lecslab/glosslm-corpus huggingface dataset:
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Krío mamá dɛn wé dɛn de tɔ́k Píchi dɛn kin tɔ́k sé grín .
Glosses: Krio mother PL SUB 3PL IPFV talk Pichi 3PL HAB talk QUOT green
Translation: The elderly Krio women, when they talk Pichi, they usually say green.’ [as opposed to ‘verd’ like younger people] [dj05ce 257]
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Na fada-lɔ́, na di papá wé e bɔ́n mí , na ín mi mán go kɔ́l sé suegro .
Glosses: FOC father.CPD-law FOC DEF father SUB 3SG.SBJ beget 1SG.INDP FOC 3SG.INDP 1SG.POSS man POT call QUOT father-in-law
Translation: That is the father-in-law, that is the father who begat me, it is him that my
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A fít tɛ́l yú sé morera , teca , kalabo .
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ can tell 2SG.INDP QUOT mulberry teak kalabo
Translation: I can tell you mulberry, teak, kalabo [listing types of wood].’ [ro05de 051]
Language: Pichi
Transcription: E wánt tráy mɛ́n fɔ́s .
Glosses: 3SG.SBJ want try cure first
Translation: She wanted to try to get better first.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Mék e lɛ́f fɔ dríng .
Glosses: SBJV 3SG.SBJ leave PREP drink
Translation: She should leave drinking.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Di chɔ́p ísi fɔ chɔ́p .
Glosses: DEF food be.easy PREP eat
Translation: The food is easy to eat.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Di gál nó grí fɔ fála mí .
Glosses: DEF girl NEG agree PREP follow 1SG.INDP
Translation: The girl didn’t agree to come with me.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A mɛ́mba fɔ kɔ́l=an .
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ remember PREP call=3SG.OBJ
Translation: I remembered to call her.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A mɛ́mba mék a kɔ́l=an .
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ remember SBJV 1SG.SBJ call=3SG.OBJ
Translation: I remembered to call her.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: So wé yu dɔ́n lán yu lángwech ɛ́n , e dɔ́n hád fɔ mék yu lán Panyá .
Glosses: so SUB 2SG PRF learn 2SG language INTJ 3SG.SBJ PRF hard PREP SBJV 2SG learn Spanish
Translation: So when you’ve learned your (home) language, it is hard for you to learn
Language: Pichi
Transcription: (...) a go tráy mék e báy mí dán káyn gafas por dios .
Glosses: _ 1SG.SBJ POT try SBJV 3SG.SBJ buy 1SG.INDP that kind glasses by God
Translation: (…) I will try that she buys me that kind of glasses, by God.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Na ín a mɛ́mba mék a nó gó dé .
Glosses: FOC 3SG.INDP 1SG.SBJ remember SBJV 1SG.SBJ NEG go there
Translation: That’s when I remembered not to go there.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Wé yu de dríng , e dé fáyn sé mék yu nó chák .
Glosses: SUB 2SG IPFV drink 3SG.SBJ BE.LOC fine QUOT SBJV 2SG NEG get.drunk
Translation: When you drink, it’s good not to get drunk.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A fɔ́s=an mék e lúk mí .
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ force=3SG.OBJ SBJV 3SG.SBJ look 1SG.INDP
Translation: I forced him to look at me.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A tún=an sé mék e báy mí motó .
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ tune=3SG.OBJ QUOT SBJV 3SG.SBJ buy 1SG.INDP car
Translation: I coaxed her into buying me a car.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: E mék mék in húman dríng di cerveza .
Glosses: 3SG.SBJ make SBJV 3SG.POSS woman drink DEF beer
Translation: He made his woman drink the beer.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: E nák di plét pan di tébul bikɔs e wánt mék di plét brók .
Glosses: 3SG.SBJ hit DEF plate pan DEF table because 3SG.SBJ want SBJV DEF plate break
Translation: He hit the plate on the table because he wanted the plate to break.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Áfta , bueno tɛ́l=an sé mék e bák yú di mɔní .
Glosses: then good tell=3SG.OBJ QUOT SBJV 3SG.SBJ give.back 2SG.INDP DEF money
Translation: Then, ok, tell him that he should give you back the money.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: E bin bɛ́g=an sé mék e kíl di fɔ́l .
Glosses: 3SG.SBJ PST beg=3SG.OBJ QUOT SBJV 3SG.SBJ kill DEF fowl
Translation: She asked him to kill the fowl.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Na ín mi gran-má bin kán tɔ́k sé in nó go lɛ́f mi a gó .
Glosses: FOC 3SG.INDP 1SG.POSS grand-ma PST come talk QUOT 3SG.INDP NEG POT leave 1SG.INDP 1SG.SBJ go
Translation: That’s when my grandma said that she [EMP] wouldn’t let me go.’ [fr03ft 078]
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Sé ín nó wánt in abuelo skrách .
Glosses: QUOT 3SG.INDP NEG want 3SG.POSS grandfather scratch=3SG.OBJ
Translation: (He) said, he [EMP] didn’t want his grandfather to scratch him.’ [ab03ab 042]
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Yɛ , a kán tɛ́l=an sé ‘chica , mí nó lɛ́k yú bɔt wi fít dé lɛk kɔ́mpin’.
Glosses: yeah 1SG.SBJ PFV tell=3SG.OBJ QUOT girl 1SG.INDP NEG like 2SG.INDP but 1PL can BE.LOC like friend
Translation: Yeah, I told her “girl, I don’t love you but we can be like friends.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Nɔ́ a tínk sé realmente yu níd pikín .
Glosses: INTJ 1SG.SBJ think QUOT really 2SG need child
Translation: Actually, I think that one really needs children.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Yu jɔ́s hía sé pɔ́sin dɛn bin de tɔ́k , bɔt yu nó listin .
Glosses: 2SG just hear QUOT person PL PST IPFV talk but 2SG NEG listen
Translation: You just heard that people were talking but you didn’t listen.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A de hía ín sé e de nák di gitá ɔ a de hía ín lɛk háw e de nák di gita .
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ IPFV hear 3SG.INDP QUOT 3SG.SBJ IPFV hit DEF guitar or 1SG.SBJ IPFV hear 3SG.INDP like how 3SG.SBJ IPFV hit DEF guitar
Translation: Lit. ‘I hear him that he’s playing the guitar.’ or ‘I hear him how he’s playing
Language: Pichi
Transcription: E dé sé dán gál e bin de kán yá .
Glosses: 3SG.SBJ BE.LOC QUOT that girl 3SG.SBJ PST IPFV come here
Translation: It’s that/it came to pass that that girl used to come here.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: E fáyn sé e kán yɛ́stadé .
Glosses: 3SG.SBJ fine QUOT 3SG.SBJ come yesterday
Translation: It’s good that he came yesterday.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: E fáyn sé mék e kán tumɔ́ro .
Glosses: 3SG.SBJ fine QUOT SBJV 3SG.SBJ come tomorrow
Translation: It’s good for him to come tomorrow.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Yu nó hía wé a tɛ́l Mario sé quiero cocinar ?
