Sentence #14

Se-dapeladace, “Kidi sewa basabasanu tene tellole.”

se
say
dape
ITER
-la
-RP+DIR
=da
=this.3A
=ce
=1SG.O
kidi
rock
sewa
talking
basabasa
mean
=nu
=N4
tene
sit
tello
MUST
-∅
-NP
=le
=1SG.A

It replied, “I must be a mean talking rock.”

This sentence is part of Kidi Sewanu (The Talking Rock).

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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