Sentence analysis
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|---|---|
| Text: | Issaq Ebbelu aqisserniaratta Ebbe ataatsimik aqisserpoq uangalu pingasunik. |
| Translation: | the other day, when Ebbe and I were hunting ptarmigan, Ebbe caught one ptarmigan and I caught three. |
| issaq | Ebbelu | aqisserniaratta | Ebbe | ataatsimik | aqisserpoq | uangalu | pingasunik | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {ivsaq}N | {?} | N{ABS.sg} | *{lu} | {aqəgciq}N | N{-t}V | V{niaq}V | V{CAU.1pl} | {?} | N{ABS.sg} | {atausiq}N | N{INS.sg} | {aqəgciq}N | N{-t}V | V{IND.3sg} | {uva}N | N{ABS.sg} | *{lu} | {piŋajuq}N | N{INS.pl} |
Comment
Notice how Ebbelu is here translated as 'Ebbe and I', i.e. 'we', because it stands as subject in a clause with an 1pl ending, cf. *{lu}.