Glosses: 2SG NEG hear SUB 1SG.SBJ tell NAME QUOT I.want cook
Translation: You didn’t hear that I told Mario that I want to cook?’ or
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Mék yú nó fíl sɔ́ri wé a nó gí yú nó nátín .
Glosses: SBJV 2SG.INDP NEG feel sorry SUB 1SG.SBJ NEG give 2SG.INDP NEG nothing
Translation: Don’t be disappointed that I didn’t give you anything.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A de fíl sɔ́ri sé e de kíl di fɔl .
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ IPFV feel sorry QUOT 3SG.SBJ IPFV kill DEF fowl
Translation: I feel sorry that she’s killing the fowl.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Tɛnk gɔ́d wé yu dɔ́n kán !
Glosses: thank God SUB 2SG PRF come
Translation: Thank God that you have come!
Language: Pichi
Transcription: E gɛ́t ɔ́da sáy fɔ pás , bɔt a de fɛ́n di sáy sé yu nó go gɛ́t hambɔ́g fɔ pípul dɛn .
Glosses: 3SG.SBJ get other side PREP pass but 1SG.SBJ IPFV look_for DEF side QUOT 2SG NEG POT get irritation PREP people PL
Translation: There is another place to pass (through), but I am looking for the place where you
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A sé bikɔs una Camerún , una gɛ́t di fúlis sé , wé náw wé yu ték=an , yu go sɛ́l=an .
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ QUOT because 2PL PLACE 2PL get DEF foolishness QUOT SUB now SUB 2SG take=3SG.OBJ 2SG POT sell=3SG.OBJ
Translation: I say because you Cameroonians, you have the foolish habit that, when now,
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Yu trowé=an , yu pút ɔ́da nyú wán ínsay , dá wán sé mék e nó simɛ́l .
Glosses: 2SG pour=3SG.OBJ 2SG put other new one inside that one QUOT SBJV 3SG.SBJ NEG smell
Translation: You pour it away, (then) you put another new one [water] inside,
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Ɔ́l dí mán dɛn [wé dɛn gɛ́t mɔní], na di tín wé dɛn de mék .
Glosses: all this man PL [SUB 3PL get money FOC DEF thing SUB 3PL IPFV make
Translation: All these men who have money, that’s what they do.’ or
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Mék e bák yú di mɔní [wé e gɛ́t].
Glosses: SBJV 3SG.SBJ give.back 2SG.INDP DEF money [SUB 3SG.SBJ get
Translation: Let him give you back the money that he got.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Somos tú dásɔl [wé wi dé láyf]
Glosses: we.are two only SUB 1PL BE.LOC life
Translation: We are, (it’s) only two of us that are alive (…)
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Sɔn dé yét sɛ́f [wé a nó mék].
Glosses: some BE.LOC yet EMP SUB 1SG.SBJ NEG make
Translation: Some is actually still left that I haven’t made.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Apart from mi antí [wé e dé yá], ɔ di pikín dɛn fɔ mi gran-má wet mi gran-pá [wé dɛn stíl dé láyf], dɛn-ɔ́l dɛn dé na Panyá .
Glosses: apart from 1SG.POSS aunt SUB 3SG.SBJ BE.LOC here or DEF child PL PREP 1SG.POSS grand-ma with 1SG.POSS grand-pa SUB 3PL still BE.LOC life 3PL.INDP.CPD-all 3PL BE.LOC FOC Spain
Translation: Apart from my aunt [,] who is here, or the children of my grandmother and grandfather
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Porque dán tín na tín dɛn [wé dɛn dɔ́n sté dán tɛ́n dɛn wé esclavitud dé].
Glosses: because that thing FOC thing PL SUB 3PL PRF stay that time PL SUB slavery BE.LOC
Translation: Because those are things that have stayed (from) those times when there
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Bikɔs mí dé sɔn stáyl , layk dán gɛ́l [wé mí wet=an bin gó dé], a tɛ́l=an sé a wɔ́nt sí háw dɛn de mék .
Glosses: because 1SG.INDP BE.LOC some style like that girl SUB 1SG.INDP with=3SG.OBJ PST go there 1SG.SBJ tell=3SG.OBJ _ 1SG.SBJ want see how 3PL IPFV make
Translation: Because I was (feeling) a way, like that girl with whom I went there, I told her that
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Bɔt di pé wé yu gɛ́fɔ pé , if yu nó de gí mí yu fɔ́s mán [wé na in gí yú dí bɛlɛ́], yu de gí mi di pikín [wé de kɔmɔ́t].
Glosses: but DEF pay SUB 2SG have.to pay if 2SG NEG IPFV give 1SG.INDP 2SG first man SUB FOC 3SG.INDP give 2SG.INDP this belly 2SG IPFV give 1SG.INDP DEF child SUB IPFV come.out
Translation: Lit. ‘But the price that you have to pay (is), if you don’t give me your first man,
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Na dán bɔ́y [wé a tɛ́l yú sé in mamá dɔ́n gó na Panyá].
Glosses: FOC that boy SUB 1SG.SBJ tell 2SG.INDP QUOT 3SG.POSS mother PRF go LOC Spain
Translation: It is that boy (of) who I told that his mother has gone to Spain.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A gɛ́t sɔn kɔ́mpin , sɔn Ghana-mán [wé a nó sabí ús=sáy dán mán dé].
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ get some friend some Ghana.CPD-man SUB 1SG.SBJ NEG know Q=side that man BE.LOC
Translation: Lit. ‘I have a friend, a Ghanaian who I don’t know where that man is.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Ɛf yu chɔ́p ɔ́l dís chɔ́p [wé e nó dɔ́n], tumɔ́ro yu go sík .
Glosses: if 2SG eat all this food SUB 3SG.SBJ NEG done tomorrow 2SG POT be.sick
Translation: If you eat all this food that is not done you’ll be sick tomorrow.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Pero di gabonés [wé de tɔ́k Bata] wet di guineano [wé de tɔ́k Bata], di sonido nó dé di sén .
Glosses: but DEF Gabonese SUB IPFV talk Fang with DEF Guinean SUB IPFV talk Fang DEF sound NEG BE.LOC DEF same
Translation: But the Gabonese who talks Fang and the Guinean who talks Fang,
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Mék e bít yú , mék e dú yú di dú [e wánt]
Glosses: SBJV 3SG.SBJ beat 2SG.INDP SBJV 3SG.SBJ do 2SG DEF do [3SG.SBJ want
Translation: Let him beat you, let him do to you [what he wants] (…)’ [bo03cb 135]
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Sɔn bloques dɛn lɛ́f [wé dɛn gɛ́fɔ monta] nɔ́?
Glosses: some block.PL PL remain [SUB 3PL have.to mount INTJ
Translation: Some blocks remain that have to be mounted, right?
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Yu sí dán pikín dé [wé in mamá de gí=an chɔ́p]?
Glosses: 2SG see that child there [SUB 3SG.POSS mother IPFV give=3SG.OBJ food
Translation: Have you seen that child whose mother is giving her food?
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A bin sí di pikín [wé di húman bin gí chɔ́p na strít].
