Syntax Samples Part 2
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More test cases for Cuuyamu
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7. Syntax Samples
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10. The Shàalilu
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Because one article is not enough. A continuation of the syntax test cases from a previous article. Never mind the fact that the numbers start over from 1.
- A robin has built his nest in the apple tree.
Ta çatsulaam çatsishupu azinaati dzaal sinpi laam.
ta
LOCLocative (case)
'in, on, at' etc çatsulaam
apple_tree çatsi-shu-pu
create-3SThird person singular (person)
neither speaker nor addressee.ANAnimate (gender/class)
alive, moving.PNEANear past (tense)
past events that occurred recently-3SThird person singular (person)
neither speaker nor addressee.INANInanimate (gender/class)
inanimate, sessile.OBJObject (argument) azinaati
robin dzaal
OBJObject (argument) sinpi
that.DISTDistal (proximity)
far from speaker (and addressee).OBJObject (argument) laam
nest
- At noon we ate our lunch by the roadside.
Iiz amanut patsyimatidij çu widzaa.
iiz
next_to amanut
path patsyimati-dij
eat_meal-12DFirst person inclusive dual (person)
1 speaker, 1 listener.PNEANear past (tense)
past events that occurred recently çu
at widzaa
noon
- Mr. Jones made a knife for his little boy.
- Their voices sound very happy.
Manaati sutaañii jíijtsibutsa sinlish múúiidz.
Manaati
strongly sutaañi-i
be_happy-CMPComplementiser (syntactic)
[clause] that [clause] jíijtsibu-tsa
seem.sound-3PThird person plural (person)
neither speaker nor addressee, they/them.INANInanimate (gender/class)
inanimate, sessile.PRSPresent tense (tense) sinlish
those.DISTDistal (proximity)
far from speaker (and addressee).SUBSubject (argument) múúiidz
voice
- Is today Monday?
- Have all the leaves fallen from the tree?
Tsui nìi sinlu ñaal sàatadtsa yúu shili qa?
tsui
QInterrogative
question nìi
from sinlu
that.DISUnknown code.SUBSubject (argument) ñaal
tree sàatad-tsa
fall-3PThird person plural (person)
neither speaker nor addressee, they/them.INANInanimate (gender/class)
inanimate, sessile.PNEANear past (tense)
past events that occurred recently yúu
all shili
leaf qa
QInterrogative
question
- Will you be ready on time?
- Will you send this message for me?
- Are you waiting for me?
Tsui ñapuutnanwa qa?
tsui
QInterrogative
question ñapuut-nan-wa
wait-2PSecond person plural (person)
addressee (plural).PRSPresent tense (tense)-1SFirst person singular (person)
speaker, signer, etc.; I.OBJObject (argument) qa
QInterrogative
question
- Is this the first kitten of the litter?
Tsui taasis íizaanshu buba tali anlu jañaamu qa?
tsui
QInterrogative
question taasis
first íizaan-shu
be_born-3SThird person singular (person)
neither speaker nor addressee.ANAnimate (gender/class)
alive, moving.PNEANear past (tense)
past events that occurred recently buba
litter tali
POSSPossessive (case)
owns, has anlu
this.SUBSubject (argument) ja-ñàamu
child-cat qa
QInterrogative
question
- Are these shoes too big for you?
- How wide is the River?
- Listen.
- Sit here by me.
- Keep this secret until tomorrow.
- Come with us.
- Bring your friends with you.
- Be careful.
- Have some tea.
- Pip and his dog were great friends.
- John and Elizabeth are brother and sister.
- You and I will go together.
- They opened all the doors and windows.
- He is small, but strong.
- Is this tree an oak or a maple?
- Does the sky look blue or gray?
- Come with your father or mother.
- I am tired, but very happy.
- He played a tune on his wonderful flute.
- Toward the end of August the days grow much shorter.
- A company of soldiers marched over the hill and across the meadow.
- The first part of the story is very interesting.
- The crow dropped some pebbles into the pitcher and raised the water to the brim.
