Sentence #43
“Kuno deye dullodice gone?” setosamo Nuwumo.
- kuno
- have
- deye
- LET
- dullo
- ABLE
- -∅
- -NP
- =di
- =2SG.A
- =ce
- =1SG.O
- gone
- food+via
- se
- say
- -to
- -DP+REP
- =sa
- =that.3A
- =mo
- =this.3O
- Nuwu
- Nuwu
- =mo
- =this.3O
He said to Nuwu, “Will you give me food?”
The use of dullo makes this a polite request.
This sentence is part of Setowa Wudu Nuwu Ŋedane (The Story of Nuwu).
Key
Subject Phrases (A, S, CS) are double underlined.
Object Phrases (O, CC) are single underlined.
Peripheral Phrases are dashed.
Verb Phrases are unmarked.
Clauses are set off by vertical lines.