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ PST see DEF child [SUB DEF woman PST give food LOC street
Translation: I saw the child that the woman gave food to in the street.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Di béd [wé e de slíp pan], e dé na di rúm .
Glosses: DEF bed [SUB 3SG.SBJ IPFV sleep on 3SG.SBJ BE.LOC LOC DEF room
Translation: The bed that she sleeps on, it’s in the room.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Dɛn de gó wet dán gɔ́n [wé dɛn de kíl bíf] ɔ pistola .
Glosses: 3PL IPFV go with that gun SUB 3PL IPFV kill wild.animal or pistol
Translation: They go with that gun which they kill wild animals (with) or a pistol.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A kán kɔmɔ́t na dán hós [wé a bin dé].
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ PFV go.out LOC that house SUB 1SG.SBJ PST BE.LOC
Translation: I left that house which I had been (in).
Language: Pichi
Transcription: So na di tín [wé e rɔ́n], e kɔmɔ́t .
Glosses: so FOC DEF thing [SUB 3SG.SBJ run 3SG.SBJ go.out
Translation: So that is why [lit. the thing that] she fled, (and) she left.’ [ed03sb 041]
Language: Pichi
Transcription: (...) e go sé e de fíɛ e nó go gí mí di tín [wé a de sɛ́n=an].
Glosses: _ 3SG.SBJ POT QUOT 3SG.SBJ IPFV fear 3SG.SBJ NEG POT give 1SG.INDP DEF thing [SUB 1SG.SBJ IPFV send=3SG.OBJ
Translation: (…) he would say he is afraid, he would not give me the thing that I had sent
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A de gó nía di sáy [Paquita sidɔ́n].
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ IPFV go near DEF side [NAME stay
Translation: I am going near where Paquita stays.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A ték tú peso a báy dán dís-tín , sɔn smɔ́l pépa [dɛn de pút=an cacahuete].
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ take two peso 1SG.SBJ buy that this-thing some small paper [3PL IPFV put=3SG.OBJ groundnut
Translation: I took two pesos (and) I bought this whatsit, a small paper
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Bikɔs wán isla dé [wé e fíba sé petroleo dé na dís isla].
Glosses: because one island BE.LOC [SUB 3SG.SBJ seem QUOT oil BE.LOC LOC this island
Translation: Because there is an island of which it seems that there is oil
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A sé blák gɛ́l dɛn gɛ́t sɔn fáyn [wé wáyt húman dɛn nó gɛ́t dá wán].
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ QUOT black girl PL get some fine [SUB white woman PL NEG get that one
Translation: I say black girls have a beauty which white women do not
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Dán húman [wé a só yú], in motó dé na strít .
Glosses: that woman [SUB 1SG.SBJ show 2SG.INDP 3SG.POSS car BE.LOC LOC street
Translation: That woman which I showed you, her car is in the street.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A ték di stík in kandá [wé a sí dé], a rós=an .
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ take DEF tree 3SG.POSS bark [SUB 1SG.SBJ see there 1SG.SBJ burn=3SG.OBJ
Translation: I took the barki of the treej thati saw there, I burnt iti.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A dɔ́n tɛ́l yú [wétin pás na nɛ́t], dán nɛ́t .
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ PRF tell 2SG.INDP [what pass LOC night that night
Translation: I’ve already told you what happened in the night, that night.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Dɛn nó nó [údat hambɔ́g=an].
Glosses: 3PL NEG know [who bother=3SG.OBJ
Translation: They don’t know who disturbed her.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Mí nó sabí [ús=mán dɛn kíl], a nɔ́ba hía dán torí sɛ́f .
Glosses: 1SG.INDP NEG know [Q=man 3PL kill 1SG.SBJ NEG.PRF hear that story EMP
Translation: I don’t know which man they killed, I haven’t even heard that
Language: Pichi
Transcription: E nɛ́a tɛ́l mí [ús=tɛ́n e go rích dé].
Glosses: 3SG.SBJ NEG.PRF tell 1SG.INDP [Q=time 3SG.SBJ POT arrive there
Translation: He hasn’t told me when he is going to arrive there.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Bɔt mí wánt sabí [háw dán tín dé].
Glosses: but 1SG.INDP want know [how that thing BE.LOC
Translation: But I wanted to know how that thing is.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Mí nó áks=an [háw mɔ́ch e wɔ́nt].
Glosses: 1SG.INDP NEG ask=3SG.OBJ [how much 3SG.SBJ want
Translation: I [EMP] didn’t ask him how much he wants.’ [lo07fn 068]
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Sé yu wánt sabí ɛf rén de fɔ́l , nɔ́?
Glosses: QUOT 2SG want know if rain IPFV fall INTJ
Translation: (You) say you want to know if the rain is falling, right?
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Wé a go fínis skúl , a go tɔ́n dɔ́kta .
Glosses: SUB 1SG.SBJ POT finish school 1SG.SBJ POT turn doctor
Translation: When I finish school, I’ll become a doctor.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Pero wé a kán mít dís mán , wé wi bigín bɔ́n in yón pikín dɛn .
Glosses: but SUB 1SG.SBJ PFV meet this man SUB 1PL begin beget 3SG.POSS own child PL
Translation: But then/when I met this man, and then we began to have his
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Wé e kin kɔmɔ́t wók a kin mék=an só , lɛk háw mún fínis .
Glosses: SUB 3SG.SBJ HAB come.out work 1SG.SBJ HAB make=3SG.OBJ like.that like how month finish
Translation: When he leaves work, I do to him like this [stretches out hand in a gesture
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Wé a rích na hós dé , a sé ‘yu go tɛ́l mi di sáy wé unu kin gó mítɔp .’
Glosses: SUB 1SG.SBJ reach LOC house there 1SG.SBJ QUOT 2SG POT tell 1SG.INDP DEF side SUB 2PL HAB go meet
Translation: When I reached the house, I said “you’re going to tell me where
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A go firma wé a go dɔ́n chɔ́p .
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ POT sign SUB 1SG.SBJ POT PRF eat
Translation: I will sign when I have finished eating.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Dɛn púl di motó na garaje wé dɛn de pús=an .
Glosses: 3PL remove DEF car LOC workshop SUB 3PL IPFV push=3SG.OBJ
Translation: They removed the car from the workshop by pushing it.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Náw fɔ mék dɛn fít gɛ́t wán amiga nadó wé yu sísta dɛn sabí , in go had .
Glosses: now PREP SBJV 3PL can get one girlfriend outside SUB 2SG sister 3PL know 3SG.INDP POT be.hard
Translation: Now for them to be able to have a girl-friend outside while/although
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Yu nó bin dé na mákit , wé a tɛ́l yú sé mék yu bríng mi watá ?
Glosses: 2SG NEG PST BE.LOC LOC market SUB 1SG.SBJ tell 2SG.INDP QUOT SBJV 2SG bring 1SG.INDP water
Translation: Weren’t you at the market although I had told you to bring me water?
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Sɔn mamá dɛn , dɛn bád .
Glosses: some mother PL 3PL bad
Translation: Some mothers, they are bad.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Wétin yu de wét ?
