Quapaw Language: (original) (raw)
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| I want to go home (I will be going home). | |
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| wi-e a-kde ta miⁿ-khe (w�e akd� tta mįkh�) | Speaker - Alice Crawfish Gilmore |
| I - I go home - will be - I sitting, doing that |
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| I�m going home (I will be going home). | |
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| a-kde ta miⁿ-khe (akd� tta mįkh�) | Speaker - Maude Supernaw |
| I go home - will be - I sitting, doing that |
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| When you come. | |
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| da-tʰi ta (datʰ� tta) | Speaker - Maude Supernaw |
| you arrive - when |
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| How come he (dog) doesn�t bark when you come around? | |
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| hoⁿ-niⁿ-taⁿ o-ho zhi da-tʰi ta (hǫn�̜ttą �ho �i datʰ� tta) | Speaker - Maude Supernaw |
| why - bark - not - you arrive - when |
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| I am going swimming. | |
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| hi-da ta miⁿ-khe (hid� tta mįkh�) | Speaker - Gilmore / McWatters |
| swim - will be - I sitting, doing that |
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Dhegiha Language Family Comparison
� ta (tta) - future tense; potential mode clitic (RR-Quapaw)
� ta (ta) - will, shall, potential or future marker (Omaha/Ponca)
� ʰta (t̩a) - shall, he shall, you shall (FL-Osage)
� ʰta (ʰta) - future tense marker, will, be going to, could, so that it could/might be, what if, were it the case that, would be (CQ-Osage)
� ta (ta) - future potential or intentive aspect (Kanza)