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Gabriela Guarneros Moreno: Homework 1: West Desert

The document describes a story in the Ooldea dialect of the Yarluyandi language involving an equidine, dog, and snake. It is told through 12 sentences that describe the equidine making a hole, the dog and snake interacting with the equidine, an ambush being set, rocks and pinching occurring, and ultimately the rock killing the dog. The summary also notes some similarities and differences between the Ooldea dialect and English, such as word order and how articles are treated.

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Gabriela Guarneros Moreno: Homework 1: West Desert

The document describes a story in the Ooldea dialect of the Yarluyandi language involving an equidine, dog, and snake. It is told through 12 sentences that describe the equidine making a hole, the dog and snake interacting with the equidine, an ambush being set, rocks and pinching occurring, and ultimately the rock killing the dog. The summary also notes some similarities and differences between the Ooldea dialect and English, such as word order and how articles are treated.

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Gabriela Guarneros Moreno

Homework 1: West Desert

tylkamatalu piti tyawanu SOV


AG-3SG-equidine N-DIR.OBJ-hole PAST-3SG-make

1. The equidine made a hole.

papalu tyilkamata ñaŋu


SOV
AG-3SG-dog N-DIR.OBJ-equidine PAST-3SG-see
2. The dog saw the equidine.

ñinŋilu tyilkamata watyanu SOV


AG-3SG-snake N-DIR.OBJ-equidine PAST-3SG-tell

3. The snake told the equidine.

papalu manŋu palyanu SOV


AG-3SG- dog N-DIR.OBJ-ambush PAST-3SG-hold-on
4. The dog held on an ambush.

tylkamatalu papa wananu SOV


AG-3SG-equidine N-DIR.OBJ-dog PAST-3SG-follow
5. The equidine followed the dog.

ñinŋilu yapu patanu SOV


AG-3SG- snake N-DIR.OBJ-rock PAST-3SG-throw

6. The snake threw a rock.

papalu yapu ñaŋu SOV


AG-3SG- dog N-DIR.OBJ-rock PAST-3SG-see
7. The dog saw the rock.

papalu ñinŋi kulinu SOV


AG-3SG- dog N-DIR.OBJ-snake PAST-3SG-hear

8. The dog heard the snake.

tylkamatalu papa kultunu SOV


AG-3SG- equidine N-DIR.OBJ-dog PAST-3SG-pinch
9. The equidine pinched the dog.

papalu ñinŋi patyanu SOV


AG-3SG- dog N-DIR.OBJ-snake PAST-3SG-bite

10. The dog bit the snake.


ñinŋilu tylkamata ŋulunu
AG-3SG- snake N-DIR.OBJ-equidin PAST-3SG-scare SOV

11. The snake scared the equidine.

yapulu papa yiluntanu SOV


AG-3SG-rock N-DIR.OBJ-dog PAST-3SG-kill

12. The rock killed the dog

Similarities: Differences:
 Both languages contain subject.  The basic word order.
 Both languages contain a direct object.  The article becomes a part of the subject.
 Both languages contain verbs.  Ooldea dialect lack of prepositions.
 Both languages mark the article.
 Both languages mark the tense.

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