Miya

  Words: Kásham təka s-áy
  Translation: Kasham accompanied.
  Contributor: Michael A. Estrada

  Words: à zar súw zhàak-áy
  Gloss: Pf call Tot donkey-Tot
  Translation: He called a donkey
  Comment: Tot stands for 'totality' but it is not relevant here.
  Contributor: Michael A. Estrada

  Words: Ndùwya a tənzə márdə
  Gloss: Nduya Pf plant millet
  Translation: 'Nyuda planted millet'
  Contributor: Michael A. Estrada

  Words: à dər cáat aa Ndəkay
  Gloss: Pf grind pepper PS Ndəkay
  Translation: 'Ndəkay ground pepper'
  Contributor: Michael A. Estrada

  Words: ənáa zh̀aakə
  Gloss: with donkey
  Translation: 'with a donkey'
  Contributor: Michael A. Estrada

  Words: màgǝdza zúw
  Gloss: year-old sorghum.M
  Translation: 'year-old sorghum'
  Comment: This word order is only allowed for some; it is not the regular word order.
  Contributor: Michael A. Estrada

  Words: byàtlama piyám
  Gloss: unripe pumpkin.F
  Translation: 'unripe pumpkin'
  Contributor: Michael A. Estrada

  Words: sǝm káràkarana
  Gloss: man.M.SG tall.M.SG
  Translation: 'tall man'
  Comment: "Adjectives constitute a distinct lexical category in two respects: (1) as nominal modifiers, they require gender/number-sensitive suffixes -na (m), -ya (f), -niy (pI); (2) within a noun phrase, they directly follow the head noun with no intervening grammatical morpheme. Noun Adjective is the normal position for adjectives."
  Contributor: Michael A. Estrada

  Words: ám wutǝ
  Gloss: woman.S one
  Translation: 'one woman'
  Contributor: Michael A. Estrada

  Words: tǝvam tsǝr
  Gloss: woman.PL two
  Translation: 'two women'
  Contributor: Michael A. Estrada

  Words: nákǝn mbǝrgu
  Gloss: this.M.SG ram.M.SG
  Translation: 'this ram'
  Comment: In their attributive use, demonstratives precede the noun they modify and agree in gender, number and distance. The reference grammar used lists that there are instances in which the dem follows the head noun, these instances most often being in temporal expressions. It also lists that there are cases where the dem follows the noun for rhetorical purposes.
  Contributor: Michael A. Estrada

  Words: táka wún
  Gloss: that.F.SG girl.F.SG
  Translation: 'that girl'
  Contributor: Michael A. Estrada

  Words: mbàda laahə
  Gloss: thigh.F jackal
  Translation: 'thigh of a jackal'
  Contributor: Michael A. Estrada

  Words: tləpíy nuwun
  Gloss: leaf.PL my.1SG.M
  Translation: 'my leaves'
  Contributor: Michael A. Estrada

  Words: mbǝrgu gárna
  Gloss: ram.M large.M
  Translation: 'large ram'
  Comment: "The normal position for attributive adjectives is directly following the noun. The adjective agrees with the noun in gender/number. For singular nouns, agreement is marked by the suffixes -na (m) or -ya (f). For morphologically plural nouns, the adjective shows agreement by the suffix -niy with 'animate' nouns, but for 'inanimates', agreement is with the lexical gender." (p.257)
  Contributor: Michael A. Estrada

  Words: málvə dəenga səb aanduw də báy wùtləmíy niytlən amakaranta
  Gloss: chief say people Qt Sjn take children their school
  Translation: 'the chief told the people to take their children to school'
  Comment: Qt here stands for 'Quote'.
  Contributor: Michael A. Estrada

  Words: tá dòo m(a) áa ghə̀ns-úw, míy má d́ma tàwaz-úw
  Gloss: if fall NEG PS "God"-NEG we NEG do planting-NEG
  Translation: 'if it doesn't rain, we won't do the planting.'
  Comment: The PS in the gloss stands for 'Postverbal Subject'. In the text, Schuh states that "relative clauses with internal nominal subjects allow only the postverbal subject ordering" (p.286).
  Contributor: Michael A. Estrada

  Words: fà ta bǝtá zhaak-uw
  Gloss: you (ms) Neg1 untie donkey-Neg2
  Translation: 'Don't untie the donkey' (p.280)
  Contributor: Michael A. Estrada

  Words: táken gára-má dem
  Gloss: this big-"of" tree
  Translation: 'this big tree'
  Contributor: Michael A. Estrada

  Words: níykin cúw rín-niy derbitim
  Gloss: these goats black-pl ten
  Translation: 'These ten black goats'
  Contributor: Michael A. Estrada

  Words: níyka dzàhə vaatlee-niy ká
  Gloss: those.PL men.M.PL five-PL
  Translation: 'those five men'
  Contributor: Michael A. Estrada

  Words: níykin cúw dərɓitim
  Gloss: these.PL goats.PL ten
  Translation: 'these ten goats'
  Contributor: Michael A. Estrada