Sentence #48

Nolekopadi luwusu cala nolo nome wodice, todu kuno kuttalenu wodosu.”

noleko
campfire
=pa
=POSS
=di
=2SG.A
luwusu
light+at
cala
warm
nolo
increase
nome
LET
wo
NEG
-∅
-NP
=di
=2SG.A
=ce
=1SG.O
todu
surface
kuno
have
kutta
FORCE
-∅
-NP
=le
=1SG.A
=nu
=N4
wodosu
now

You do not allow me to get warm at your campfire, (so) I will take one.”

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.

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