The sun shines.
| Ulu
|
pas-o.
|
| sun
|
shine-3s.AN
|
The sun is shining.
| Olu
|
pas-oĭa
|
puf-i.
|
| sun
|
shine-PTCP
|
be-3s.AN
|
The sun shone.
| Olu
|
pas-eo.
|
| sun
|
shine-3s.AN.PST
|
The sun will shine.
| Olu
|
pas-epe.
|
| sun
|
shine-3s.AN.FUT
|
The sun has been shining.
| Olu
|
pas-o
|
iaĭ.
|
| sun
|
shine-3s.AN
|
continuously
|
The sun is shining again.
| Olu
|
pas-o
|
tuka.
|
| sun
|
shine-3s.AN
|
again
|
The sun will shine tomorrow.
| Olu
|
pas-epe
|
astoku.
|
| sun
|
shine.3s.AN.FUT
|
tomorrow
|
The sun shines brightly.
| Olu
|
pas-o
|
pasetu-lo.
|
| sun
|
shine-3s.AN
|
bright-AUG
|
The bright sun shines.
| Olu
|
pasetu-lo
|
pas-o.
|
| sun
|
bright-AUG
|
shine-3s.AUG
|
The sun is rising now.
| Olu
|
soup-aĭa
|
puf-i
|
pu.
|
| sun
|
rise.PTCP
|
be.3s.AN
|
now
|
All the people shouted.
| Uko
|
kart́a
|
ilon-ile.
|
| all
|
person
|
shout-3PAU.AN.PST
|
| kart́a-ńa (person-PL) can be used, too.
|
Some of the people shouted.
| Uso
|
kart́a
|
ilon-ire.
|
| Some
|
person
|
shout-3PAU.AN.PST
|
| kart́a-ru (person-PAU) can be used, too.
|
Many of the people shouted twice.
| Ańe
|
kart́a-ru
|
ki
|
teto
|
ilon-ire.
|
| many
|
person-PAU
|
two
|
instance
|
shout-3PAU.AN.PST
|
Happy people often shout.
| Toa
|
kart́a-ńa
|
ilon-oĭa
|
tia
|
tues-ole.
|
| Happy
|
person-PL
|
shout-PTCP
|
sometimes
|
do.habitually-3PL.AN
|
The kitten jumped up.
| Umili
|
seles-oe
|
piraĭ.
|
| kitten
|
jump-3s.AN.PST
|
upwards
|
The kitten jumped onto the table.
| Umili
|
seles-oe
|
sono
|
ikireta.
|
| kitten
|
jump-3s.AN.PST
|
onto
|
table
|
My little kitten walked away.
| O-husa
|
umili-li
|
ses-oe
|
eloĭ-saĭ.
|
| GEN-1s
|
kitten-DIM
|
walk-3s.AN.PST
|
here-ABL
|
It's raining.
| uĭlo
|
toon-ole.
|
| rain
|
come-3AN.PL
|
The rain came down.
| uĭlo
|
toon-ile
|
piruĭ.
|
| rain
|
come-3AN.PL.PST
|
down
|
The kitten is playing in the rain.
| umili
|
fut-i
|
oĭl-uĭlo.
|
| kitten
|
play-3s.AN
|
LOC-rain
|
The rain has stopped.
| uĭlo
|
alosof-i
|
pu.
|
| rain
|
stop-3s.AN
|
now
|
Soon the rain will stop.
| uĭlo
|
alosof-iu
|
oĺa.
|
| rain
|
stop-3s.AN.FUT
|
soon
|
| oĺa
|
iki
|
uĭlo
|
alosof-iu.
|
| soon
|
CONJ.ADV
|
rain
|
stop-3s.AN.FUT
|
I hope the rain stops soon.
| husa
|
siuf-e
|
iki
|
uĭlo
|
alosof-iu
|
oĺa.
|
| PN.1s
|
hope-1s
|
that
|
rain
|
stop.3s.AN.FUT
|
soon
|
Once wild animals lived here.
| kala
|
oĭoki
|
puf-ila
|
eloĭ
|
oĭl-śi.
|
| animal
|
wild
|
be-3s.AN.PL.PST
|
DET.this
|
LOC-place
|
Slowly she looked around.
| uĺkopa
|
teom-io
|
peĭalśe.
|
| full
|
look.3s.PST
|
slow
|
| peĭalśe
|
iki
|
uĺkopa
|
teom-io.
|
| slow
|
CONJ.ADV
|
full
|
look-3s.PST
|
Go away!
| pu
|
puf-a
|
eloĭ
|
fi-śi.
|
| now.IMP
|
be-2s
|
DET.this
|
ABL-place
|
| If pu precedes a bare verb, it denotes the imperative (command) mood.
|
| eloĭ may be omitted if the place in question is obvious to the listener.
|
Let's go!
| pu
|
aĭkuańa
|
eloĭ
|
fi-śi.
|
| now.IMP
|
1PL.IN
|
DET.this
|
ABL-place
|
| puf is optional when an affix encodes movement.
|
You should go.
| oap-a
|
fi-śi.
|
| should.do-2s
|
ABL-place
|
| Demonstrating how eloĭ is optional.
|