Glosses: what 2SG IPFV wait
Translation: What [why] are you waiting?’ [fr03wt 048]
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Dɛn púl di motó na garaje sé dɛn de pús=an .
Glosses: 3PL remove DEF car LOC workshop QUOT 3PL IPFV push=3SG.OBJ
Translation: They removed the car from the workshop by pushing it.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: E dú di ejercicio sé e táya .
Glosses: 3SG.SBJ do DEF exercise QUOT 3SG.SBJ be.tired
Translation: She did the exercise while/although she was tired.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: “A hól wán motó” na lɛk sé yu de dráyb wé yu de wók .
Glosses: “1SG.SBJ hold one car FOC like QUOT 2SG IPFV drive SUB 2SG IPFV work
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Di húman kán na hós di áwa [wé a de kúk].
Glosses: DEF woman come LOC house DEF hour [SUB 1SG.SBJ IPFV cook
Translation: The woman came to the house when I was cooking.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Di tɛ́n [wé dɛn bin de kán hía wet kenú],
Glosses: DEF time [SUB 3PL PST IPFV come here with canoe
Translation: (The time) when they were coming here by canoe (…)
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Di dé [wé a nó wánt gí yú quinientos] a de gí yú trescientos para tu cigarillo .
Glosses: DEF day [SUB 1SG.SBJ NEG want give 2SG.INDP five.hundred 1SG.SBJ IPFV give 2SG.INDP three.hundred for your cigarette
Translation: (The day) when I don’t want to give you five hundred, I give you
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Tumɔ́ro , lɛk háw yu tɔ́k wet Buehú , yu kɔ́l mí ,
Glosses: tomorrow like how 2SG talk with NAME 2SG call 1SG.INDP
Translation: Tomorrow, as soon as you’ve talked to Buehu, you call me, (…)
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Sifta , wé a dɔ́n sifta ín , e de lɛ́f wet di watá .
Glosses: sift SUB 1SG.SBJ PRF sift 3SG.INDP 3SG.SBJ IPFV leave with DEF water
Translation: Sift (it), when I have sifted it, it’ll be left with the water.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A bin chɔ́p di plantí di stáyl [wé pɔ́sin dɛn fɔ Malábo dɛn de chɔ́p=an]
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ PST eat DEF plantain DEF style [SUB person PL PREP Malabo 3PL IPFV food=3SG.OBJ
Translation: I ate the plantain the way Malabo people eat it.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Mí chɔ́p di plantí lɛk háw Malabo-pípul dɛn de chɔ́p=an .
Glosses: 1SG.INDP eat DEF plantain like how Malabo.CPD-people PL IPFV eat=3SG.OBj
Translation: I [EMP] ate the plantain the way Malabo people eat it.’ [ro05de 019]
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A nó sabí ús=tín dɛn nó go restaura ín lɛk háw e bin dé jamás .
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ NEG know Q=thing 3PL NEG POT restorate 3SG.INDP like how 3SG.SBJ PST BE.LOC ever
Translation: I don’t know why they won’t restore it the way it was back then.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A de hía ín lɛk háw e de nák di gita .
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ IPFV hear 3SG.INDP like how 3SG.SBJ IPFV hit DEF guitar
Translation: I hear him playing the guitar.’ or ‘I hear (him) how he’s playing the guitar.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Mí , lɛk háw yu de sí mí a dɔ́n sí plɛ́nte tín .
Glosses: 1SG.INDP like how 2SG IPFV see 1SG.INDP 1SG.SBJ PRF see plenty thing
Translation: (As for) me, when you looking at me you should also know that I have seen many
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Lɛk háw e de wáka , e butú , e nó bɛ́n .
Glosses: like how 3SG.SBJ IPFV walk 3SG.SBJ stoop 3SG.SBJ NEG bend
Translation: The way he’s walking (now), he’s stooped over, he’s not bent over.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Lɛk háw e pút dán mɔní na mi hán , nó wét mɔ́!
Glosses: like how 3SG.SBJ put that money LOC 1SG.POSS hand NEG wait more
Translation: As soon as he has put that money into my hand, no time to waste!
Language: Pichi
Transcription: E nák di tébul an di stáyl [wé e nák di tébul strɔ́n], e kán sék di plét , an di plét kán brók .
Glosses: 3SG.SBJ hit DEF table and DEF style [SUB 3SG.SBJ hit DEF table be.strong 3SG.SBJ PFV shake DEF plate and DEF plate PFV break
Translation: He hit the table and the way that he hit the table in a strong way, he shook the plate,
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Náw e dɔ́n wánt bigín de fɛ́t wet di chía , di sáy [wé dɛn sidɔ́n].
Glosses: now 3SG.SBJ PRF want begin IPFV fight with DEF chair DEF side SUB 3PL sit
Translation: Now he already wanted to begin fighting with the chair,
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Yu nó nó di plés [wé a sidɔ́n]?
Glosses: 2SG NEG know DEF PLACE SUB 1SG.SBJ stay
Translation: You don’t know where I stay?
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A dɔ́n tú ól fɔ máred .
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ PRF too old PREP marry
Translation: I’m too old to marry.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A go firma , wét fɔ mék a chɔ́p , a bɛ́g .
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ POT sign wait PREP SBJV 1SG.SBJ eat 1SG.SBJ beg
Translation: I’ll sign, wait for me to eat/have eaten, please.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Dɛn kán kɛ́r mí na Madrid fɔ mék dɛn gó opera mí .
Glosses: 3PL PFV carry 1SG.INDP LOC PLACE PREP SBJV 3PL go operate 1SG.INDP
Translation: They took me to Madrid in order to operate on me.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Mi papá bin kán yá fɔ kán wók .
Glosses: 1SG.POSS father PST come here PREP come work
Translation: My father came here in order to work.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Layk háw dɛn go pút yú na tébul yu dɔ́n de rɔ́tin , fɔ mék dɛn gó bɛ́r yú kwík .
Glosses: like how 3PL POT put 2SG.INDP LOC table 2SG PRF IPFV rot PREP SBJV 3PL go bury 2SG.INDP quickly
Translation: As soon as they put you on the table you are already rotting away
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Na ín dɛn táy=an mék e nó kɔmɔ́t .
Glosses: FOC 3SG.INDP 3PL tie=3SG.OBJ SBJV 3SG.SBJ NEG go.out
Translation: That’s why they tied it [the dog] so that it wouldn’t leave.’ [ma03hm 005]
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A go gó lúk=an fɔ wán vecino mék a lúk las damas .
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ POT go look=3SG.OBJ PREP one neighbour SBJV 1SG.SBJ look the.PL lady.PL
Translation: I’ll watch it at a neighbour’s in order to look at the (first) ladies.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A dríng di mɛ́rɛsin fɔ mék a nó sík .
