| Nyakanda puletya karndəli nyenggang piyalkal wikən. |
lit. see-I two butcher birds sit-ting branch-on dead
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I see two butcher birds sitting on a dead branch |
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| Nyakangurr. |
lit. nyaka (to see) - angurr (we all, inclusive)
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We all see, we all watch, we all consider |
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| Nyakiladiyaty! kanintyang waku mirkuk tyirri-tyirrity-kity larnuk. |
lit. Look everyone! steal-ing crow-doer egg willie-wagtail-'s camp-his (nest).
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Look everyone! the crow is stealing an egg from the willie-wagtail's nest |
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| Nyakilang kamərilak-pula nyuwa kapəl. |
lit. watch-ing osprey-two near river
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Two osprey watching near the river |
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| Nyakilangan kangi-kurrm-kurrk-parra-ku waripang puliwarl-para. |
lit. watch-ing-those mid-teenage-girl-s-doer dance-ing teenager-s. Added to the action word 'nyakila' is 'ang' (happening now) and 'an' (they/those).
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Those older teenage girls are watching the teenagers dancing |
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| Nyakinanda kapit-kapit permila lana. |
lit. saw-I wild-blackfellow sneaking camp-towards
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I saw a wild blackfellow sneaking towards the camp |
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| Nyakinanda kepin manyə pulety pulety kathəkarr payikang lanka. |
Lit: see-past-I nine corella fligh-ing home-towards
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I saw nine corellas flying home: |
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| Nyakinyanda manyam perrpuk. |
'Nyaka' - 'to see' with future tense ending 'iny, plus 'anda' first person singular 'I' as a subject ending, 'manyam' 'that one over there' as an object, plus 'perrpuk' - 'tomorrow'. Literally 'see-will-I, him over there, tomorrow' ie 'I will see him tomorrow.'
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I will see him tomorrow |
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| Nyakityarr-kat ninyam takin? |
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Why did you hit him? |
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| Nyanga-kat kinya nyawi. |
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The sun is burning |
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| Nyangən. |
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Burnt |
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| Nyanya kiya? |
A phrase using the interrogative pronoun 'nyanya' (what or how) followed by the verb 'kiya' (to speak).
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How to pronounce it? |
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| Nyanyarar kiya? |
lit. nyanya (what) rar (you) kiya (to speak, say)
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What are you saying? |
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| Nyanyararr kiya? |
Example of using 'nyanya' to ask a question. It comes first in the sentence before the verb. The person marker for 'you' - 'arr' has been added.
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What are you talking about? |
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| Nyanyararr pirnin? |
nyanyar (how) + arr (you sing.) pirna (to arrive, to come) + in (past tense)
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How did you get here? |
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| Nyanyararr wantima? |
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What do you want? |
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| Nyanyimən kinya wile pirnin. |
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It is a bad omen that this possum came |
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| Nyanyuk-nyanyuk-min mumbelm. |
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A different hat (every day) |
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| Nyaparr karrthi karrthi? |
Lit. how many-you summers.
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How old are you? |
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| Nyaparr pembengguwin? |
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How many children have you got? |
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| Nyarna wemba kanyilarr. |
lit. worry not breathing-still-you
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Don't worry. you are still breathing |
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| Nyarninyangurr wemba. |
lit. nyarna - to worry, nyarniny - will worry, nyarninyangurr - we will worry, wemba - not.
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No worries |
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| Nyarrindek. |
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My name is ........ |
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| Nyarrinduk. |
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His (her, its) name is ... |
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| Nyarringin ... |
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Your name is |
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| Nyarrəmbən-pula. |
Simple phrase showing the noun ending 'pula' for 'two'.
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Two old men |
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| Nyatyərruwarr withəwiny? |
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When will you go home? |
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| Nyawikal. |
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in the daylight |
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| Nyenggarr kiki. |
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You sit here |
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| Nyerninbula ngakata piyal-para. |
lit. nyerna - to sit and listen, nyernin -sat down to listen, nyerninbula - both sat down to listen. ngakata piyal-para - in the shade of the Red Gums
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They both sat down to listen in the shade of the red gums |
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