Vocabulary
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-de
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Suffix (Speech Act Morpheme): said in narrative; said as a story
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háawith
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child
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id
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and then
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lalom
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to sing
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onida
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family
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shub
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to do
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urahu
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gate [u (open) + rahu (closed)]
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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
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omá
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Teach + Doer = Teacher
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"Bíide
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Statement + Narrative
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Meliyen
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Plural + Be green
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mehaba
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Plural + Be fragrant
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mewolaya
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Plural + Relative + Be red
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womahina.
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Relative + Flower
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wolawida
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Relative + Pregnant
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woberídan.
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Relative + Aunt
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wobalin
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Relative + Be old
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wohothulid,"
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Relative + Grandparent + Male
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"Bíide
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Statement + Narrative
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hothulideth
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Grandparent + Male + Object
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Medórahu
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Plural + Cause to + Be closed
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behid
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3rd person + Male = He
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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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