10/1/15 Meeting with Paroma

Ian Holloway and Daniel Plesniak

Meeting with Paroma, Oct. 1, 2015

I. Color Terms

rɔŋ- color

rɔŋin-colorful

lal- red

holudh- yellow

komla-orange (color and fruit)

ʃobuj-green

nil- blue

beguni-purple begun-eggplant

gaɽho-deep; dark

gaɽho lal- dark red

golapi- pink golap-rose

kalo- black

khoiri-grey (alt. “khɔiri”) khoir-ash

ʃada- white

badami-brown badam-nuts

Reduplication of color word signifies ‘generally X’

ex: lal lal, holde holde (form of holudh)

II. Future Tense Paradigms

Pronoun	‘will sing’	Translation
ami	gan kɔrbo/gaibo	I will sing
tui	gan kɔrbi/gaibi	You (fam) will sing
tumi	gan kɔrbe/gaibe*	You (fam) will sing
apni	gan kɔrben/gaiben	You (form) will sing
ʃe	gan kɔrbe/gaibe*	S/he will sing

Pronoun	‘will plant’	Translation
ami	gac lagabo	I will plant
tui	gac lagabi	You (fam) will plant
tumi	gac lagabe*	You (fam) will plant
apni	gac lagaben	You (form) will plant
ʃe	gac lagabe*	S/he will plant

Pronoun	‘will have taken a bath’	Translation
ami	can korenebo	I will have taken a bath
tui	can korenibi	You (fam) will have taken a bath
tumi	can korenebe*	You (fam) will have taken a bath
apni	can koreneben	You (form) will have taken a bath
ʃe	can korenebe*	S/he will have taken a bath

*These forms always appear to be identical

III. Additional Vocabulary and Sentences

paka baɽi- house (cement house)

ghoɽ- house; room  

ghoɽe eʃo- ‘Come to my house’

juto- shoes

ʃobuj juto-green shoes

holudh amar ʃɔpce prio rɔŋ

yellow my most loved color

‘Yellow is my favorite color’

can kɔra- to bathe; to shower

can-bath

gan kɔra- to sing

gan-song

gan gawa- to sing (less common)

kalke porjonto, amar can hoei jabe- ‘By this time tomorrow, I will have bathed.’ (sounds awkward)  

jɔttho kone tui aʃbi, ami can korenebo- ‘By the time you come, I will have bathed’ (better)

aʃbi-you come

jɔttho kone-by the time

jɔttho kon ami aci, ami dego- ‘For the time I am here, I will see’

newa- to take

ami computerta niyenebo- ‘I will take the computer away’

kalke ami jar ʃate dakha korlam, ʃe khub bhalo lok. - ‘The man who I met yesterday is a good person’.

kalke je amar ʃate dakha korlo, ʃe khub bhalo lok. -’The man who met me yesterday is a good person.’

   

    tar              mritur   kɔbor,       ʃune           ami khub    dukho  peilam

THAT PERSON’S   DEATH’S  NEWS     HAVING HEARD     I     VERY    SADNESS  RECEIVED

“I was very sad upon hearing the news of his death.”  

pawa- to receive

amar dukho hollo

MY    SADNESS WAS

“I was sad”