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Tutelo-Saponi has Subject-Object-Verb word order. So the English sentence “Ï am making string”, comes out to “I string I-Making”. The first ‘I’ can be dropped, so it can come out as ‘string I-making’.
Examples of word order
I am making string — waxúug móoñma /waxúu-gi m-‘óoñ-wa/
I use a knife — maañsáañ iwa’óoñwa
I bought a horse — chooñgidáñ waglumiihawa
You will see the stream — daagseese oyaxaatida /daagsee-se o-ya-xáatE-dE/
The horse runs — chooñgidáñ hindaaha
He eats bread — wáagsaagbáa waaluuta
We drink water — manii mañlagbeewa
We stole bread — máagsaagbáa mañgmanoñdáañima
Using ‘and’
And — nigás
Horse and dog — chooñgidáñ nigás chóoñgi
I bought a horse and dog — chooñgidáñ nigás chóoñgi waglumiihawa
Adjectives
Adjectives are placed after nouns. ‘Small house’ in English is ‘house small’ in Tutelo
Small house — atíi guujga
A large house — atíi idáani /atíi idáa-i/
3 days — naháañb laali
White string — waxúu asáañ
I am making white string — waxúu asáañ móoñma
Adverb placement
Adverbs come before the object and verb.
I ate bread yesterday — sidóoñlé wáagsaagbáa waawiñluutiwa
I will eat bread today — naháñblekíñ máagsaagbáa waawiñluuta
I will eat bread tomorrow — naháañbgi wáagsaagbáa waawiñluutida
I will eat much bread — ohooñ máagsaagbáa waawiñluutida
Presently I am eating bread — iñgiñ máagsaagbáa waawiñluutiwa
I should mention that the easiest way to make a sentence is to first figure out what you want to say, than add all the pieces together and change the sounds according to the rules.
For example, if I want to say “I don’t remember”, I first put all the peaces together in the right order in their underlying form. The rules tell me what order to put them in.
I don’t remember
not-I-remember-ing-not
gi-wa-gihgoñsbée-wa-nE
Then I change all the sounds accordingly, again following the rules. I drop the accent mark in gihgoñsbée because I don’t know for sure were gihgoñsbée is accented in a sentence. Also, nE changes to na.
giwagihgoñsbeewana
I’ve posted enough stuff now were you can start doing this on your own.
I’m still learning the rules, and the ones I’ve posted so far are spread around this forum, so eventually when I have most of them figured out, I’d like to put them in one big post for reference. But in order to make good Tutelo, you need to know the rules, and when to follow or ignore them.
gihgoñsbée is accented in a sentence. Also, nE changes to na.
This is similar to the E/A changeable verb rule in Lakota. In some cases, the E becomes an A.
Iwagilaagabi.
Choogida dufas asoodi wigiidoooka.
Aside from the missing tildes & accent marks, is this correct?
I see others have been able to post messages with the accent marks and tilde. Every time I try, I get an error message of too many letters/characters. What’s going on?
Sorry so long to answer, I’m rarely near a computer this time of year.
Let me know what you’re trying to say in English and I can tell you if it translates well. The first sentence looks like “I want to speak.” The 2nd one I’m not sure.
When I made these posts, I first wrote them on Word with those marks. Then I cut and pasted them into the forum. The accent marks are optional. And instead of ñ, you can write N.
I was originally using Oliverio’s format, but the forum won’t support it. So I had to come up with my own spelling system, which I’ve already changed since posting this stuff.
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