Trans–New Guinea language
Salt , orYui , is aTrans–New Guinea language ofChimbu Province ,Papua New Guinea .[ 2]
The following are some basic examples ofphrases andnouns in Salt-Yui:[ 3] [ 4]
Basic examples of Phrases Salt-Yui English translation or meaning yahuno Basic greeting ere po Basic farewell na hana ___ my name is ___ na pimgi i understand ni han dalo tell me your name akio don't touch this
Basic examples of nouns Salt-Yui English translation or meaning gànbá ground kuŕìá magic há language hóng prayer daang slope owó yes
The following is how you pronounce certainvowels in Salt-Yui:[ 3]
/a/ is pronounced as in fa /e/ is pronounced as in pe /i/ is pronounced as in ti /o/ is pronounced as in mo /u/ is pronounced as in pu Mostconsonants are similar to English, except for the following:[ 3]
r between vowels is flapped i.e. like 'd l between vowels is flapped i.e. like 'd l ng is normally pronounced as in 'sing 'n+g Most nouns may show ownership this way:[ 3]
Possessive Pronouns 1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person Singular -na -ni -ng Plural -na -ni -ng
Example:
Singular Possessive Pronouns with noun 'wa' Noun 1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person wa (son) wana (my son) wani (your son) wang (his/her son)
Plural Possessive Pronouns with noun 'wa' Noun 1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person wa (son) wana (our son) wani (your son) wang (their son)
Personal pronouns are shown like this:[ 3]
Personal Pronouns 1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person Singular na (I) ni (You) yali (He/She/It) Plural na (We) ni (?) (You) yali (?) (Them)
The following is how to conjugateverbs with personal pronouns shown with an example:[ 3] [ 5]
Conjugation verb 'di' (To say) 1st Person (Alone) 1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person Singular digi (I alone say) dimgi (I say) dingi (you say) dungwi (he/her/it says) Plural X dimgi (we say) dingi (you all say) dungwi (they say)
Conjugation verb 'di' (To say) withmodal verb 1st Person (Alone) 1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person Singular diralgi (I alone shall say) dinamgi (I shall say) dinangi (you will say) dinangwi (he/she/it will say) Plural X dinamgi (we shall say) dinangi (you all will say) dinangwi (they will say)
Conjugation verb 'di' (To say) with anauxiliary verb and a negativeinflectional suffix 1st Person (Alone) 1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person Singular dikigi (I alone didn't say) dikimgi (I didn't say) dikingi (you didn't say) dikungw(i/o) (he/her/it didn't say) Plural X dikimgi (we didn't say) dikingi (you all didn't say) dikungw(i/o) (they didn't say)
Conjugation verb 'di' (To say) asInterrogative sentence withauxiliary verb 1st Person (Alone) 1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person Singular dilo (Did i alone say?) dimno (Did i say?) dino (Did you say?) dimo (Did he/she/it say?) Plural X dimno (Did we say?) dino (Did you all say?) dimo (Did they say?)
As seen above, Salt-Yui has a special form for verbs with 'I alone'; why this is is still unknown.
Other example verbs:[ 3]
Example Verbs Salt-Yui English di/du to be (inanimate) mol to be (animate) ol to do ke pai to live ne/no to eat/to drink te/to to give
All of these verbs can follow the previous conjugations for verbs.
In Salt-Yui,adjectives usually follow the noun, here are some examples of adjectives in Salt-Yui:[ 3] [ 4]
Example Adjectives Salt-Yui English migiga small obilga small amount miki many nol red/pink mori blue/green pege white
There are fivecardinal numerals that have been written down, which are the following:[ 3] [ 4]
Cardinal Numbers Salt-Yui English taniga one sutani two suitai dire three sui sui dire four ana holulu five
The following are examples of knownlocatives in Salt-Yui:[ 3]
Locatives Salt-Yui English yolbi down manala under mibi above ala in mala near bina beside, edge
Glottolog 5.0 - Barry Irwin 1974 Salt-Yui Grammar by Barry Irwin. 1974, published by the Department of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National UniversitySalt-Yui New Testament Salt-Yui New Testament. 1978, published by the Wycliffe Bible Translators
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