3 SY Shuiyao, Southern RTT sentences
3.1 Group A
1. man ¹
1SG ha
³ kill
to² CLF
m̥u⁵ pig
ljeu ¹
one , tai²
take naːn⁴ pi²
fat paːi¹
go joŋ²
extract man²
fatoil , lo
³ see
ni ⁴
CLF man²
fatoil tsa
⁵ DEM
tum ⁴
enough tseːn¹
eat
njaːn² month
ljeu ¹
one .
2. fai ⁶
maternal.aunt man
¹ 1SG
ɕin¹ become
sa ¹
sick ŋaːŋ³
PERF ,
tseːn¹ eat
ʔdi⁵ a.little
ha² medicine
pjeːn³ afterwards
qo ³
then ʔdaːi¹
well ,
pjeːn³ afterwards
man ¹
1SG qo
³ then
leːŋ⁶ still
paːi¹ go
he ⁴
do qoŋ¹
work ʔai⁵
again .
3. man ¹
1SG paːi¹
go huŋ⁵
pasture kui²
water.buffalo , me²
NEG qau
⁵ watch
ʔdaːi¹ well
, ni ⁴
female kui²
water.buffalo paːi¹
go tseːn¹
eat mən⁴
thing to²
POSS qʰe¹
someone.else ,
qʰe¹ someone.else
lo ³
see na
ːi⁶ this
ji ⁶ hau¹
afterwards ne
³ PART
haːi¹ give
man ¹
1SG pʰai⁴
recompense ɕeːn²
money .
4. man ¹
1SG me²
NEG ɕau³
know waːi¹
swim nam
³ water
, paːi¹
go me²
NEG tʰau⁵
reach ʔmeːŋ⁵
bank ʔnja¹
river tsa
⁵ that
, man ¹
1SG me²
NEG paːi¹
go niŋ⁵
with ʔai¹
person
kuŋ² many
he ⁴ maŋ⁴
play .
5. man ¹
1SG niŋ⁵
at ku
³ side
kʰun¹ road
lo ³
see to²
CLF fi²
snake ⁿdjeu¹
one , man
¹ 1SG
sjaːŋ⁶ want.to
paːi¹ go
ha ³
kill fi²
snake ,
tsaːu² PASS
fi² snake
ȶit⁸ bite
ŋam⁵ mouthful
ljeu ¹
one .
6. man ¹
1SG paːi¹
go ʔaːu³
in poŋ⁴
pond tsa
⁵ DEM
hap ⁷
catch ʔdai³
get mum
⁶ fish
kuŋ² me² kuŋ² very.many
ja ⁶
thus , jau
¹ also
qat ⁷
cut ʔdai³
get qa
⁶ ȶu³ chives
kuŋ² me² kuŋ² very.many
ja ⁶
thus , tai²
take taŋ¹
come he
⁴ make
ʔaːm³ dishfood
tseːn¹ eat
.
7. man ¹
1SG tai²
take ȶim¹
gold ȵan²
silver man
¹ 1SG
haːŋ⁵ bury
paːi¹ go
te ³
below kʰəm⁵
earth tsa
⁵ DEM
, ji ⁶ wai⁴
wrongly.think qʰe¹
someone.else me²
NEG ɕau³
know ,
ȶe⁴ kwo⁶ thereupon
ne ³
PART tsaːu²
PASS ʔai¹
CLF ljak
⁷ thief
ljak ⁷
steal paːi¹
offaway la
³ PERF
.
8. laːk⁸
son qa
⁰ laːu⁴ old.man
tsa ⁵
DEM ȵaːu⁶
at tə⁰
NOM ʔbaːn³
village naːi⁶
this tsui
¹ most
kwaːi¹ clever
kuŋ² very
, ȵaːu⁶
at tə⁰
NOM ʔbaːn³
village ʔdaːu³
onlyjust man
¹ 1SG
paːi¹ go
ta ¹ ɕo²
university tok
⁸ le¹ study
.
9. man ¹
1SG paːi¹
go te
⁵ chop
ⁿdjit⁷ firewood
tə⁰ POSS
sɿ⁴ hau¹ time
, me² NEG
he ⁴
do ʔdaːi¹
well , te
⁵ chop
təm³ onto
qa ¹
leg ,
ʔaːu¹ needmust
ɕi⁵ four
ʔai¹ CLF
zən¹ person
tjuŋ¹ carry
man ¹
1SG paːi¹
go ji
³ vjeːn¹ hospital
qau ⁵
look.at pjeːŋ⁶
wound .
10. liu ¹
1PL.EX sau
³ roast
laːk⁸ CLF
man² potato
, sau ³
roast sut
⁷ burnt
kuŋ² very
, me² NEG
ʔnaŋ¹ have
zən¹ person
tsjeːn¹ eat
, ʔai¹ laːu⁴
adult fan²
say me²
NEG tai²
take laːk⁸
CLF man²
potato paːi¹
go qʰeu⁵
throw.away ,
ʔmai⁵ a.pity
kuŋ² very
.
11. to² POSS
mat ⁸
salty , to²
POSS xəm³
sour , to²
POSS ljaːn⁵
spicy , man
¹ 1SG
tu ³
all me²
NEG maŋ⁴
like tseːn¹
eat , man
¹ 1SG
maŋ⁴ like
tseːn¹ eat
to² POSS
faːn¹ sweet
, ʔdat⁷
CLF ɕu³
tooth man
¹ 1SG
tu ³
all lau
⁵ fall.out
liu ⁴
completely ɣaːŋ³
PERF .
12. ŋ̥ai⁵
hear fan²
say wan
¹ ʔũŋ³ tomorrow
tu ⁴
fall wən¹
rain ,
paːi¹ go
ʔnuk⁷ outside
ʔaːu¹ needmust
tai² take
tim ¹
umbrella , me²
ɣo³ otherwise
tsaːu² PASS
ʔɣak⁷ wet
wən¹ rain
ɕin¹ become
sa ¹
sick taŋ¹
come .
13. ju² 1SG
mi ⁴
not.yet ɣo³ ʔme¹
know laːk⁸ hja³
wife tə⁰
POSS sɿ⁴ hau¹
time , ju²
1SG tsap
⁸ every
ve ¹
year tu
³ all
niŋ⁵ with
ʔai¹ person
kuŋ² many
paːi¹ go
qaːi¹ qui⁵ very.far
la ⁶
seek ɕeːn²
money .
14. ȵa²
2SG sjaːŋ⁶
want.to paːi¹
go ʔu¹
above ɣaːn¹
house ,
kaːi² next.to
ɣaːn¹ house
tsa ⁵
DEM təm³
onto ʔmeːŋ⁵
side se
⁴ left
, ʔnaŋ¹
have tə⁰
NOM qe
³ ladderstairs
ljeu ¹
one ʔɣaːi³ ʔɣaŋ¹
very.long ja
⁶ thus
, ȵa²
2SG qo
³ then
ho ⁴
from tsa
⁵ there
paːi¹ go
ʔu¹ up
.
3.2 Group B