You recently got this work from him.
Language: Unknown language ( translation)
Transcription: mundu unan=asa
Glosses: hunger 1PL.INCL=hit
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: an mbï-lo-p wo-p mundu an-asa-e
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL here-go-PFV sleep-PFV hunger 1PL.EXCL-hit-IPFV
Translation: We came here, spent the night, and we were hungry.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mundu u=atï-na
Glosses: hunger 2SG=hit-IRR
Translation: You will be hungry.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï ango mundu nï=wali-e
Glosses: 1SG NEG hunger 1SG=hit-IPFV
Translation: I wasn’t hungry.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï ndï=n ka ma-ta ndï mundu ndï=atï-na
Glosses: 1SG 3PL=OBL let go-COND 3PL hunger 3PL=hit-IRR
Translation: If I leave them and go, they will be hungry.
Language: Unknown language ( translation)
Transcription: nï-nji nungolke ngala mundu ndï=asa-p-e
Glosses: 1SG-POSS child PL.PROX hunger 3PL=hit-PFV-DEP
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: unan mbï-p-e ma-n-e mundu unan=a-e
Glosses: 1PL.INCL here-be-DEP go-IPFV-DEP hunger 1PL.INCL-break-IPFV
Translation: But we are going around here and hunger is breaking us.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï-nji uma ngala apïn=p-e
Glosses: 1SG-POSS bone PL.PROX fire=COP-DEP
Translation: These bones of mine were hurting.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: itom mï matamal=p
Glosses: father 3SG.SUBJ sharp=COP
Translation: Father is angry.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï ndï=nap uni-p-e
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ 3PL=for shout-PFV-DEP
Translation: She was angry about them [= seeds].’ [ulwa014_12:24]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: we nï ma=ul uni-e
Glosses: then 1SG 3SG.OBJ=with shout-IPFV
Translation: Then I got angry with her.
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: Dimes Susan min luke i ma=p-ta min-nji ita-na ma-n-e
Glosses: [name] [name] 3DU too go.PFV 3SG.OBJ=be-COND 3DU-POSS build-IRR go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: If Dimes and Susan go there, too, [then they] are going to build their [house there].’ [ulwa042_06:08]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: imnde ame ala=tï inda-e
Glosses: basket basket PL.DIST=take walk-IPFV
Translation: [They] carried around baskets.’ [ulwa014_67:27]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: yeta yena ala na-kuk-lu-nda
Glosses: man woman PL.DIST DETR-gather-put-IRR
Translation: The boys and girls would gather.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ma-nji atana atuma ndï=iya wa i
Glosses: 3SG.OBJ-POSS older.sister older.brother 3PL=toward village go.PFV
Translation: [He] went to his older brothers and sisters in the village.’ [ulwa001_03:35]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï=tï-n-e nï-nji wutï i tembi=p-e
Glosses: 1SG=take-PFV-DEP 1SG-POSS leg hand bad=COP-DEP
Translation: When it got me, my legs and arms were injured.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Bill Elvis ndï ma=lo-p
Glosses: [name] [name] 3PL 3SG.OBJ=go-PFV
Translation: Bill and Elvis went there.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Awaka Mukamba Kawat ndï ma=ul i
Glosses: [name] [name] [name] 3PL 3SG.OBJ=with go.PFV
Translation: Awaka, Mukamba, and Kawat came with him.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: anapa yawa ngata ndunduma ndï wopa ma=la-nda
Glosses: sister uncle grand great-grandparent 3PL all 3SG.OBJ=eat-IRR
Translation: Sisters, uncles, grandparents, and great-grandparents would all eat it.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Ganmali Dumngul an ma=lo-p li-lï-p
Glosses: [name] [name] 1PL.EXCL 3SG.OBJ=cut-PFV down-put-PFV
Translation: Ganmali, Dumngul, and I cut it down.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Manama ngan=ta
Glosses: [name] 1DU.EXCL=say
Translation: [He] told Manama and me: …’ [ulwa014_22:14]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Awandana ngan-we inda-p-e ngan iwa tï ndï=nambï-lï-p inda-p
Glosses: [name] 1DU.EXCL-PART.INT walk-PFV-DEP 1DU.EXCL basket take 3PL=skin-put-PFV walk-PFV
Translation: When Awandana and I alone went, we two got the fish trap, blocked them, and went.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: njukuta ambi na-i-n
Glosses: small big DETR-come-PFV
Translation: Both big and small [people] came.’ [ulwa029_03:52]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: tïn mbunmana ambi mï uni-p
Glosses: dog black big 3SG.SUBJ shout-PFV
Translation: The big, black dog barked.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nï lïmndï wambana ambi anma ma=ala
Glosses: 1SG eye fish big good 3SG.OBJ=see
Translation: I saw a nice, big fish.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: tïmbïl ambi nïpat ngata anda=ita-na