- The baby clapped her hands and laughed in glee.
- Stop your game and be quiet.
- The sound of the drums grew louder and louder.
- Do you like summer or winter better?
- That boy will have a wonderful trip.
- They popped corn, and then sat around the fire and ate it.
- They won the first two games, but lost the last one.
- Take this note, carry it to your mother; and wait for an answer.
- I awoke early, dressed hastily, and went down to breakfast.
- Aha! I have caught you!
- This string is too short!
- Oh, dear! the wind has blown my hat away!
- Alas! that news is sad indeed!
- Whew! that cold wind freezes my nose!
- Are you warm enough now?
- They heard the warning too late.
- We are a brave people, and love our country.
- All the children came except Mary.
- Jack seized a handful of pebbles and threw them into the lake.
- This cottage stood on a low hill, at some distance from the village.
- On a fine summer evening, the two old people were sitting outside the door of their cottage.
- Our bird's name is Jacko.
- The river knows the way to the sea.
- The boat sails away, like a bird on the wing.
- They looked cautiously about, but saw nothing.
- The little house had three rooms, a sitting room, a bedroom, and a tiny kitchen.
- We visited my uncle's village, the largest village in the world.
- We learn something new each day.
- The market begins five minutes earlier this week.
- Did you find the distance too great?
- Hurry, children.
- Madam, I will obey your command.
- Here under this tree they gave their guests a splendid feast.
- In winter I get up at night, and dress by yellow candlelight.
- Tell the last part of that story again.
- Be quick or you will be too late.
- Will you go with us or wait here?
- She was always, shabby, often ragged, and on cold days very uncomfortable.
- Think first and then act.
- I stood, a little mite of a girl, upon a chair by the window, and watched the falling snowflakes.
- Show the guests these shells, my son, and tell them their strange history.
- Be satisfied with nothing but your best.
- We consider them our faithful friends.
- We will make this place our home.
- The squirrels make their nests warm and snug with soft moss and leaves.
- The little girl made the doll's dress herself.
- I hurt myself.
- She was talking to herself.
- He proved himself trustworthy.
- We could see ourselves in the water.
- Do it yourself.
- I feel ashamed of myself.
- Sit here by yourself.
- The dress of the little princess was embroidered with roses, the national flower of the Country.
- They wore red caps, the symbol of liberty.
- With him as our protector, we fear no danger.
- All her finery, lace, ribbons, and feathers, was packed away in a trunk.
- Light he thought her, like a feather.
- Every spring and fall our cousins pay us a long visit.
- In our climate the grass remains green all winter.
- The boy who brought the book has gone.
- These are the flowers that you ordered.
- I have lost the book that you gave me.
- The fisherman who owned the boat now demanded payment.
- Come when you are called.
- I shall stay at home if it rains.
- When he saw me, he stopped.
- Do not laugh at me because I seem so absent minded.
- I shall lend you the books that you need.
- Come early next Monday if you can.
- If you come early, wait in the hall.
- I had a younger brother whose name was Antonio.
- Gnomes are little men who live under the ground.
- He is loved by everybody, because he has a gentle disposition.
- Hold the horse while I run and get my cap.
- I have found the ring I lost.
- Play and I will sing.
- That is the funniest story I ever heard.
- She is taller than her brother.
- They are no wiser than we.
- Light travels faster than sound.
- We have more time than they.
- She has more friends than enemies.
- He was very poor, and with his wife and five children lived in a little low cabin of logs and stones.
- When the wind blew, the traveler wrapped his mantle more closely around him.
- I am sure that we can go.
- We went back to the place where we saw the roses.
- "This tree is fifty feet high," said the gardener.
- I think that this train leaves five minutes earlier today.
- My opinion is that the governor will grant him a pardon.
- Why he has left the city is a mystery.
- The house stands where three roads meet.
- He has far more money than brains.
- Evidently that gate is never opened, for the long grass and the great hemlocks grow close against it.
- I met a little cottage girl; she was eight years old, she said.
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