Exercises For Lesson 19

1. Translate:
   1. My child is big.
   2. Your child (pl) is at our house.
   3. Is this yours?
   4. Do you want theirs?
   5. Yours (pl) is bad.
   6. Theirs is good.
   7. This place belongs to him.
   8. That man wants his.
   9. We are eating ours.
   10. Ours is broken (tööl).
   11. Our child is sick.
   12. Will you take mine?
   13. I want mine. Take yours.
   14. When will yours (sing) come?
   15. This thing was his yesterday. Whose is it today?
2. Translate the following and write the verb aspects and their subjects.
   • Doctor: Jï̲n ti̲i̲ kɛ jue̲y?
   • Patient: Ɣɔ̲ɔ̲n, ta̲a̲ kɛ jue̲y.
   • Doctor: Tuɔɔkɛ nɛy?
   • Patient: Tuɔɔkɛ mëëpan.
   • Doctor: Bɛc jicdu̲?
   • Patient: Ɣɔ̲ɔ̲, bɛc jicdä̲̲.
   • Doctor: Jï̲n jä̲li̲ kɛ yio̲w?
   • Patient: Ɣëc, kä̲ bä̲ yio̲w go̲r, bä̲ kɛ ku̲ lɛ nööŋ i̲ru̲u̲n.

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