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ drink DEF medicine PREP SBJV 1SG.SBJ NEG be.sick
Translation: I drank the medicine in order not to fall sick.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Fɔ mék yu fít ɛ́nta yu gɛ́fɔ bísin na wán pɔ́sin fɔ di fámbul
Glosses: PREP SBJV 2SG can enter 2SG have.to be.busy LOC one person PREP DEF family
Translation: In order to be able to enter, you have to be involved with a person
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A bin lás gó a de fɛ́n bíg bíg mamá dɛn , sé mék dɛn bí mi gɛ́l frɛ́n , mék dɛn de gí mi chɔ́p .
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ PST end.up go 1SG.SBJ IPFV look.for big REP mother PL QUOT SBJV 3PL BE 1SG.POSS girl friend SBJV 3PL IPFV give 1SG.INDP food
Translation: I finally went to look for mature/established women for them to be my girlfriends,
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A wáka wet=an sé ‘tidé a go gó vive ín .’
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ walk with=3SG.OBJ QUOT today 1SG.SBJ POT go live 3SG.INDP
Translation: I went with him so that today I would witness it.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: So e go na bús e sé e de gó kíl bíf .
Glosses: so 3SG.SBJ POT LOC forest 3SG.SBJ QUOT 3SG.SBJ IPFV go kill wild.animal
Translation: So he went to the forest in order to/he said he’d go kill a wild animal.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A drɛ́b mi mán bikɔs sé a nó wánt=an mɔ́.
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ drive 1SG.POSS man because QUOT 1SG.SBJ NEG want=3SG.OBJ more
Translation: I drove my husband away because I didn’t want him anymore.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Como e sabí sé dán tín dé na mi hát
Glosses: since 3SG.SBJ know QUOT that thing BE.LOC LOC 1SG.POSS heart
Translation: Since she knows that that thing [matter] is in my heart (…)’ [ro07fn 673]
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Mék e wét sóté mún dɔ́n , wé wi gɛ́t di mɔní , gó báy di chɔ́p .
Glosses: SBJV 3SG.SBJ wait until month finish SUB 1PL get DEF money go buy DEF food
Translation: Let him wait until the month is over, when we have the money, (then we)
Language: Spanish
Transcription: Tɔ́n=an tɔ́n=an , mék yu nó para sóté mék e tík lɛk háw e bin dé só .
Glosses: turn=3SG.OBJ turn=3SG.OBJ SBJV 2SG NEG stop until SBJV 3SG.SBJ be.thick like how 3SG.SBJ PST BE.LOC like.that
Translation: Stir it, stir it, don’t stop until it is as thick as it was right now!
Language: Spanish
Transcription: ¡Haga cola hasta que llegue el cajero !
Glosses: do line until that arrive:SBJV the teller
Translation: Make a line until the teller arrives!’ (Own knowledge)
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A bin mék=an dásɔl fɔ hɛ́lp .
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ PST make=3SG.OBJ only PREP help
Translation: I did it only in order to help.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Wi de sí dásɔl sé di písis dɔ́n hɛ́ng .
Glosses: 1PL IPFV see only QUOT DEF piece.of.cloth PRF hang
Translation: We only see that the piece of cloth is already hanging.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Ónli bikɔs yu de tɔ́k só , yu de salút só , yu de ánsa só .
Glosses: only because 2SG IPFV talk like.that 2SG IPFV greet like.that 2SG IPFV answer like.that
Translation: Only because you talk like that, you greet like that, you respond like that.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Frɔn wé dán bɛ́lps de wók , chico , e dɔ́n chénch .
Glosses: from SUB that babe IPFV work boy 3SG.SBJ PRF change
Translation: (Ever) since that babe has been working, man, she has changed.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Síns wé a bí pikín , a de mɛ́mba fɔ kɔmɔ́t na dí kɔ́ntri .
Glosses: since SUB 1SG.SBJ BE child 1SG.SBJ IPFV think.of PREP go.out LOC this country
Translation: Since I was a child, I think about leaving this country.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Yu kɔmɔ́t dɔ́n , yu wánt ɛ́nta mɔ́, yu gɛ́fɔ gó pé ɔ́da quinientos .
Glosses: 2SG go.out down 2SG want enter more 2SG have.to go pay other five.hundred
Translation: (If) you come out from below and you want to enter again, you have to
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Lɛk sé yu de dríng nɔ́, dán pɔ́sin wé dé yandá , e de kán sube wí wet glás , na di tín wé mék mék yu nó dríng nó nátin wet glas .
Glosses: like QUOT 2SG IPFV drink INTJ that person SUB BE.LOC yonder 3SG.SBJ IPFV come go.up 1PL.INDP with glass FOC DEF thing SUB make SBJV 2SG NEG drink NEG nothing with glass
Translation: Supposing that you were (out) drinking, right, (and) that person who
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Ɛf yu bin bigín lás wík , lɛk yu dɔ́n fínis di wók .
Glosses: if 2SG PST begin last week like 2SG PRF finish DEF work
Translation: If you had begun last week, you would have finished the work.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Pero ɛf na húman na bíg húman yu mán nó de tɔ́n bíg mán .
Glosses: but if FOC woman FOC big woman 2SG man NEG IPFV turn big man
Translation: But if it’s the wife who’s an influential woman, your [her] husband
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Ɛf yu chɔ́p ɔ́l dís chɔ́p wé e nó dɔ́n , tumɔ́ro yu go sík .
Glosses: if 2SG eat all this food SUB 3SG.SBJ NEG done tomorrow 2SG POT sick
Translation: If you eat/ate all this food that is not done, you’ll/’d be
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Nóto mí a de ɛ́nta ínsay dán hós ó .
Glosses: NEG.FOC 1SG.INDP 1SG.SBJ IPFV enter inside that house SP
Translation: It’s not me who would enter that [haunted] house.’ [ne05fn 031]
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Ɛf dɛn go gó bɛ́r yú , dɛn sén go gó na dán bɛ́rin .
Glosses: if 3PL POT go bury 2SG.INDP 3PL EMP POT go LOC that burial
Translation: If they go to bury you, they themselves will go to that burial.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: If yu nó de gí mí yu fɔ́s mán wé na in gí yú dí bɛlɛ́, yu de gí mi di pikín wé de kɔmɔ́t .
Glosses: If 2SG NEG IPFV give 1SG.INDP 2SG first man SUB FOC 3SG.INDP give 2SG.INDP this belly 2SG IPFV give 1SG.INDP DEF child SUB IPFV come.out
Translation: Lit. ‘But the price that you have to pay (is), if you don’t give me your first man
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Ɛf a bin sí=an yɛ́stadé a bin fɔ gí=an di mɔní .
Glosses: if 1SG.SBJ PST see=3SG.OBJ yesterday 1SG.SBJ PST COND give=3SG.OBJ DEF money
Translation: If I had seen her yesterday, I would have given her the money.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Ɛf a bin nó sé e nó go fɔ́l a fɔ bríng ɔ́da sús .
Glosses: if 1SG.SBJ PST know QUOT 3SG.SBJ NEG POT rain 1SG.SBJ COND bring other shoe
Translation: If I had known that it wouldn’t rain, I would have worn
Language: Pichi
Transcription: E bin fɔ dé fáyn .
Glosses: 3SG.SBJ PST COND BE.LOC fine
Translation: It would have been nice.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Yu fɔ gɛ́t hemorragia sóté blɔ́d fínis náw .
