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Exercises For Lesson 14

  1. Write out the dialogue in Lesson 13. Give the grammatical explanation of each word, and the function,
  2. Write in Nuer:
    1. It belongs to this.
    2. This cow belong to that man.
    3. These belong to that chief.
    4. It belongs to God.
    5. That talk is that boy's.
    6. A house belongs to women but a barn belongs to men.
    7. Cattle belong to the people.
    8. It belongs to the top of the house.
    9. This water is those boys'.
    10. This milk is these girls'.
    11. What kind of a tree is it?
    12. What kind of a thing is this?
    13. It belongs to the baby basket of that woman.
    14. This goes with that man's cow, but these belong to those men's cows.
  3. Translate:
    1. Nɛmɛ ɛɛ du̲ŋ ŋu̲kä̲?
    2. Ɛɛ du̲ŋ Kuɔth?
    3. Gɔɔy (the good) nɛmɛkä̲ ɛ ŋu̲?
    1. Gat ɛmɛ tëë kɛ jue̲y?
    2. Ɣɔ̲ɔ̲n, bɛc(pains) puɔ̲nydɛ (its body).
    1. Kä̲ ɛ jue̲y mɔ ŋu̲?
    2. Ɣëc, kua̲cä̲ ni̲ jue̲y ɛmɛ pɛ̲ny.
    1. Ti̲ti̲ kɛɛ nyï̲n ŋu̲kä̲?
    2. Ti̲ti̲ kɛɛ nyï̲n duëël wal.
    1. Go̲o̲ri̲ kɛ?
    2. Ɣɔ̲ɔ̲n, göörä̲ kɛ pa̲ny. Bä̲ kɛ naŋ tä̲ä̲mɛ.
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