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Gaddi Verbal Inflections Corpus

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nɑ, əũ ɑpɳ-i dʒindɑɡi-məndʒ kədi nɑ mull-u
No, I have never met him in my life.
əpɳi dʒindɑɡi-məndʒ kɛ tu merrɛ bʰɑi-te mull-u
In your lifetime, have you met my brother?
hɑ̃, əũ te-site ɡʰəʈɑ-hu-ɡʰəʈə əkk bɑri muɭɭ-i tʰ-i
Yes, I met him at least once.
əũ tɛ-site kədi-nɑ-kədi mull-i tʃuk-ur-ɑ h-ɑ
I have met him some time or the other.
kɛ tu merɛ bʰɑi-tɛ mull-i
Have you met my brother?
hɑ̃, te-site muɭ-ur-ɑ tʰ-u
Yes, I met him.
tes səndʒ-ə tʃiʈʈi likʰ-ɳ-i h-ɑ
I will write a letter in the evening.
tes səndʒ-ə tɛɭɭɛ hi so-i ɡɑ-ɳ-ɑ
He will sleep early in the evening.
tes gʰər-ɛ hi reh-ɳ-ɑ
He will stay at home (3P-immediate plan).
te səbbɛ serɑ-dʒo ɡɑ-ɳ-ɑ
He will go to the town (3P-immediately plan).
so əbɛ bəɡitʃe-məndʒ kɑmm kər-ɳ-ɛ ɡɑ-ɳ-ɑ
He will work in the garden (3P-immediate plan).
tes ɑbɛ tʃiʈʈi likʰ-ɳ-i h-ɑ
He will write a letter (3P-immediate plan).
ɛ ɡʰərɛ bəɖɑ moʈʈɑ (h-ɑ)
This house is very big.
ɡʰərɛ bəɖɑ moʈʈɑ h-ɑ
The house is very big.
ɛ ɡʰərɛ bəɖɑ moʈʈɑ tʰ-u
The house was very big.
ɡʰərɛ bəɖɑ moʈʈɑ tʰ-u
The house was very big.
tundɑ bʰɑi əbɛ kɛ kɑm kər-d-ɑ
What does your brother do?
so əbɛ tʃiʈʈʰi likʰɳɛ-rɑ kɑm kər-d-ɑ
He writes letters.
so əbɛ tʃiʈʈʰi likʰɳɛ-rɑ kɑm kər-d-ɑ
He now does the work of writing letters.
so əbɛ kɛ kər-d-ɑ
What does he do?
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