Sentence #50

Todu noye nomelalenu ŋewadu, todu noye nome wolalenu wekebe kaddewowa ŋedu!”

todu
surface
noye
emerge
nome
LET
-la
-RP+DIR
=le
=1SG.A
=nu
=N4
ŋewa
REFL
=du
=to
todu
surface
noye
emerge
nome
LET
wo
NEG
-la
-RP+DIR
=le
=1SG.A
=nu
=N4
wekebe
lazy
kaddewowa
do-nothing
ŋedu
person+to

I made those for myself and not for lazy people who do nothing.”

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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