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Lesson 12: Time Out 2

Vocabulary

-de

Suffix (Speech Act Morpheme): said in narrative; said as a story

háawith

child

id

and then

lalom

to sing

onida

family

shub

to do

urahu

gate [u (open) + rahu (closed)]

Story

Bíi medi omá i háawith wa.

Bíi di omá, "Bíide hal onida, i tháa déela wo. Thal ro; wam shum. Melalom babí, i áya lom. Tháa hesh. Meliyen dala, i mehaba mewolaya womahina. Amedara i oób rul, id ada wolawida woberídan. Duyod wodo wohomid edeth, izh óoha wobalin wohothulid," wa.

Bíi mime háawith, "Báa shub le bebáath?" wa.

Bíi di omá, "Bíide duden ne hothulideth wo. Medórahu behid i ne urahuth," wa. Id mehada háawith i omá.

Morpheme-by-Morpheme Analysis

Bíi

Statement

medi

Plural + Speak

omá

Teach + Doer = Teacher

i

And

háawith

Child

wa.

My perception


Bíi

Statement

di

Say

omá

Teacher

"Bíide

Statement + Narrative

hal

Work

onida,

Family

i

And

tháa

Thrive

déela

Garden

wo.

Made-up

Thal

Be good

ro;

Weather

wam

Be still

shum.

Air

Melalom

Plural + Sing

babí,

Bird

i

And

áya

Be beautiful

lom.

Song

Tháa

Thrive

hesh.

Grass

Meliyen

Plural + Be green

dala

Plant

i

And

mehaba

Plural + Be fragrant

mewolaya

Plural + Relative + Be red

womahina.

Relative + Flower

Amedara

Dance

i

And

oób

Jump

rul,

Cat

id

And then

ada

Laugh

wolawida

Relative + Pregnant

woberídan.

Relative + Aunt

Duyod

Try + Eat

wodo

Relative + Strong

wohomid

Relative + Horse

edeth,

Grain + Object

izh

But

óoha

Be tired

wobalin

Relative + Be old

wohothulid,"

Relative + Grandparent + Male

wa.

My perception


Bíi

Statement

mime

Ask

háawith,

Child

"Báa

Question

shub

Do

le

I

bebáath?"

What + Object

wa.

My perception


Bíi

Statement

di

Say

omá,

Teacher

"Bíide

Statement + Narrative

duden

Try + Help

ne

You

hothulideth

Grandparent + Male + Object

wo.

Made-up

Medórahu

Plural + Cause to + Be closed

behid

3rd person + Male = He

i

And

ne

You

urahuth,"

Gate + Object

wa.

My perception

Id

And then

mehada

Plural + Laugh

háawith

Child

i

And

omá.

Teacher

Free Translation

The teacher and a child are speaking.

The teacher says, "A family works, and the garden thrives. The weather is good; the air is calm. Birds are singing, and the song is beautiful. The grass is thriving. The plants are green, and the red flowers are fragrant. A cat dances and jumps, and then the pregnant aunt laughs. The strong horse tries to eat the grain, but the old grandfather is tired."

The child asks, "What am I doing?"

The teacher says, "You're trying to help the grandfather. He and you close the gate." And then the child and the teacher laugh.

Comments

In this story we see the first of the Speech Act Morpheme Suffixes. These will all modify the Speech Act Morpheme; the sentence will still be a statement, question, and so on, but the purpose or emotional state behind the sentence is made specific. In this case "-de" signifies that the teacher is relating a story.

Did you notice the Evidence Morphemes that were used? The person telling us about the teacher and the child is presenting it as her own experience (ending her sentences with "wa"); the teacher, in that story, is presenting her story as something made-up to amuse the child (ending her sentences with "wo").

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