Digor Ossetic

  Words: fidɐ ɐ=kust-mɐ rand-ɐj
  Gloss: father POSS.3SG=work-ALL go.PST-PST.3SG
  Translation: Father went to his work.
  Comment: POSS.1/2/3 are possessive proclitics/prefixes. The sentence from Aghuzarti, Agube. 2008. Zin cardi qæpxæn. Dzæugighæw.
  Contributor: David Erschler

  Words: mɐ=χɐʣarɐ
  Gloss: POSS.1SG=house
  Translation: my house
  Contributor: David Erschler

  Words: fɐcɐncɐ mɐ=suvallon-i fɐndon bɐn-ttɐ
  Gloss: end.PST.3PL POSS.1SG=child-OBL free.will day-PL
  Translation: My free childhood days ended.
  Contributor: David Erschler

  Words: ra-jsta aguvžiʣag
  Gloss: PRV-take.PST.3SG full.glass
  Translation: (He) took a full glass.
  Comment: Iræf 2006(2)
  Contributor: David Erschler

  Words: ʤerašš-i ku ra-kurd-ta wɐd ɐ-χe-cɐn jew k’ɐs ba-lχɐd-ta
  Gloss: Dzerassa-OBL CPL PRV-ask.PST-PST.3SG then POSS.3SG-REFL-DAT one hut PRV-buy.PST-PST.3SG
  Translation: 'When he married Dzerassa, he bought himself a hut.'
  Comment: CPL complementizer PRV preverb
  Contributor: David Erschler

  Words: mɐ=madɐ=ba ʁɐdin k’os-ɐj ɐvgɐd-ta nantiχʷar-i ɐʁzald
  Gloss: POSS.1SG=mother=CTR wooden bowl-ABL pour.PST-PST.3SG corn-OBL cleaned.grain
  Translation: 'And my mother poured cleaned grains of corn from a wooden bowl.'
  Comment: CTR contrastive topic
  Contributor: David Erschler

  Words: mɐ=madɐ ba-jgon kod-ta dwar
  Gloss: POSS.1SG=mother=CTR PRV-open do.PST-PST.3SG door
  Translation: 'My mother opened the door.'
  Contributor: David Erschler

  Words: nɐ=χɐstɐg-utɐ kinʣɐ χonuncɐ
  Gloss: POSS.1PL=relative-PL.NOM daughter.in.law.NOM call.PRS.3PL
  Translation: There is a wedding in our relatives' family. (Lit. Our relatives are calling a daughter-in-law.)
  Comment: Iræf 2006(2)
  Contributor: David Erschler

  Words: cal ɐma cal χatt-i ba-fɐrs-uj ɐ=χe Gɐwis
  Gloss: how.many and how.many time-OBL PRV-ask-PRS.3SG POSS.3SG-REFL.OBL Gawis
  Translation: 'Gawis asked himself so many times.'
  Contributor: David Erschler

  Words: duwɐ žild-i=ma ɐr-kodta kɐsalga
  Gloss: two round-OBL=more prv-do.PST.3SG fish
  Translation: 'The fish made two more rounds.'
  Comment: The oblique marking on žild 'round' is not a manifestation of DOM, it is assigned by the numeral.
  Contributor: David Erschler

  Words: ɐnɐ mɐ=lɐg
  Gloss: without POSS.1SG=man
  Translation: without my husband
  Contributor: David Erschler

  Words: [dor-i raž-i] is-bad-idɐ
  Gloss: stone-OBL front-OBL PRV-sit-SUB.PRS.3SG
  Translation: 'S/he used to sit down in front of the stone.'
  Comment: SUB subjunctive, the present subjunctive often means iterative in the past.
  Contributor: David Erschler

  Words: cad-i wɐngɐ
  Gloss: lake-OBL up.to/until
  Translation: 'up to the/a lake'
  Contributor: David Erschler

  Words: saw tikis
  Gloss: black cat
  Translation: black cat
  Contributor: David Erschler

  Words: *tikis saw
  Gloss: cat black
  Translation: black cat (intended reading)
  Contributor: David Erschler

  Words: cuppar bɐχ-i
  Gloss: four horse-OBL
  Translation: four horses
  Comment: The whole NP is in the nominative; the oblique is assigned by the numeral
  Contributor: David Erschler

  Words: ači χɐʣarɐ
  Gloss: this house
  Translation: this house
  Contributor: David Erschler

  Words: *χɐʣarɐ ači
  Gloss: house this
  Contributor: David Erschler

  Words: fid-i χɐʣarɐ
  Gloss: father-OBL house
  Translation: father's house
  Contributor: David Erschler

  Words: mɐn χɐʣarɐ
  Gloss: I.OBL house
  Translation: my house
  Comment: The unmarked strategy is to use possessive prefixes/proclitics
  Contributor: David Erschler

  Words: qɐbɐr χʷarz
  Gloss: very good
  Translation: very good
  Comment: There is no systematic difference between adjectives and adverbs, so this equally means "very well"
  Contributor: David Erschler

  Words: Mɐdinɐ Soslan-i nɐ=warz-uj
  Gloss: Madina Soslan-OBL NEG=love-PRS.3SG
  Translation: Madina doesn't love Soslan
  Contributor: David Erschler

  Words: nɐ=j warz-un
  Gloss: NEG=ACC.3SG love-PRS.1SG
  Translation: I don't love him/her/it
  Contributor: David Erschler

  Words: ači saw tikis
  Gloss: this black cat
  Translation: this black cat
  Contributor: David Erschler

  Words: ječi ɐrtɐ fɐʣɐχšt-i
  Gloss: that three commandment-OBL
  Translation: those three commandments
  Contributor: David Erschler