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171. A Glossed Everyday-Conversation Text
What syntactic structures and discourse markers characterize spontaneous Hokkaido Ainu conversation?
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Arrival and entry
How does Hokkaido Ainu mark third person on verbs and use address terms in greetings?
sapo an ru-we
older.sister exist track-POSS
‘Older sister, are you there?’
o ahun ya
INTERJ enter SOFT
‘Come on in, please.’
The well-being exchange
How does Hokkaido Ainu distinguish first, second, and third person on the existential verb?
sapo totekno e=an ru-we
older.sister in.good.health 2SG.S=exist track-POSS
‘Sister, have you been well?’
totekno ku=an wa
in.good.health 1SG.S=exist CONJ
‘I am well.’
A weather exchange
How does Hokkaido Ainu form biclausal sentences with causal adverbial clauses?
numan poronno upas as kusu tanto sonno merayke na
last.night much snow fall because today truly be.cold FIN
‘Because there was a lot of snow last night, today is truly cold.’
sonno merayke=an
truly be.cold=4.S
‘It really is cold.’
nisatta sirpirka nankor na
tomorrow be.fine.weather INFR FIN
‘Tomorrow will probably be fine.’
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