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ᦤᦴ ᦤᦱduu⁴daa⁴ᦡᦴ ᦤᦱᦤᦴ ᦟᦱexclamationListen to this!ᦤᦴ ᦤᦱ ᦈᧁᧉ ᦷᦕ ᦵᦣᧀ. ᦅᧃ ᦞᦱᧈ ᦗᦲᧈ ᧞ ᦵᦣᧆ ᦡᧂᧈ ᦓᦲᦰ ᦟᦳᧂ ᦺᦔ, ᦺᦕ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦋᦱᧂᧈ ᦃᧁᧉ ᦉᦴᧈ ᦟᦳᧂ ᦠᦱ ᦣᧁ.Listen my husband. If you keep on acting like this nobody will come to visit us.9.2.7Interjections9.6.3.3Prompters of attention
ᦤᦴᧉ ᦤᦴᧉ ᦤᦻᧉ ᦤᦻᧉduu⁶duu⁶daaj⁶daaj⁶ᦤᦽᧉ ᦤᦽᧉ ᦤᦻᧉ ᦤᦻᧉpost-verbpeacefully; happilyᦊᦴᧈ ᦺᦓ ᦐᦸᧂ ᦟᦾ ᦊᦴᧈ ᦤᦴᧉ ᦤᦴᧉ ᦤᦻᧉ ᦤᦻᧉ.They lived in a pond and swam around happily.3.4.1.2Happy
ᦶᦤᧃ ᦵᦑᧂᧈdæn⁴teŋ⁵2000pre-verbdefinitely; certainlyᦶᦤᧃ ᦵᦑᧂᧈ ᦈᧅ ᦎᦸᧇᧈ ᦢᦳᧃ ᦶᦑᧃ ᦅᦳᧃ ᦷᦎ ᦈᧁᧉ.I will definitely repay your kindness.ᦶᦤᧃ ᦵᦑᧂᧈ ᦊᦱᧈ ᦺᦔ ᦀᧁ ᦙᦹ ᦑᦹᧆ ᦉᦻ ᦢᦹ.Definitely don't pull on the umbilical cord.ᦏᦹᧂ ᦵᦑᧂᧈ ᦆᦹᧃ ᦙᦱ ᦓᦲᦰ ᦶᦤᧃ ᦵᦑᧂᧈ ᦺᦡᧉ ᦠᧃ ᧞.By midnight we will certainly see it.ᦅᧃ ᦙᦹᧂ ᦉ ᦖᧅ ᦵᦣᧃ, ᦂᦴ ᦶᦤᧃ ᦵᦑᧂᧈ ᦉᦸᧃ ᦙᦹᧂ.If you are willing to learn I will definitely teach you.ᦂᦴ ᦶᦤᧃ ᦵᦑᧂᧈ ᦈᧅ ᦎᦸᧇᧈ ᦉᦻᧉ ᦃᧁ ᦵᦂᦲᧃᧈ.I will definitely get revenge on them.9.4.4.2Sureᦵᦑᧂᧈ2
ᦷᦤᧂ1doŋ⁴classifierclassifier for things of honour and beauty (heavenly bodies, monasteries, jewels, lamps). [Note: This classifier is often used in poetic ways.]ᦒᦱᧆ ᦗᧃ ᦷᦤᧂ.A thousand monasteries.ᦶᦂᧁᧉ ᦷᦤᧂ ᦍᦲᧂᧈ ᦃᦱᧁ ᦺᦉ.A jewel that is totally white and clear.ᦓᦸᧃ ᦚᧃ ᦠᧃ ᦘ ᦁᦱ ᦑᦲᧆ ᦀᧁ ᦡᦸᧅᧈ ᦺᦙᧉ ᦠᦹᧉ ᦷᦤᧂ ᧚.She dreamed she saw the sun give her a flower.9.2.6.1Classifiers
ᦤᦻdaaj⁴2000final particlea particle used when contradictingᦅᦴ ᦔᦳᧅᧈ ᦅᦴ ᦶᦔᧂ, ᦔᦲᧃ ᦖᦱᧅ ᦷᦙᧂᧈ ᦅᦴ ᦤᦻ.I planted them; they are my mangos.ᦷᦣ ᦓᦲᦰ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦺᦎᧈ ᦷᦃ ᦜᦲᧄᧉ ᦵᦡᧁ ᦤᦻ.A cow can't cross a single-log bridge (which proves that your claim is false).ᦋᦱᧁ ᦢᦱᧃᧉ ᦀᧁ ᦺᦔ ᦉᦳᧂᧈ ᦉ ᦂᦱᧃ ᦤᦻ.The villagers cremated her body (so this body can't be her).3.5.1.3.3Contradict
ᦤᧂdaŋ⁴1verb (intransitive)to become loudᦵᦉᧂ ᦂᦸᧂ ᦤᧂ ᦃᦹᧃᧉ.The sound of drums rose up.ᦵᦉᧂ ᦷᦎᧇ ᦙᦹ ᦤᧂ ᦃᦹᧃᧉ ᦶᦏᧄ.The noise of clapping swelled up again.2.3.2.2Sound2verb (transitive)to build up a fireᦤᧂ ᦺᦝ.Make the fire big.5.5.1Light a fireᦢᧁᧈ ᦔᦱᧅ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦤᧂᦷᦣᧃᧈ ᦷᦣᧃᧈ ᦤᧂ ᦤᧂᦷᦣᧃᧈ ᦣᦸᧂᧉ ᦂᦸᧂᧉ ᦤᧂᦤᧂ ᦵᦉᧂ
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