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[[{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Lexicon]]<br/> | [[{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Lexicon]]<br/> | ||
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:''We speak about love and hate.'' | :''We speak about love and hate.'' | ||
:'''''Dahn mpfein so, ab dahn | :'''''Dahn mpfein so, ab dahn nkeiß Mbob so sein.''''' | ||
:1PL love 3SG.A CONJ 1PL receive face 3SG.A PRES.PROG | :1PL love 3SG.A CONJ 1PL receive face 3SG.A PRES.PROG | ||
:''We love him so we are welcoming him.'' | :''We love him so we are welcoming him.'' | ||
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*ob = vocative | *ob = vocative | ||
*weg = about | *weg = about | ||
*wi = away from | |||
*be = to | *be = to | ||
*schon = ago | |||
===Auxiliaries=== | ===Auxiliaries=== | ||
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===Particles=== | ===Particles=== | ||
*sein = present progressive | *sein = present progressive | ||
**Present progressive can also be formed by reduplicating the verb | |||
*hin = past | *hin = past | ||
*bei = future | *bei = future | ||
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*da = exclamatory | *da = exclamatory | ||
*eh = negative | *eh = negative | ||
* | *doh = prohibitive | ||
*los = inchoative | *los = inchoative | ||
*man = emphatic | *man = emphatic | ||
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*PHS ''-ʔ'' (reflected by tone change) | *PHS ''-ʔ'' (reflected by tone change) | ||
**''-g'' > ''-d'': ''Lied'' 'art song' < ''lieg'' 'to tell a lie; (''obsolete'') to express' | **''-g'' > ''-d'': ''Lied'' 'art song' < ''lieg'' 'to tell a lie; (''obsolete'') to express' | ||
==Vocabulary== | |||
Hlou vocabulary is mostly native. Many words can't be related to words in other Hlou-Shum languages, however. | |||
===Four-character phrases=== | |||
Hlou, like Chinese, has "4-character phrases". | |||
*''Ntzuh Vöhn Schraus Ndob'' 'the best laid schemes of mice and men often go awry' (lit. schemes of mouse and plans of man) | |||
*''Ndleiß Beig Gluhn Schnoh'' 'opulent luxury' (lit. gold, gem, carmine, spice) | |||
==Poetry== | ==Poetry== | ||
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:Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. | :Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. | ||
:''Leid [bis Glied] zu Ndxub an ein Ndob Ndob | :''Leid [bis Glied] zu Ndxub an ein Ndob Ndob be Schnähn zug raug die Schwiß bis Xi-Na an [nlub man] drein hin.'' | ||
:/ləi˧˩ pi˨˥ klɨ˧˩ s̪u˧ⁿdʒu˥˧ ʔa˨˩ ʔəi˨˩ ⁿdo˦˥ⁿdo˦˥ wɨ˧ n̥ãʔ˩ s̪ṳ˧ ɻə̤u˧ tɨ˧ ʍi˧ˀ˥ pi˧˩ ʃi˧na˧ ʔəu˧˩ nlu˥˧ma˨˩ ʈəi˨˩ hi˨˩/ | :/ləi˧˩ pi˨˥ klɨ˧˩ s̪u˧ⁿdʒu˥˧ ʔa˨˩ ʔəi˨˩ ⁿdo˦˥ⁿdo˦˥ wɨ˧ n̥ãʔ˩ s̪ṳ˧ ɻə̤u˧ tɨ˧ ʍi˧ˀ˥ pi˧˩ ʃi˧na˧ ʔəu˧˩ nlu˥˧ma˨˩ ʈəi˨˩ hi˨˩/ | ||
:but [as] VN move GEN DEF person person PREP east 3PL find INDEF plain PREP Shinar CONJ [settle] there PAST | :but [as] VN move GEN DEF person person PREP east 3PL find INDEF plain PREP Shinar CONJ [settle] there PAST | ||
:As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. | :As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. | ||
:''An ein Ndob Ndob tlau | :''An ein Ndob Ndob tlau be veß, "Ob bus Ngu an nlaß zug [schlög schlög] aus."'' | ||
:/ʔəu˨˥ ʔəi˨˩ ⁿdo˦˥ⁿdo˦˥ tɬʰəu˧ wiə˧ ve˧ˀ˥, "o˥˧ pu˧˩ ᵑɡu˧ ʔəu˧˩ nla˧ˀ˥ s̪ṳ˧ ɬõ̤˧ɬõ̤˧ ma˦˥"/ | :/ʔəu˨˥ ʔəi˨˩ ⁿdo˦˥ⁿdo˦˥ tɬʰəu˧ wiə˧ ve˧ˀ˥, "o˥˧ pu˧˩ ᵑɡu˧ ʔəu˧˩ nla˧ˀ˥ s̪ṳ˧ ɬõ̤˧ɬõ̤˧ ma˦˥"/ | ||
:CONJ DEF person person say PREP one_another, VOC make brick CONJ fire_ceramic 3PL [throughly] COHORT | :CONJ DEF person person say PREP one_another, VOC make brick CONJ fire_ceramic 3PL [throughly] COHORT |
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