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''llàk dóh'' → bear, ''dóh llàk'' → large bear (although ''wèg llàk dóh'' (mighty bear) is more often used in this situation, as a sign of cultural respect). | ''llàk dóh'' → bear, ''dóh llàk'' → large bear (although ''wèg llàk dóh'' (mighty bear) is more often used in this situation, as a sign of cultural respect). | ||
==== | ====Nominalising particle ''nar''==== | ||
The particle ''nar'' is used to nominalise certain adjectives or verbs. | The particle ''nar'' is used to nominalise certain adjectives or verbs. | ||
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| perfective aspect marker | | perfective aspect marker | ||
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| ''sám'' | |||
| Question word which/what | |||
| '''''Sám''' nar'' = '''Which''' one? (who?) | |||
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| ''sīk'' | | ''sīk'' | ||
| Syntactic marker for questions | | Syntactic marker for polar questions | ||
| '''''Sīk''' nàg gràm dhèr skàg thāk?'' = '''Is''' the squirrel behind the rock?<br>'''''Sīk''' ngak nar tùn wèg dar ri'rìk?'' = '''Do''' you know how to speak the Giants' Speech? | | '''''Sīk''' nàg gràm dhèr skàg thāk?'' = '''Is''' the squirrel behind the rock?<br>'''''Sīk''' ngak nar tùn wèg dar ri'rìk?'' = '''Do''' you know how to speak the Giants' Speech? | ||
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==Swadesh list== | ==Swadesh list== | ||
{{Swadesh | {{Swadesh | ||
|language= Giants' Speech | |language= Giants' Speech | ||
|nativename= Wèg Dar Ri'Rìk | |nativename= Wèg Dar Ri'Rìk | ||
|I=ngam nar | |I=ngam nar | ||
|you (singular)= | |you (singular)= ngak nar | ||
|he= | |he= ngak nar | ||
|we= | |we= nga'ngàm nar | ||
|you (plural)= | |you (plural)= nga'ngàk nar | ||
|they= | |they= nga'ngàk nar | ||
|this= | |this= ngam | ||
|that= | |that= ngak | ||
|here= | |here= ngam dhèr | ||
|there= | |there= ngak dhèr | ||
|who= | |who= sám nar | ||
|what= | |what= sám ni | ||
|where= | |where=sám dhèr | ||
|when= | |when= | ||
|how= | |how= | ||
|not= | |not= | ||
|all= | |all= | ||
|many= | |many= dòk | ||
|some= | |some= | ||
|few= | |few= dhgàh | ||
|other= | |other= | ||
|one= | |one= | ||
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|woman= | |woman= | ||
|man (adult male)= | |man (adult male)= | ||
|Man (human being)=wōh | |Man (human being)= wōh | ||
|child= | |child= | ||
|wife= | |wife= | ||