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A man and the one-legged woman (1)
modʲ u ʃit ɔteʃ lɔziʔubizʔ
modʲ u ʃit ɔte-ʃ lɔzis-ubi-zʔ
1SG you(sg) you(sg).ACC wait(ipfv)-CVB cannot(pfv)-HAB-1SG.S
1ЕД ты(sg) ты(sg).АКК ждать(ipfv)-КОНВ не:мочь(pfv)-ХАБ-1ЕД.S
I cannot wait for you.
Я не могу тебя ждать.
Rosomaxa (3)
i tɔr ŋɔda nɛkuruʃ lɔziʔɛØ
i tɔr ŋɔ-da nɛkru-ʃ lɔzis-Ø
and so leg-OBL.SG.3SG take:out(pfv)-CVB cannot(pfv)-3SG.S
and так нога-ОБЛ.ЕД.3ЕД вынесть(pfv)-КОНВ не:мочь(pfv)-3ЕД.S
And so it cannot take out its leg.
И так ногу свою вытащить не может.
Head to head with bears (1)
kunʲru ɔrnoju naaʃ lɔziʔɛu, nʲiʔ kɔmaʔ
kunʲi-ru ɔru-no-ju naa-ʃ lɔzis-a i-ʔ kɔma-ʔ
how-RESTR front-ADV-RESTR.ADJ drive:out(pfv)-CVB cannot(pfv)-1SG.SG.OBJ NEG-3PL.S want(ipfv)-CONNEG
как-RESTR перед-ADV-RESTR.ПРИЛ drive:out(pfv)-КОНВ не:мочь(pfv)-1ЕД.ЕД.ОБ НЕГ-3МН.S хотеть(ipfv)-КОННЕГ
I cannot drive them further, they don't want to
никак их вперед подгонать не могу, не хотят
Interview (1)
bezɡramɔtnij entʃezʔ bunʲizʔ ŋaʔ, kitaʃ lɔziʔɛØ tʃiked
bezɡramɔtnij entʃeu-zʔ bunʲi-zʔ ŋa-ʔ kita-ʃ lɔzis-Ø tʃike-d
ignorant person-1SG.S NEG.EMPH-1SG.S exist(ipfv)-CONNEG retell(pfv)-CVB cannot(pfv)-3SG.S this-OBL.SG.2SG
ignorant человек-1ЕД.S НЕГ.ЭМФ-1ЕД.S существовать(ipfv)-КОННЕГ retell(pfv)-КОНВ не:мочь(pfv)-3ЕД.S этот-ОБЛ.ЕД.2ЕД
I am an ignorant person, after all, I cannot explain this to you.
Я ведь человек безграмотный, я не могу это тебе объяснить.