Glosses: 2SG COND get hemorrhage until blood finish now
Translation: You would have hemorrhaged until your blood would have finished.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A bin fɔ máred a los veinti-uno ɛf Maura in papa nó bin dáy .
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ PST COND marry at DEF.PL twenty-one if NAME 3SG.POSS father NEG PST die
Translation: I should/would have married at twenty-one if Maura’s father hadn’t died.
Language: Spanish
Transcription: Yu nó sɛ́f , yu jɔ́s kán yu nó go sabí , yu nó go tɔ́k lɛkɛ dɛ́n .
Glosses: 2SG know EMP 2SG just come 2SG NEG POT know 2SG NEG POT talk like 3PL.INDP
Translation: Even if you know, if you have just come, you wouldn’t know,
Language: Spanish
Transcription: Ɛf yú na smɔ́l húman sɛ́f , dɛn go kɔ́l yú dama .
Glosses: if 2SG.INDP FOC small woman EMP 3PL POT call 2SG.INDP lady
Translation: Even if you [EMP] are an insignificant woman, they’ll call you lady.’ [ma03hm 076]
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Aunque nóto paludismo , if dɛn gív tratamiento yu nó go dáy .
Glosses: although NEG.FOC malaria if 3PL give treatment 2SG NEG POT die
Translation: Even if it is not malaria, if they give you a treatment, you won’t die [of the treatment].’ [fr03wt 061]
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Adɔnkɛ́ e nó sí yú wán hól dé , e nó bísin , wáns yu bríng di pamáyn .
Glosses: even.if 3SG.SBJ NEG see 2SG.INDP one whole day 3SG.SBJ NEG be.busy once 2SG bring DEF oil
Translation: Even if she didn’t see you the whole day, she didn’t care, if only you
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Bɔkú motó dɛn dé yá só , a nó nó sé Pancho mék lɛkɛ sé e de sube bihɛ́n wí e baja mɔ́.
Glosses: much car PL BE.LOC here like.that 1SG.SBJ NEG know QUOT NAME make like QUOT 3SG.SBJ IPFV go.up behind 1PL.INDP 3SG.SBJ go.down more
Translation: (Because) a lot of cars were just there, I didn’t know that Pancho pretended to
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Yu mék=an in fray-rɛ́s , in banána dé , e go chɔ́p=an .
Glosses: 2SG make=3SG.OBJ 3SG.POSS fry.CPD-rice 3SG.POSS banana there 3SG.SBJ POT eat=3SG.OBJ
Translation: (if/when) you make him his fried rice (and) his banana, he will eat it.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Yu kɛ́r=an yu nó gó hospital ?
Glosses: 2SG carry=3SG.OBJ 2SG NEG go hospital
Translation: Intended: ‘Didn’t you take him to hospital?
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Yu nó kɛ́r=an gó hospital ?
Glosses: 2SG NEG carry=3SG.OBJ go hospital
Translation: Didn’t you take him to hospital?
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Yu de kɛ́r=an de gó hospital .
Glosses: 2SG IPFV carry=3SG.OBJ NEG go hospital
Translation: You’re carrying him while going to the hospital.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: E sé “mɔ́mi mɔ́mi , yu nó de sí dán mán wé e rɔ́n gó abuela in rúm ?”
Glosses: 3SG.SBJ QUOT mum mum 2SG NEG IPFV see that man SUB 3SG.SBJ run go grandmother 3SG.POSS room
Translation: He said “mum, mum, don’t you see that man who ran into
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A kɛ́r=an gó na comedor .
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ carry=3SG.OBJ go LOC dining-room
Translation: I carried him to the dining-room.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Di bíg wán , a bin de kɛ́r=an gó wáka na nɛ́t wet Tokobé .
Glosses: DEF big one 1SG.SBJ PST IPFV carry=3SG.OBJ go walk LOC night with NAME
Translation: As for the big one, I was carrying it off travelling by night with Tokobé.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Kɛ́r di motó yu bríng kán fɔ yá .
Glosses: take DEF car 2SG bring come PREP here
Translation: Take the car and bring it here.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: E kán rɔ́n kɔmɔ́t na kɔ́ntri ,
Glosses: 3SG.SBJ PFV run go.out LOC country
Translation: She fled from the [her] home town, (…)’ [ed03sb 035]
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A tínk sé e gɛ́t treinta y ocho años náw wé e dɔ́n de gó rích cuarenta .
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ think QUOT 3SG.SBJ get thirty and eight years now SUB 3SG.SBJ PRF IPFV go reach forty
Translation: I think that he’s thirty-eight years old now and is already going towards forty.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Dɛn rɔ́n na farmacia , receta de mɛ́rɛsin .
Glosses: 3PL run LOC pharmacy prescription of medicine
Translation: They ran to the pharmacy, (to get a) prescription for medicine.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Di pikín dɔ́n gɛ́t sɛ́ven hía , e go wánt gó wáka , “hɛ́, nó kɔmɔ́t na hós !”
Glosses: DEF child PRF get seven year 3SG.SBJ POT want go walk INTJ NEG go.out LOC house
Translation: (When) the child is seven years old, she will want to go walk [roam around],
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Ápás tumɔ́ro a go gó sí mi mamá .
Glosses: after tomorrow 1SG.SBJ POT go see 1SG.POSS mother
Translation: After tomorrow, I will go see my mother.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Yu kán yu púl=an .
Glosses: 2SG come 2SG remove=3SG.OBJ
Translation: You came and removed it.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Na ín e kán vɛ́ks , e kán gó .
Glosses: FOC 3SG.INDP 3SG.SBJ PFV be.angry 3SG.SBJ PFV go
Translation: That’s why he got angry, (and) he left.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Porque if yu mék , yu sí dán polvo , e de pút=an ínsay , yu kán yu dríng ,
Glosses: because if 2SG make 2SG see that powder 3SG.SBJ IPFV put=3SG.OBJ inside 2SG come 2SG drink
Translation: Because if you make, you see that powder, he’s putting it inside,
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Ɛf yu wánt bába , yu wánt gó na peluquería gó kɔ́t yu hía .
Glosses: if 2SG want cut.hair 2SG want go LOC hairdresser’s go cut 2SG hair
Translation: If you want to have a hair-cut, you want to go cut your hair at the hairdresser’s.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Dán mán fít kán wán dé kán ték yú sé “kán wi gó”,
Glosses: that man can come one day come take 2SG.INDP QUOT come 1PL go
Translation: That man can come take you one day (and) say “let’s go” (…)
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A gó fɔ kɔ́ntri a gó bɔ́n .
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ go PREP country 1SG.SBJ go give.birth
Translation: I went to my home town in order to give birth.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A púl in camiseta , a pút=an pantáp béd , a gó a púl di trɔsis a híb=an ínsay di bañera .
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ remove 3SG.POSS singlet 1SG.SBJ put=3SG.OBJ top bed 1SG.SBJ go 1SG.SBJ remove DEF trousers 1SG.SBJ throw=3SG.OBJ inside DEF bath.tub
Translation: I removed his singlet, I put him on the bed, I (went and) removed his trousers,
Language: Pichi
Transcription: E kin dé lɛk sé dɛn ték wán blák lapá dɛn kɔ́ba yú .
