Senjecas - The Farmers' Market

Pronunciation table

peműko (labial)								riisűko (dental)								muitűko (alveolar)								vainűko (palatal)							ṡ̨uuše̋nos (vowels with प)								nı̋þo ṡ̨uuše̋nos (weak vowels)
p	b	f	v	m̃	m			t	d	þ	ð	ɫ	l			ṡ	ż	s	z	r	n			k	g	x	ƣ	h	ȝ			š	s̨			i	e	a	ɔ	o	u			ı	ɛ	y
प	ब	फ	भ	म़	म			त	द	थ	ध	ल़	ल			च	ज	स	स़	र	न			क	ग	क़	ग़	ह	य			स्व	स्य			इ ई पि पी	ए एै पे पै	अ आ प पा	ऒ ॵ पॊ पॏ	ओ औ पो पौ	उ ऊ पु पू			पं	पऺ	पॅ
/p/	/b/	/ɸ/	/β/	/m̥/	/m/			/t/	/d/	/θ/	/ð/	/l̥/	/l/			/ʦ/	/ʣ/	/s/	/z/	/ɾ̥/	/n/			/k/	/g/	/ç/	/ʝ/	/j̊/	/j/			/sʷ/	/sʲ/			/i/	/e/	/ä/	/ɒ/	/o/	/u/			/ɪ/	/ɛ/	/ʊ/

Glossing abbreviations

1s/p = 1st person singular/plural	ABL = ablative suffix	COL = collective	F = feminine	INT = intensive prefix	PRV = privative prefix	SUP = supine
2s/p = 2nd person singular/plural	ABS = absolutive (an unmarked modifying adjective)	DES = desiderative	FRQ = frequentative	LAT = lative suffix	PST = past	TRZ = transitivizer
3 = 3rd person	ADV = adverb	DIM = diminutive	FUT = future	LOC = locative suffix	Q = interrogative particle	VOC = vocative particle
A(.s/p) = accusative (singular/plural)	AG = agent	ELIS = elision	IMP = imperative	M = masculine	QUOT = direct quotation	YNG = young
G(.s/p) = genitive (singular/plural)	AP = agent (active) participle	ELT = elative	INC = inchoative	OCC = occupation suffix	REV = reversive
N(.s/p) = nominative (singular/plural)	AUG = augmentative	EP = epenthesis	IND = indicative	PP = patient (past) participle	RPR = recent perfective
V(.s/p) = vocative (singular/plural)	CAUS = causative	EQU = equative degree	INS = instrument	PRF = perfect	SBJ = subjunctive

Text

zɔðlűm sábaȝa̋lo
The Farmers' Market

• English Text
• Senjecan Translation

Gloss

• 1. We went to the farmers' market today.
• m̃u' sáhvi zɔðlűm sábaȝa̋lom do e-a̋ta:

m̃-u='	s.áh=vi	zɔð-l-űm	sá.baȝa̋l-om	do	e=a̋t-a
1p-N=ELIS	this.day=ADV	farm-AG-G.p	buy.open_space-A.s	to	PST=go-IND

• 2. The market was very colorful.
• sábaȝa̋lo lábu te̋e̋r̈o e-vűűa:

sá.baȝa̋l-o	lábu	te̋e̋r̈-o	e=vűű-a
buy.open_space-N.s	very	colorful-N.s	PST=be-IND

• 3. There were many fresh fruits and vegetables.
• me̋e̋o lőővo ma̋a̋losk̬e le̋e̋mosk̬' e-vűűla:

me̋e̋o-Ø	lőővo-Ø	ma̋a̋l-os=k̬e	le̋e̋m-os=k̬='	e=vűűl-a
many-ABS	fresh-ABS	fruit-N.p=and	vegetable-N.p=and=ELIS	PST=there_be-IND

