Example texts
Too lazy to write up some actual grammatical rules so have these instead in the meanwhile:
“the father begets the son”
Ya-banun ul-abu ul-ngana
beget/3SG.ANIM DEF-father-NOM.ANIM.SG DEF-son-ACC.ANIM.SG
“does the father beget the son?”
Muya-banun ul-abu ul-ngana?
INTERR-beget/3SG.ANIM DEF-father-NOM.ANIM.SG DEF-son-ACC.ANIM.SG
“what begets the son?”
Mu’imu ta-banun ul-ngana?
INTERR-NOM.INAN.SG beget/3SG.INAN DEF-son-ACC.ANIM.SG
“what does the father beget?”
Mu’ima ya-banun ul-abu?
INTERR-ACC.INAN.SG beget/3SG.ANIM DEF-father-NOM.ANIM.SG
“what does what beget?”
Mu’imu ta-banun mu’ima?
INTERR-NOM.INAN.SG beget/3SG.INAN INTERR-ACC.INAN.SG
“The mother [who bears the child] is good."
Sikwya-bbayul ul-imu ul-tsi’a sangag.
PROX-bear/3SG.ANIM DEF-mother-NOM.ANIM.SG DEF-child-ACC.ANIM.SG good/NMLZ
“The child [whom the mother bears] is small.”
Sikwya-bbayul ul-tsi’u ul-ima tsul.
PROX-bear/3SG.ANIM DEF-child-NOM.ANIM.SG DEF-mother-ACC.ANIM.SG small
“The father knows [that the woman bears the child].”
Ya-’arur ul-abu nadima ya-bbayul ul-bba’u ul-tsi’a.
know/3SG.ANIM DEF-father-NOM.ANIM.SG DIST-ACC.INAN.SG bear/3SG.ANIM DEF-woman-NOM.ANIM.SG DEF-child-ACC.ANIM.SG
“The child gets born [because the mother bears them].”
Yan-bbayul ul-tsi’u ufya-bbayul ul-imu si’a.
bear/PASS.3SG.ANIM DEF-child-NOM.ANIM.SG CAUS-bear/3SG.ANIM DEF-mother-NOM.ANIM.SG 3SG.ANIM-ACC.ANIM.SG
“The man in the city”
ul-adusis-waxaru
“The plot against him/her”
ul-ngudat-su-sakan
DEF-oppose\3SG.INAN.STAT-3SG.ANIM-plot\NMLZ