Glosses: 3SG.SBJ HAB BE.LOC like QUOT 3PL take one black cloth 3PL cover 2SG.INDP
Translation: It is usually so that they cover you with a black cloth.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Yu fít gó sé “bueno a ték páwa gó”
Glosses: 2SG can go QUOT good 1SG.SBJ take power go
Translation: You can go and say, “well, I leave by my own authority” (…)
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A ték papá gɔ́d bɛ́g=an .
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ take father God ask=3SG.OBJ
Translation: I implored him in the name of God.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A ték=an pút=an pantáp mi bɛlɛ́.
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ take=3SG.OBJ put=3SG.OBJ top 1SG.POSS belly
Translation: I (took him and) put him onto my belly.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A tɛ́l yú sé mi mán ték ín yáy e pút=an bɔtɔ́n grɔ́n só .
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ tell 2SG.INDP QUOT 1SG.POSS man take 3SG.POSS eye 3SG.SBJ put3SG.OBJ bottom ground like.that
Translation: I tell you that my husband diverted his eye [gaze] down like this.’ [ro05rt 011]
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Porque e fíba sé di gɛ́l [wé e bin de ték kɔmɔ́t], e bin gɛ́t bɔkú bɔ́y dɛn .
Glosses: because 3SG.SBJ seem QUOT DEF girl [SUB 3SG.SBJ PST IPFV take go.out 3SG.SBJ PST get much boy PL
Translation: Because it seems that the girl that he was going out with, she had many boyfriends.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Dɛn bíl di strít wet caterpillar .
Glosses: 3PL build DEF street with caterpillar
Translation: The street was built with a caterpillar.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Wet ús=káyn tín dɛn ték bíl di hós ?
Glosses: with Q=kind thing 3PL take build DEF house
Translation: (With) what did they build the house with?
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Wet ús=káyn stík yu bin ték bíl di hós ?
Glosses: with Q=kind wood 2SG PST take build DEF house
Translation: (With) what kind of wood did you build the house with?
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Yɛ́s , Concha fála Princess gó viaje .
Glosses: yes NAME follow NAME go voyage
Translation: Yes, Concha went on the voyage together with Princess.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A jwɛ́n Boyé fɔ chɔ́p .
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ join NAME PREP eat
Translation: I ate together with Boyé.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: E gó wet in mamá ?
Glosses: 3SG.SBJ go with 3SG.POSS mother
Translation: Did he go with his mother?
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A sí sɔn wáyt pambɔ́d de kán
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ see some white bird IPFV come
Translation: I saw a white bird coming.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: If yu gó fɔ di máred , yu sí=an e fáyn .
Glosses: if 2SG go PREP DEF marry 2SG see=3SG.OBJ 3SG.SBJ be.fine
Translation: If you go to the marriage, you see it (to be) nice.’ [Lit. ‘(…) it is nice.’] [hi03cb 006]
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Yu jɔ́s hía sé pɔ́sin dɛn bin de tɔ́k bɔt yu nó lístin .
Glosses: 2SG just hear QUOT person PL PST IPFV talk but 2SG NEG listen
Translation: You just heard that people were talking but you didn’t listen.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A lás chɔ́p .
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ be.last eat
Translation: I was the last to eat/I ended up eating.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Na mí chɔ́p lás .
Glosses: FOC 1SG.INDP eat last
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A wás fɔ́s .
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ wash first
Translation: I washed (myself) first.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Yu dɔ́n sté kán ?
Glosses: 2SG PRF stay come
Translation: Did you come long ago?
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A sté wé a nɛ́va chɔ́p .
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ stay SUB 1SG.SBJ NEG.PRF eat
Translation: It’s been long since I haven’t eaten.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: E nó sté a recibe di carta , di tín wé a bɛ́g .
Glosses: 3SG.SBJ NEG stay 1SG.SBJ receive DEF letter DEF thing SUB 1SG.SBJ ask.for
Translation: It wasn’t long and I received the letter, the thing I (had) asked for.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: E mít mí de kúk .
Glosses: 3SG.SBJ meet 1SG.INDP IPFV cook
Translation: Intended: ‘He came across me while (I was) cooking.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: E mít mí a de kúk sɛ́f .
Glosses: 3SG.SBJ meet 1SG.INDP 1SG.SBJ IPFV cook EMP
Translation: He came across me while I was actually cooking.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Yu pikín sidɔ́n de chɔ́p dɛn tú brɛ́d .
Glosses: 2SG child sit IPFV eat 3PL two bread
Translation: Your child was sitting (there) eating those two loaves of bread.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A lɛ́f di domɔ́t ópin .
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ leave DEF door be.open
Translation: I left the door open.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Dɛn chɔ́p di banána grín .
Glosses: 3PL eat DEF banana be.green
Translation: They ate the banana green [unripe].’ [dj05be 108]
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A kɛ́r di bokit-pán ɛ́nti .
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ carry DEF bucket.CPD-pan be.empty
Translation: I carried the bucket empty.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: E kɔmɔ́t na wók wet hángri .
Glosses: 3SG.SBJ go.out LOC work with hunger
Translation: He left work hungry.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Di pikín dé dé de kráy .
Glosses: DEF child BE.LOC there IPFV cry
Translation: The child is just (standing/sitting/lying) there crying.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Dɛn de fála dɛn sɛ́f dɛn de rɔ́n .
Glosses: 3PL IPFV follow 3PL self 3PL IPFV run
Translation: They’re following each other running.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: E nó gɛ́t mɔní , wétin e de wáka e de ópin in sɛ́f so ?
Glosses: 3SG.SBJ NEG get money what 3SG.SBJ IPFV walk 3SG.SBJ IPFV open 3SG.POSS self like.that
Translation: He doesn’t have money, why does he go around boasting like that?
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Pero dɛn kán dú mí a de sté na Móka , dɛn kán dú mí na Móka .
Glosses: but 3PL PFV do 1SG.INDP 1SG.SBJ IPFV stay LOC PLACE 3PL PFV do 1SG.INDP LOC PLACE
Translation: But they did it to me while I was staying in Moka, they did it to
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Dɛn mék di café e tú swít .
Glosses: 3PL make DEF coffee 3SG.SBJ too be.sweet
Translation: They prepared the coffee (it’s) too sweet.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Dɛn bíl di ród wɔwɔ́.
Glosses: 3PL build DEF road be.ugly
Translation: They built the road (and it’s) shoddy.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Dɛn bíl=an wɔwɔ́ stáyl .
Glosses: 3PL build=3SG.OBJ ugly style
Translation: They built it (and it’s) shoddy.’ or ‘They built it shoddily.
Language: Krio
Transcription: Di wúmán kúk rɛ́s sɛ́l .
Glosses: DEF woman cook rice sell
Translation: The woman cooked rice and sold it.
Language: Krio
Transcription: A chɔ́p táya .