• 4. We bought some red apples.
• m̃us ȝo re̋uðo abe̋lon e-sa̋a:

m̃-us	ȝo-Ø	re̋uðo-Ø	abe̋l-on	e=sa̋-a
1p-N	some-ABS	red-ABS	apple-A.p	PST=buy-IND

• abe̋li, European wild apple (Malus sylvestris)

• 5. The apples tasted sweet and juicy.
• abe̋lo' ša̋a̋dosk̬e sűlrosk̬' e-t̨a̋a̋ta:

abe̋l-o='	ša̋a̋d-os=k̬e	sűlr-os=k̬='	e=t̨a̋a̋t-a
apple-N.p=ELIS	sweet-N.p=and	juicy-N.p=and=ELIS	PST=taste-IND

• 6. There were also green peppers and yellow squash.
• me̋aaṡosk̬e kı̋kosk̬e étu e-vűűla:

me̋aaṡ-os=k̬e	kı̋k-os=k̬e	étu	e=vűűl-a
carrot-N.p=and	cucumber-N.p=and	also	PST=there_be-IND

• No green peppers and yellow squash in Sefdaania.
• me̋aaṡi, carrot (Daucus carota sativa)
• kı̋ki, cucumber (Cucumis sativus)

• 7. We saw a big basket of oranges.
• m̃us me̋żo k̬e̋som te̋fin e-na̋ka:

m̃-us	me̋żo-Ø	k̬e̋s-om	te̋f-in	e=na̋k-a
1p-N	big-ABS	basket-A.s	peach-A.p	PST=see-IND

• No oranges in Sefdaania.
• te̋fi, peach (Prunus persica)

• 8. The farmer was nice and helped us find things.
• zɔ̋ðlu fa̋ṡu e-vűűa. da m̃e̋kon de̋e̋su m̃un e-þőna:

zɔ̋ð-l-u	fa̋ṡ-u	e=vűű-a	da	m̃e̋k-on	de̋e̋s-u	m̃-un	e=þőn-a
farm-AG-N.s	nice-N.s	PST=be-IND	and	thing-A.p	find-SUP	1s-A	PST=help-IND

• 9. We put our fruits in a bag.
• m̃us ka̋mṡom éna ma̋a̋lon e-ðe̋e̋a:

m̃-us	ka̋mṡ-om	éna	ma̋a̋l-on	e=ðe̋e̋-a
1p-N	bark_bag-A.s	in	fruit-A.p	PST=put-IND

• 10. We love going to the farmers' market!
• m̃us zɔðlűm sábaȝa̋lom do a̋tu m̃e̋na:

m̃-us	zɔð-l-űm	sá.baȝa̋l-om	do	a̋t-u	m̃e̋n-a
1p-N	farm-AG-G.p	buy.open_place-A.s	to	go-SUP	love-IND

• 11. The boy whose mother found the black cat in the orange grove is young.
• taús ma̋a̋ma teftoopős éna kőne ba̋a̋vem e-de̋e̋sa—hűsu be̋ku e̋sa:

ta-ús	ma̋a̋m-a	tef.toop-ős	éna	kőne-Ø	ba̋a̋v-em	e=de̋e̋s-a	hűs-u	be̋k-u	e̋s-a
who-G.s	mother-N.s	peach.orchard-G.s	in	black-ABS	cat-A.s	PST=find-IND	boy-N.s	young-N.s	be-IND

• 12. The boy was cleaning a fork that he had eaten a potato with.
• hűsu—taős xéma tálabe̋lom e-ede̋da—la̋ȝom e-ṡűvı̋d̨a:

hűs-u	ta-ős	xéma	tál.abe̋l-om	e=ed~e̋d-a	la̋ȝ-om	e=ṡuv-ı̋d̨-a
boy-N.s	which-G.s	with	earth.apple-A.s	PST=PRF-eat-IND	fork-A.s	PST=clean-TRZ-IND

• tálabe̋lo, potato (Solanum tuberosum) [tálo, earth + abe̋lo, apple], a contemporary word.