10/23/15 Small group session

• o or theke lomba - That person is taller than that person.
• o er theke lomba - That person is taller than this person.
• lomba - tall, long
• o er theke bete - That person is shorter than this person.
• o er theke kɔm lomba - That person is less tall than this person.
• er theke kɔm kɔra jabe na - 'It cannot be less than this;' said by shopkeeper when negotiating a price
• kɔra - do (V)
• jabe - will go
• ami kubh [McCabe] jai - I go to McCabe a lot.
• ami ghɔnɔ ghɔnɔ [McCabe] jai - I frequently go to McCabe.
• ami [McCabe] jaʈchi - I am going to McCabe.
• ami [Parrish](-er) theke [McCabe] jaʈchi. - I am going from Parrish to McCabe. (-er is optional in speech but not in writing; however -er is obligatory both in speech and in writing for pronouns.)
• ghɔnɔ jol - 'concentrated water' (water with a lot of drink mix in it)
• ami [McCabe]-er bhetor-e ghurchi - I am walking around McCabe (inside).
• ami [McCabe]-er bajre ghurchi - I am walking around McCabe (outside).
• bhetor - inside
• bhetor-e - on the inside
• bajre - outside
• bajre - on the outside (!)
• ɔy lok-ʈa ʃɔbce lomba - That person is the tallest.
• lok - person
• ɔy lok-ʈa ʃɔbce bete - That person is the shortest.
• ɔy lok-ʈa ʃɔbar theke bete - That person is the shortest out of everyone.
• ʃɔbay - everyone
• ʃɔbay-er > ʃɔbar
• ʃɔbay-er ce > ʃɔbce

The following strings all have the same meaning and are all acceptable in speech, though the shorter forms are preferred.

• ʃɔbay-er theke
• ʃɔbar theke
• ʃɔb theke
• ʃɔbce


• ami [McCabe]-er bhetor-e jai - I go into McCabe.
• ami [McCabe]-er bajre jai - I go out of McCabe.
• beral-ʈa [table]-er opor-e lapae - The cat jumps onto the table.
• beral-ʈa [table](-er) theke lapae - The cat jumps off of the table. (-er is optional.)
• beral-ʈa [table]-e theke lapae - The cat lives on the table, jumps. (The cat living on the table jumps.)
• beral-ʈa [table]-e thakte thakte lapae - The cat living on the table jumps.
• [table]-e thakte thakte o kuʃi holo - Living on the table, s/he became happy.

thakte and theke are forms of the verb thaka 'stay'.