Phrase Detail

Say: tyuung-gah mioorn-uuk

Vowels: Standard - 'u' as in 'put', 'a' as in 'path' or 'car'. Variation - when ‘i’ follows a ‘m’  and is followed by a ‘r’, ‘rn’ or ‘rt’ but not ‘rr’, the ‘i’ is rounded off like ‘tu’ in French. (top of the tongue touches the back of the palate).

Simple statement with verb head word 'tyungga'. The 'a' ending is both present tense (happening now) and subject ending 'he/she/it'. The context would indicate choice of which subject. 'Mirnuk' is 'mir' (eye) plus the third person possessive ending '(n)uk' (his/her/its).

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