Klallam Grammar

53.2. Exercises

53.2A. Translate each of the following into English.
1. ʔáwə c qʷáqʷi ʔaʔ či šéʔtəŋ̓ ʔaʔ tsayə. [šítəŋ ‘covet, desire, wish for’]
2. ʔiʔ hiyáʔ ƛ̓áy sqíyŋ cəw̓níɬ st̓ixʷac̓.
3. mán̓ ʔuʔ nəxʷč̓iyaʔyéʔwən ʔaʔ cáyə. [nəxʷč̓iyaʔyéʔwən ‘resentful’]
4. ʔúx̣ʷ či ʔaʔ cáyə.
5. ʔuʔiyáʔ yaʔ cn kʷaʔ ʔaʔ tsəw̓níɬ.
6. ʔuʔníɬ tsəw̓níɬ nəŋə́nəʔ ʔuʔnəšxʷʔáɬa.
7. níɬ suʔáx̣əŋ yaʔ kʷəw̓níɬ.
8. ‘k̓ʷə́nt či ʔaʔ cə nəcáys,’ ʔáx̣əŋ ixʷ kʷəw̓níɬ sk̓ʷtúʔ.
9. x̣čŋín ʔaʔ či náʔc̓əw̓txʷəŋ̓s kʷəw̓níɬ mə́šču.

53.2B. Write five original sentences in nəxʷsƛ̓ay̓əmúcən using different demonstrative articles from the §53.2 models. For each sentence, explain what it means and what the demonstrative does.
 

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