Glosses: fence big giant grant SG.DIST=build-IRR
Translation: [You] will build that big, huge, giant fence.’ [ulwa042_00:43]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: tokples njukuta ilum wa ndï=ta-n-e
Glosses: tokples small little just 3PL=say-IPFV-DEP
Translation: Little, short tokples [= vernacular] stories – [I] am just telling them.’ (tokples = TP) [ulwa032_14:59]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: namndu mï ambi ngata=p-e
Glosses: pig 3SG.SUBJ big grand=COP-DEP
Translation: The pig was really big.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Alimban mï lamndu ma=asa-p ma=ama-p
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV 3SG.OBJ=eat-PFV
Translation: Alimban killed and ate the pig.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Yawana mï utam ma=wana-p ma=ama-p
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ yam 3SG.OBJ=cook-PFV 3SG.OBJ=eat-PFV
Translation: Yawana cooked and ate the yam.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: min ko ma=asa ma=ama-p
Glosses: 3DU just 3SG.OBJ=hit 3SG.OBJ=eat-PFV
Translation: The two killed and ate it.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Guren mï lïmndï lamndu ma=ala ma=asa-p
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ eye pig 3SG.OBJ=see 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV
Translation: Guren saw and killed the pig.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: lamndu wali-e ndï=ama-e
Glosses: pig hit-IPFV 3PL=eat-IPFV
Translation: [They] would kill and eat pigs.’ [ulwa014_62:54]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Alimban mï lamndu ma=asa-p mundu ndï=wana-p
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ pig 3SG.OBJ=hit-PFV food 3PL=cook-PFV
Translation: Alimban killed the pig and cooked the meat.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: [ma-ngusuwa asa] [mï ni-p]
Glosses: [3SG.OBJ-poor hit] [3SG.SUBJ die-PFV]
Translation: [They] struck the poor thing and he died.’ [ulwa037_30:42]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: [nï mbï-wap] [ma=kot-p]
Glosses: [1SG here-be.PST] [3SG.OBJ=break-PFV]
Translation: I stayed here and [I] bore her.’ [ulwa014†]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: [ma-ngusuwa mbï-wap] [mï amun na-ma-n]
Glosses: [3SG.OBJ-poor here-be.PST] [3SG.SUBJ now DETR-go-IPFV]
Translation: The poor thing stayed here and today she’s leaving.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: [mï ango maka Nïmalnu wa ma=p] [mï na-i]
Glosses: [3SG.SUBJ NEG thus Manu village 3SG.OBJ=be] [3SG.SUBJ DETR-go.PFV]
Translation: He didn’t stay in Manu village, but he went.
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: u wandam ma-na o nï wandam ma-na
Glosses: 2SG jungle go-IRR or 2SG jungle go-IRR
Translation: Either you will go to the jungle or I will go to the jungle.’ (o < TP o ‘or’)
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: wambana tï-n ma=la-nda o an ma wanwane ango-p i ndï=wana-p ndï=la-nda
Glosses: fish take-PFV 3SG.OBJ=eat-IRR or 1PL.EXCL go mushroom pull.out-PFV go.PFV 3PL=cook-PFV 3PL=eat-IRR
Translation: Either [they] would catch a fish and [we] would eat it or we would go, pick mushrooms, go cook them, and eat them.’ (o < TP o ‘or’) [ulwa032_01:53]
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: nï ma-na o nï mbï-p-na nï ango kalam
Glosses: 1SG go-IRR or 1SG here-be-IRR 1SG NEG knowledge
Translation: Should I go or should I stay? I don’t know.’ (o < TP o ‘or’)
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: Kawana mï mïnda o utam ama-p
Glosses: [name] 3SG.SUBJ banana or yam eat-PFV
Translation: Kawana ate either a banana or a yam.’ (o < TP o ‘or’)
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: u o nï wandam ma-na
Glosses: 2SG or 1SG jungle go-IRR
Translation: Either you or I will go to the jungle.’ (o < TP o ‘or’)
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: mïnal o mil o utam o nongontam mï keka ndï=n u-p
Glosses: taro or sugarcane or yam or kaukau 3SG.SUBJ completely 3PL=OBL put-PFV
Translation: [Whether it be] taro or sugarcane or yam or kaukau [= sweet potato], he planted them all.’ (o < TP o ‘or’) [ulwa006_02:53]
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: Bopten na Yar ngusuwa ndï wome ma=tï ndï=na-n-e
Glosses: [place] and [place] poor 3PL middle 3PL=take 3PL=give-PFV-DEP
Translation: The poor [people from] Bopten and Yar gave them the middle [piece of land between Bopten and Yar villages].’ (na < TP na ‘and’) [ulwa014_17:02]
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: tïkli-ka na an-mbï-i
Glosses: turn-let and out-here-go.PFV
Translation: [I] turned and came out.’ (na < TP na ‘and’) [ulwa040_00:32]
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: Nicko ma Danny min nï=iya i
Glosses: [name] and [name] 3DU 1SG=toward go.PFV
Translation: Nicko and Danny came to me.
