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English Translation (Kun-balandaken) |
Where do you feel sick? |
Pronunciation (Bale ka-yime karri-ngeybun?) |
Check the audio file. http://words.bininjgunwok.org.au/words/baleh-yihdowen |
Morphology (Karri-wokdjobdjobke) |
Baleh is the word for 'where' (and sometimes 'what'). yi- is the second person singular prefix on verbs meaning 'you (one person)'. The -h- is the glottal stop which conveys immediacy or 'at this moment' and the verb stem is -dowen 'to be sick, to die'. |
Notes (Njalenjale) |
Note that in the past perfective tense (a completive tense) the word doweng means 'he/she/it is dead'. |
Usage (Bale kabirri-yime?) |
Obviously this is a useful phrase for health workers. Or maybe you are a school teacher and a child has fallen and is crying, then you could ask this question. Here are some other phrases based on the verb -dowen: yirrowen 'you are sick'.
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Date (Balekeno) |
01 Dec 2016 |