NameSection4.11 Simple Sentences 3: Tohono O'odham
Study the Tohono O'odham sentences 1-25 and answer the questions that follow.
The g before some of the words is a definite article that is close (though not
identical) in meaning to the English word the. It never appears in sentence-initial
position. The hyphen, -, indicates the sequence "prefix-stem." The asterisk, *, as
usual indicates an ungrammatical sentence.
The fi is an alveopalatal nasal; C is a voiceless alveopalatal affiricate; ' is a glottal
stop; (1 is a voiced retroflex stop; orthographic e is a high back unrounded vowel
(phonetically [i]). A vowel with a colon after it (i:) is long. You may wish to
consult appendix 3 for more information about the sounds in this exercise, though
an exact understanding of them is not necessary to complete it successfully.S-ba:bagi 'aii iieok.
'A:iii 'aii iieok S-ba:bagi.
"I amlwas speaking slowly."
S-hottam 'ap Eikpan.
'A:pi 'ap S-hottam Eikpan.
"You arelwere working quickly."
Tako 'o EiEwi hegai.
&wi 'o tako.
"Helshe was playing yesterday."
&kpan 'aii 'a:iii.
"I am/was working."
'A:pi 'ap iieok.
"You arelwere speaking."
S-ba:bagi 'o Eikpan hegai.
Hegai 'o S-ba:bagi Eikpan.
"Helshe is/was working slowly."
Reek 'aii 'a:%.
"I am/was speaking. "
Huan 'o Eeggia g Husi.
"John islwas fighting Joe." or
"Joe islwas fighting John."