Language: Tok Pisin ( translation)
Transcription: Pisuwa ma Yaluwa min=ul lo-e
Glosses: [name] and [name] 3DU=with go-IPFV
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: Tupuk ma Bay min ma=n ma=ta
Glosses: [name] and [name] 3DU 3SG.OBJ=OBL 3SG.OBJ=say
Translation: Tupuk and Bay told her.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Nambul ma Wangasa min ma=wat p-e ambin=asa-p
Glosses: [name] and [name] 3DU 3SG.OBJ=atop be-DEP DU.REFL=hit-PFV
Translation: Nambul and Wangasa fought over it.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: lïmndï Ambayam ma Josephine ma Susan ndï=ala
Glosses: eye [name] and [name] and [name] 3PL=see
Translation: [I] saw Ambayam, Josephine, and Susan.’ [ulwa037_02:03]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: Donna ma ndï ma=lo-p
Glosses: [name] and 3PL 3SG.OBJ=go-PFV
Translation: Donna and they went there.
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: ay nïkï-p ma ndï=moko-ta ndï=na-ta ma-na
Glosses: sago dig-PFV and 3PL=take-COND 3PL=give-COND go-IRR
Translation: [I] have made sago and will go and give them [= servings of sago] to them.’ [ulwa013_01:03]
Language: Ambakich (English translation)
Transcription: nï-nji yanat mï tembi=p-e nongan-u-p
Glosses: 1SG-POSS daughter 3SG.SUBJ bad=COP-DEP vomit-put-PFV
Translation: My daughter vomited because she was sick.’ (Literally ‘Since my daughter was sick, she vomited.’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: itom mundu ma=asa-e utam ma=ama-p
Glosses: father hunger 3SG.OBJ=hit-DEP yam 3SG.OBJ=eat-PFV
Translation: Father ate the yam because he was hungry.’ (Literally ‘Since father was hungry, he ate the yam.’)
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: nu p-e Kumba ala unan=lu ambla=wali-e
Glosses: near be-DEP Bun PL.DIST 1PL.INCL=with PL.REFL=hit-IPFV
Translation: Since [Bun village] is close, the Bun people fight with us.’ [ulwa014_24:48]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ni-p-e ngan-we nini ngan mbï-p
Glosses: die-PFV-DEP 1DU.EXCL-PART.INT two 1DU.EXCL here-be
Translation: Since [our two siblings] have died, we two alone – we stay here.’ [ulwa028_00:21]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ya ulwa=p-e an wa inim=nï ndï=wana-e
Glosses: coconut nothing=COP-DEP 1PL.EXCL just water=OBL 3PL=cook-DEP
Translation: Since there were no coconuts, we just cooked them in water.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: wanmbi ulwa=p-e nï wa aw nga=n wa akïnaka la-nda ma-n
Glosses: daka nothing=COP-DEP 1SG just betel.nut SG.PROX=OBL just new eat-IRR go-IPFV
Translation: Since there’s no daka [= betel pepper], I’m just going to chew this betel nut fresh.’ (i.e., without daka pepper or lime) [ulwa037_35:03]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: unan-nji ngata ala-nji luwa ala=wap-ta maka apa anda=ita-na
Glosses: 1PL.INCL-POSS grand PL.DIST-POSS place PL.DIST=be.PST-COND thus house SG.DIST=build-IRR
Translation: Since those were our ancestors’ lands, [we] will thus build that house.’ [ulwa037_38:58]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï ndï=lï kuma=tï i-n-e kuma wa mïnwata wandam lï-p
Glosses: 3PL 3PL=put some=take come-PFV-DEP some just rotting jungle put-PFV
Translation: Although they have brought some of them [home], [they] have left others just rotting in the jungle.’ [ulwa032_54:29]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: wot mï maka lïmndï ma=tï-n-e atuma mï nupu ma=tï-n
Glosses: younger 3SG.SUBJ thus eye 3SG.OBJ=take-PFV-DEP older.brother 3SG.SUBJ base 3SG.OBJ=take-PFV
Translation: Whereas the younger [brother] got the eye [side of the coconut], the older brother got the base [side of the coconut].’ [ulwa010_01:22]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: wa mïnoma=p-ta ndï=in p-ta tem ma=tï an ma=kol-p-e mï wa nambït=ïn ni-nda
Glosses: just cold=COP-COND 3PL=in be-COND time 3SG.OBJ=take out 3SG.OBJ=break-PFV-DEP 3SG.SUBJ just smell=OBL act-IRR
Translation: Even though [the meat] will get cold in them [= pots], when [you] have taken it out and broken it, it will just smell [good]!’ (tem < TP taim ‘time’) [ulwa014_64:11]
Language: Tok Pisin (English translation)
Transcription: Plas ma-ambi ango mbï-p-e nji tïngïn=n u-p
Glosses: [name] 3SG.OBJ-TOP NEG here-be-DEP thing many=OBL put-PFV
Translation: As for Plas, he didn’t plant many things while he was here.
