9/17/15 Meeting with Paroma

Ian Holloway and Daniel Plesniak; Meeting with Paroma 

1. Past Tense Elicitation

to work-kaj kora lit. “work do”

the following past tense forms were elicited for the verb “do”. To form the past tense of ‘to work’, you would produce kaj+a form of “do”. Thus, ‘I worked’ would be: ‘ami kaj korlam’ for example.  

Pronoun	Simple Past ‘worked’	Past Perfect ‘had worked’	‘finished the work’	‘had finished the work’
ami	korlam	korechillam		korepellechillam
tumi	korle	korechille	korechillen	korepellechille
tui	korli	korechilleʃ	korepelli	korepellechilliʃ
apni	korlen	korechillen	korepellen	korepellechillen
ʃe	korlo	korechillo	korepello	korepellechillo

to plant-gac lagano

gac- tree

lagano- to attach; to put

am- mango

As with ‘to work’, plant is composed of two words, the second of which is conjugated for tense. Thus, ‘I planted a mango tree’ is ‘ami am gac lagalam’.  

Pronoun	Simple Past ‘planted’	‘were planting’	‘had planted’	Past Pefect ‘had planted’
ami	lagalam		lagiye chilam
tumi	lagale
tui	lagali
apni	lagalen	lagachilen	lagiyechillen
ʃe	lagalo			ʃe gac lagiyepello

to grow

boro hoa

ace-is

Pronoun	Simple Past	Past Pefect
ami	boro hoai gællam	borohoai chillam
tumi	gæle
tui	gæli
apni	gælen
ʃe	gælo

ami amerikate chillam

‘I was in America’

As far as we know, the past tense for plural forms are the identical to these.

II. Vocabulary

noŋra jol- dirty water

lal ghor- red house

dami gaɽi- nice car

ʃundor jama kapor -pretty clothes

bhiʃon-severely

khub-very

briʃti khub lomba- brishti is tall

briʃti raja teke beʃi lomba - brishti is taller than Raja

briʃti ʃɔpce smart- Brishti is the smartest

bakhi- bird

cilam- to want

bagan kora- to garden

meta cheletake deko

girl- to the boy  saw

‘the girl saw the boy’

indor bhuta kete bhalobaʃe

mice  corn   eat   love

‘Mice love to eat corn’