Senjecas idioms - C 11-20

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

• 11. to catch on to - þűma
• The students caught on to their teacher's explanation.
• tűnlus eȝu-doxlűs tősram e-þűma:

tűn-l-us	eȝu=dox-l-űs	tősr-am	e=þűm-a
learn-AG-N.p	their=teach-AG-G.s	explanation-A.s	PST=catch_on_to-IND

• 12. to catch up to - ne̋ka
• He will have to run faster if he wants to catch up to his rival.
• ébi éȝu ga̋ɫlum ne̋ku m̃e̋ṡa. toári osóósvi re̋e̋s' u-ke̋la:

ébi	éȝ-u	ga̋ɫ-l-um	ne̋k-u	m̃e̋ṡ-a	toári	os~óós=vi	re̋e̋s='	u=ke̋l-a
if	3-N.s	rival-AG-A.s	catch_up_to-SUP	want-IND	then	ELT~fast=ADV	run-ELIS	FUT=have_to-IND

• 13. to change one's mind - meinramɛ me̋iþa
• I might change my mind about buying this ram.
• mu i-me̋sem sa̋u túȝa meinramɛ meiþe̋ȝa:

m-u	i=me̋s-em	sa̋-u	túȝa	meinr-am=ɛ	meiþ-e̋ȝa
1s-N	this=ram-A.s	buy-SUP	about	mind-A.s=EPEN	change-SBJ

• 14. to cheer up - re̋e̋da
• I cheer up when I listen to good music.
• mu re̋e̋da. méti la̋ro kűmom a̋a̋m̃a:

m-u	re̋e̋d-a	méti	la̋ro-Ø	kűm-om	a̋a̋m̃-a
1s-N	cheer_up-IND	when	good-ABS	music-A.s	listen_to-IND

• 15. to check up - ve̋uða
• My car needs a check up.
• mu-feðm̃e̋ƣo ve̋uðom ı̋ı̋ƣa:

mu=feð.m̃e̋ƣ-o	ve̋uð-om	ı̋ı̋ƣ-a
my=energy.wagon-N.s	check_up-A.s	need-IND

• 16. to clean out - pa̋fa
• I told mother that I would clean out my closet.
• mu mum e̋rgom pa̋fu maama̋s o e-te̋e̋a:

m-u	m-um	e̋rg-om	pa̋f-u	maam-a̋s	o	e=te̋e̋-a
1s-N	1s-A	closet-A.s	clean_out-SUP	mother-G.s	to	PST=tell-IND

• 17. to clear up - ȝe̋xa
• I hope the weather clears up so that we can go fishing.
• mu la̋þom ȝe̋xu ı̋ṡa. táádi m̃us miinu ma̋ƣa:

m-u	la̋þ-om	ȝe̋x-u	ı̋ṡ-a	táádi	m̃-us	miin-u	ma̋ƣ-a
1s-N	weather-A.s	clear_up-SUP	hope-IND	so_that	1p-N	go_fishing-SUP	be_able-IND

• 18. to come about - e̋ba
• I still don't know the reasons why this came about.
• mu—f̨údi so e-e̋ba—fűsran ódu sa̋a̋ra ne:

m-u	f̨údi	s-o	e=e̋b-a	fűsr-an	ódu	sa̋a̋r-a	ne
1s-N	why	this-N.s	PST=come_about-IND	reason-A.p	still	know-IND	not

• 19. to come across - pe̋nta
• He came across a rare flower while walking in the meadow.
• lőukom éna ne̋ðantu éȝu a̋ri na̋nim e-pe̋nta:

lőuk-om	éna	ne̋ð-a-ntu-Ø	éȝ-u	a̋ri-Ø	na̋n-im	e=pe̋nt-a
meadow-A.s	in	walk-IND-AP-ABS	3-N.s	rare-ABS	flower-A.s	PST=come_across-IND

• 20. to come from - ápo e̋sa
• My mother came from Sicily and my father came from Scotland.
• mu-ma̋a̋ma sikan̨a̋s ápa e̋sa. da mu-ta̋a̋ta kalédon̨a̋s ápa e̋sa:

mu=ma̋a̋m-a	sikan̨-a̋s	ápa	e̋s-a	da	mu=ta̋a̋t-a	kalédon̨-a̋s	ápa	e̋s-a
my=mother-N.s	Sicily-G.s	from	be-IND	and	my=father-N.s	Scotland-G.s	from	be-IND

Senjecas idioms - C 21-31