DIALOGUES AND PHRASES
Sǫ: ni:ˀ? ‘Who am I?’
Sǫ: ni:s? ‘Who are you?’
_____ ni:ˀ. ‘I’m _____ .’
_____ ni:s. ‘You’re _____ .’
I:ˀ neˀ _____ . ‘I’m _____ .’
I:s neˀ _____ . ‘You’re _____ .’
I:s gęh neˀ _____ ? ‘Are you _____ ?’
Ęhę:ˀ, i:ˀ neˀ _____ . ‘Yes, I’m _____ .’
Sǫ: nę:gyęh? ‘Who’s this?’
Sǫ: to:gyęh? ‘Who’s that?’
_____ to:gyęh. ‘That’s _____ .’
_____ nę:gyęh. ‘This’s _____ .’
_____ gęh nę:gyęh? ‘Is this _____ ?’
_____ gęh to:gyęh? ‘Is that _____ ?’
Ęhę:ˀ, _____ to:gyęh. ‘Yes, that’s _____ .’
Ęhę:ˀ, _____ nę:gyęh. ‘Yes, this’s _____ .’
NOTES
1) sǫ:(naht)
This question word, meaning ‘who’, has both a long form and a short form. The full, long form is sǫ:naht. The short form is sǫ:. Both are acceptable at any time; one isn’t more formal or correct.
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