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: an njukuta=p-e ndï=ul inda-e
Glosses: 1PL.EXCL small=COP-DEP 3PL=with walk-IPFV
Translation: When we were small, we went with them.
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: ala ndï=andïla ma=p-ta suwan ndï=nap na-u-lo-nda ma-n-e
Glosses: PL.DIST 3PL=await 3SG.OBJ=be-COND rack 3PL=for DETR-from-cut-IRR go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: So, while they are there waiting for them, [they] are going to cut [things] for the mesh racks.’ [ulwa014_67:53]
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: nï tembi=p-e u malasin ala=kali nï=n an-mbï lï-p
Glosses: 1SG bad=COP-DEP 2SG medicine PL.DIST=send 1SG=OBL out-here put-PFV
Translation: When I was sick, you sent medicine to me.’ (malasin = TP marasin)
Language: English (English translation)
Transcription: an-mbï-i atwana ta-e ndï ma=n nï=ta
Glosses: out-here-go.PFV question say-DEP 3PL 3SG.OBJ=OBL 1SG=say
Translation: When [I] came out and asked, they told me.’ [ulwa037_39:36]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ala apïn=n ma=ama-p-e nï wa mbï-i ndï=moni p-e
Glosses: PL.DIST fire=OBL 3SG.OBJ=eat-PFV-DEP 1SG just here-go.PFV 3PL=between be-IPFV
Translation: After they burned it, I just came to this place and live among them.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï ma=wap li-i-e na ndï=tï-na
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ 3SG.OBJ=be.PST down-go.PFV-DEP talk 3PL=take-IRR
Translation: After he’s stayed there and [then] come down, [he] will get the conversations.’ [ulwa014_33:58]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: ndï ndï=ama-p inim lopo-p ata-i-e an an-mbï-i un=iya wa ma=lo-p
Glosses: 3PL 3PL=eat-PFV water wash-PFV up-go.PFV-DEP 1PL.EXCL out-here-go.PFV 2PL=toward village 3SG.OBJ=go-PFV
Translation: After they ate them, washed and came up, we came out to you in the village.
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï ma=nïkï-p-e ndï moko ambla=na-n
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ 3SG.OBJ=dig-PFV-DEP 3PL take PL.REFL=give-PFV
Translation: After he butchered it, they shared [it] among themselves.’ [ulwa035_05:29]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mbï-i wa mbï ita-p-e ndï Yetani ala=n u ma=tï-n
Glosses: here-go.PFV village here build-PFV-DEP 3PL Yamen PL.DIST=OBL from 3SG.OBJ=take-PFV
Translation: After [they] came here and made this village, they got it [= sorcery] from the Yamen people.’ [ulwa037_10:59]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: min an-mbï na-i-e an mï=na-na-ama-p-e an tawnam na-u-lo-p
Glosses: 3DU out-here DETR-go.PFV-DEP 1PL.EXCL 3SG.SUBJ=DETR-DETR-eat-PFV-DEP 1PL.EXCL net DETR-from-go-PFV
Translation: After the two came out, we ate, and then we went to [our] mosquito nets.’ (tawnam = TP taunam) [ulwa041_01:20]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: min na-i wambana ndï=uta-p min na-i wambana ndï=uta-p-e wa na-ma-n-e
Glosses: 3DU DETR-go.PFV fish 3PL=grind-PFV 3DU DETR-go.PFV fish 3PL=grind-PFV-DEP village DETR-go-IPFV-DEP
Translation: The two went and caught fish. After the two went and caught fish, [they] headed home.’ [ulwa011_00:34]
Language: Unknown language (English translation)
Transcription: mï wolka na-wow wolka na-wow-e mï ma=ala yana angla na-lo
Glosses: 3SG.SUBJ again DETR-sleep.IPFV again DETR-sleep.IPFV-DEP 3SG.SUBJ 3SG.OBJ=for woman await DETR-go
Translation: Again it fell asleep. After again sleeping, it went searching for a wife for him.