NameSection4.12 Simple Sentences 4: Yaqui
Yaqui is a member of the Uto-Aztecan language family and is still spoken in the
Mexican state of Sonora and in southern Arizona. Examine the data below and
answer the questions that follow. Italicization of the English pronoun in a
translation indicates that the Yaqui pronoun is interpreted as emphatic. The
asterisk preceding sentence 14 indicates that the sentence is ungrammatical.Yaqui form English gloss- Vempo uka karita veetak.
- Aapo apo'ik vichak.
- Aapo uka vachita itou nenkak.
- Inepo siika.
- Siikane.
- Tuukate tekipanoak.
- Uka ili'uusitam aniak.
- Siikate.
- Maria abwisek.
- Maria ambwisek.
1 1. Empo nee aniak. - Peo haivu kutam chuktak.
- Peo haivu amchuktak.
- *Peo amhaivu chuktak.
- Apo'ikne aniak.
- Inepo aaniak.
- Uka o'owtam vichak.
- Peo uka miisita temuk.
- U o'ow uka karita veetak.
- Inepo apo'ik vichak.
- U teeve o'ow maasoye'e.
- Peo teeve o'owta vichak.
- Inepo uka chukwi chuu'uta vichak.
- Inepo enchi aniak.
- Uka karitam vichak.
- Uka vachita'e vichak.
- Empo ye'ek, aapo into bwiikak.
- Tuuka'e aniak.
"They burned the house."
"He saw him (someone else)."
"He sold the corn to us."
"I left."
"I left."
"We worked yesterday."
"They helped the child."
"We left."
"Mary grabbed it."
"Mary grabbed them."
" You helped me."
"Pete already chopped wood."
"Pete already chopped them."
"Pete already chopped them. "
"I helped him."
"I helped him."
"They saw the man."
"Pete kicked the cat."
"The man burned the house."
"I saw him."
"The tall man is deer-dancing."
"Pete saw a tall man."
"I saw the black dog."
"I helped you."
"They saw the house."
"You saw the corn."
"You danced, and he sang."
"You helped yesterday. "