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:''Everything changed.'' (literally 'Nothing did not change.') | :''Everything changed.'' (literally 'Nothing did not change.') | ||
:'''''Twm ñorn dia tarsíad a twm | :'''''Twm ñorn dia tarsíad a twm hlawb o gyl ee.''''' | ||
:NEG girl in-SPEC school A NEG good 3SG.M from 3SG.F | :NEG girl in-SPEC school A NEG good 3SG.M from 3SG.F | ||
:''Every girl in school likes him.'' ('There's no girl in school that doesn't like him.') | :''Every girl in school likes him.'' ('There's no girl in school that doesn't like him.') | ||
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*''sder'' = negative interrogative | *''sder'' = negative interrogative | ||
:'''''Sder bo croð | :'''''Sder bo croð hniañt dyb çuþ?''''' | ||
:NEG.INTERR COL human also in-COL animal | :NEG.INTERR COL human also in-COL animal | ||
:''Are humans, too, not animals?'' | :''Are humans, too, not animals?'' | ||
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When fronting of a noun occurs, the remaining verb phrase becomes a noun phrase, thus a determiner must be used. | When fronting of a noun occurs, the remaining verb phrase becomes a noun phrase, thus a determiner must be used. | ||
:''Twm ziráð syrñ bo [toxrorégin] '''a''' go þarcǿma | :''Twm ziráð syrñ bo [toxrorégin] '''a''' go þarcǿma a hmøøh bo sbenopats.'' | ||
:NEG only new COL evolve-PASS.PART DET PST.IPFV inhabit SG world COL dinosaur | :NEG only new COL evolve-PASS.PART DET PST.IPFV inhabit SG world COL dinosaur | ||
:The world of the dinosaurs was not solely occupied by the newly-evolved. | :The world of the dinosaurs was not solely occupied by the newly-evolved. | ||