Grammar
Parts of speech including particles and pronouns
Pronouns
| Term | Translation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person .. me, I | se | |
| 2nd person .. you, your, yours | ne | |
| 3rd person .. his/hers | be | |
| 4th person .. his/hers | ye | |
| 4th person, it is his or hers, he or she has it | yetsʼı̨ | |
| excludes speaker .. them, their(s) | buwe | |
| includes speaker .. us, our (s) | nuwe |
Particles
| Term | Translation | Audio |
|---|---|---|
| about | ghą́ | |
| above | dághe | |
| across | łáskʼëth | |
| after, later | nadésdéh | |
| again,once more | ɂełóhła | |
| ahead of | betthé | |
| alike | ɂılatsʼen | |
| all around it | benáre | |
| all of it | harelyu | |
| almost | kʼajëne | |
| alone | tthëne | |
| alongside it | yekʼedhe | |
| already | kʼałdene | |
| alright, okay (in agreement) | hę́h | |
| also | tthʼı | |
| amongst | edlıze | |
| any amount | tʼanełtʼe lası | |
| any color | tʼahótʼı́h lası | |
| any direction | tʼa tsʼén lausı | |
| any time | tʼahólası | |
| around it, circled | bebán náre | |
| at that time | eyëre kúh | |
| barely | nunı́ı̨le | |
| because | tʼá | |
| before | ɂátthenı | |
| beside it | begáh | |
| beside him, her or it | begá | |
| beside me | segá | |
| beside them | buwegá | |
| beside us | nuwegá | |
| beside you | negá | |
| between | betą́ghe | |
| but | kulu | |
| by | begá | |
| careful | carefully | tsʼëthıe | |
| continually | bekʼeɂáne | |
| far away | nıdha | |
| fire burned out, fire is out | kún netthëth | |
| he is disgusted with it/ it is not right for him | beba ɂełtthʼıɂıle | |
| here | ją | |
| here take it | nǫ́h hıłchu | |
| in the tent | tłóbále yé | |
| in vain .. without hope | tthų́ú | |
| it is cold (temperature) | edza | |
| it is impossible | duwe sı́h | |
| it looks different in various way | ɂełkʼechághe | |
| it looks different..change | not the same | edų́h | |
| it looks like a different direction | dáhtsʼen | |
| light is burned out | kʼokën bekʼereką́h | |
| look over there | yuwe nıłɂı́h | |
| loose change/ money is on my hands | tsąmba selá kʼe tthedzáh | |
| on | kʼe | |
| over there | yuwe | |
| this is the last of it | dırı tʼazątʼe | |
| wait awhile | thıle tsʼén norılɂı | |
| we are still waiting for that person/thing | ɂelǫ́beba nórılɂı́h |