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ eat be.tired
Translation: I ate (until I was) tired (of it).’ (Own knowledge)
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A chɔ́p fínish .
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ eat finish
Translation: I’ve finished eating/I’m done eating.’ (Own knowledge)
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A viaja *(sóté táya .
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ travel *(until be.tired
Translation: I travelled until (I was) tired (of it).
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Bɔt wi fít de plé , a jám yú yu fɔdɔ́n .
Glosses: but 1PL can IPFV play 1SG.SBJ make.contact 2SG.INDP 2SG fall
Translation: But we could be playing, I hit you (and) you fall.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Dɛn go rɛdí yú dɛn go mék lɛk háw dɛn de mék fɔ wích , dɛn ték yú dɛn pút yú na avión dɛn sɛ́n yú fɔ ɔ́da kɔ́ntri yu gó wók mɔní .
Glosses: 3PL POT prepare 2SG.INDP 3PL POT make like how 3PL IPFV make PREP sorcery 3PL take 2SG.INDP 3PL put 2SG.INDP LOC plane 3PL send 2SG.INDP PREP other country 2SG go work money
Translation: They would prepare you like the way it’s done by sorcery, they’ll take you,
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Lúk=an , di dé wé dís Paquita in papá bin kán ték=an , e pé avioneta , kɔmɔ́t Alemania , rích na Douala , pé avioneta , e kán na yá só .
Glosses: look=3SG.OBJ DEF day SUB this NAME 3SG.POSS father PST come take=3SG.OBJ 3SG.SBJ pay small.aircraft go.out PLACE reach LOC PLACE pay small.aircraft 3SG.SBJ come LOC here like.that
Translation: Look at her, the day that Paquita’s father came to take her, he paid (a ticket for) a small plane,
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Na wán katakátá mán .
Glosses: FOC one hectic man
Translation: He’s a hectic man.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Dán sáy gɛ́t bɔkú pɔtɔpɔ́tɔ́.
Glosses: that side get much mud
Translation: [Mind you] that place is very muddy.’ [ne07fn 230]
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Ín de kakara , kakara kakara .
Glosses: 3SG.INDP IPFV be.restless REP REP
Translation: He [EMP] was all restless.’ [ab03ab 047]
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Na só in hát mék kutuku kutuku kutuku .
Glosses: FOC like.that 3SG.POSS heart make IDEO IDEO IDEO
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Tokobé dɔ́n wɛ́r klós gbogbogbo .
Glosses: NAME PRF wear clothing IDEO
Translation: Tokobé had put on (her) clothes in haste.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Na só a de wáyp=an , a de sopla ín fwífwífwí .
Glosses: FOC like.that 1SG.SBJ IPFV wipe=3SG.OBJ 1SG.SBJ IPFV blow 3SG.INDP IDEO
Translation: I was wiping him like that, I was fanning him.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: E gí mí gbin .
Glosses: 3SG.SBJ give 1SG.INDP IDEO
Translation: He hit me hard and suddenly.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Yu sí lɛk háw in bata dɛn de sék kamúkamú ?
Glosses: 2SG see like how 3SG.POSS buttocks PL IPFV shake IDEO
Translation: Do you see her buttocks moving to-and-fro (as she walks along)?
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Di sáy wɔwɔ́ ɛ́n .
Glosses: DEF side be.ugly SP
Translation: The place is messy, you know.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Na Afrika e gɛ́t wɔwɔ́ wɔwɔ́ tín dɛn
Glosses: LOC PLACE 3SG.SBJ get ugly REP thing PL
Translation: In Africa there are really messy things [happening], (…)’ [ed03sb 187]
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Dís chɔ́p dé wɔwɔ́.
Glosses: this food BE.LOC ugly
Translation: This food is a mess.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Dán sáy gɛ́t bɔkú pɔtɔpɔ́tɔ́ ó .
Glosses: that side get much mud SP
Translation: [Mind you] that place is very muddy.’ [ne07fn 230]
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Dɛn de sɛ́l dɛn skín súkútúpampa .
Glosses: 3PL IPFV sell 3PL body IDEO
Translation: They barter their bodies away.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Ɛ́, dí mán gɛ́t líba , ɛ́n .
Glosses: INTJ this man get liver INTJ
Translation: Hey, this man has guts, you know.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Na di púl di motó fɔ di mecánico
Glosses: FOC DEF remove DEF car PREP DEF mechanic
Translation: [Can you say:] “It’s the removal of the car from the mechanic” [ko0502e2 045]
Language: Spanish
Transcription: Dɛn fít nák yú yu fít tɔ́k sé “áy a fíl hát ó !”
Glosses: 3PL can hit 2SG.INDP 2SG can talk QUOT INTJ 1SG.SBJ feel hurt SP
Translation: You could be hit (and) you would say “ouch I feel pain.”
Language: Spanish
Transcription: Áy , di tín swít ó .
Glosses: INTJ DEF thing be.tasty SP
Translation: Wow, this tastes/feels good.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Ékié , busca-blanco .
Glosses: INTJ look.for.CPD-white.male
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Papa gɔ́d go mék mék e chénch , mék e chénch fásin .
Glosses: father God POT make SBJV 3SG.SBJ change SBJV 3SG.SBJ change manner
Translation: God will make him change, change (his) habits.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Di tín de gó mí bád , oó papá gɔ́d , mék mí so .
Glosses: DEF thing IPFV go 1SG.INDP bad INTJ father God make 1SG.INDP like.that
Translation: The matter is going bad for me, oh God do this for me.
Language: Spanish
Transcription: Señor mío , tɛ́l mí , mi mán e de kɔmɔ́t wet yú ?
Glosses: Lord my tell 1SG.INDP 1SG.POSS man 3SG.SBJ IPFV go.out with 2SG.INDP
Translation: Good Lord tell me, is my husband going out with you?
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Chico , yu nó bríng mí glás ?
Glosses: boy 2SG NEG bring 1SG.INDP glass
Translation: What, you haven’t brought (along) a glass for me?
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Chico , dí mán e tú ópin in sɛ́f .
Glosses: boy this man 3SG.SBJ too be.open 3SG.POSS self
Translation: Oh boy, this man boasts too much.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Chico , yu de mít ɛ́ni káyn colór dé .
Glosses: boy 2SG IPFV meet every kind colour there
Translation: Man, you find any kind of (skin) colour there [in Cuba].’ [ed03sp 030]
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Chico , Jibril trɔ́n ó !
Glosses: boy NAME be.strong SP
Translation: Wow, Jibril is really great.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Bió bió , dɛn dɔ́n kán .
Glosses: behold REP 3PL PRF come
Translation: Lo and behold, they’ve (finally) come.
Language: Spanish
Transcription: Mierda mierda , ús=sáy e pás ?
Glosses: shit REP Q=side 3SG.SBJ pass
Translation: Shit, shit, which way did she go?
Language: Pichi
Transcription: A dé wet Paquita .
Glosses: 1SG.SBJ BE.LOC with NAME
Translation: I’m with Paquita.
Language: Pichi
Transcription: Aa o .k .
Glosses: INTJ INTJ
Translation: Alright.