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[[a table with two columns]]
Plurals.
[[first column]]
Eye     dizu
eye    mēzu

Tooth     dīno
teeth     mēnu

House     yu'mbɑ
two houses (?)     mɑyu'mbɑ gɑvīri

Knife     mkɑ:lo
two knives     mikɑ'lo ivīri

Bird     tʃiyūni
many birds   yɑyi'ngi iyūni

Finger  iɑ'lɑ
fingers(?)   miɑ'lɑ [[strikethrough]]diɑ'lɑ[[/strikethrough]]

Stone    digɑ'ngɑ
many stones     mɑgɑngɑ [[strikethrough]]gɑ[[/strikethrough]]mɑɣinɣi

Knife    tcipūlɑ
three knives    itɑ:tu yipūlɑ
[[second column]]
Verbals, etc.
I am sick,    kuluɑ'lɑ ngwɑluɑ'lɑ
it rains    ūlɑ jikūnĭɑ
go away    ɑyentæyi
come ere    ɑyīzɑ-yi
give me    mbē.
how do you do?    ɑyimuīɣi
I am well    ngonīri
I will come tomorrow,    ti'ndɑ zinkɑ:nɑ kundēvi

my father is dead,    ɑtɑ:ti ɑwīri
" " " alive    ɑtɑ:ti wɑiyūme

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How do you do     kɑyĭ'm kɑpɑ.
I am well    une'ngɑ yu'mu kɑ'pɑ
come here    nunɑdʒīsi
go away    iĕndɑgɑ:ni

Transcription Notes:
Hints for transcribing the phonetic symbols in this document: 1. This document makes an important distinction between two different ways of writing the letter a (a vs. ɑ), even in the case of diacritic marks. DO NOT disregard this distinction. Enter the appropriate character if it appears without diacritics. For [[macron over "ɑ"]], enter "ɑ:". For [[macron over "a"]], enter "ɔ:". For [[breve "ɑ"]], enter "æ". For [[breve "a"]], enter "ă". 2. The apostrophe-like characters that appear above/just after some letters are stress marks that follow the stressed syllable. They can be represented with a single quote/apostrophe. 3. Some letters have what appears to be a vertical tilde underneath. These indicate nasal pronunciation but how they should be typed depends on the letter. Vowels can be represented by the tilde diacritic over that vowel except in the case of ɑ and ʊ. These can be represented as [[tilde "ɑ"]] and [[tilde "ʊ"]]. When this symbol appears under an "n" it represents the nasal "n" as in sang, and it should be entered as "ŋ", NOT "ñ" which represents a different sound. When it appears under a c, it is NOT a c-cedilla, but instead refers to the sh sound which is represented by the modern symbol "ʃ".