Bantawa Sentences

1	your home where? my home Ilam am khim khada? uµ khim Ilam	"My home is Ilam." In Bantawa, 'is' (iaµ) is used for properties (color, location etc., see 3, 8, 13, 17, 18), but not for identity (see 4).
2	now night falls angari nampua
3	river (in) fish (pl) (pl) is hoµku-da µa-chi mo-iaµ
4	this hen (poss.) egg oko wachha-o din	"This is a hen's egg;" see note 1. The possessive suffix is sometimes dropped.
5	corn sow (must) makai pak:ma-li	The modal (-li) form is quite common. "Makai" (corn or maize) is borrowed from Nepali.
6	your dad or mom is or isn't? is amko apa he ama iaµ he maduµ? iaµ	In this context "iaµ" always means alive, thus "Are your parents alive?" Ama is from the Nepali
7	cat (poss.) tail munima-o mirip	See note 4
8	that person big is moko mona adiwaµ iaµ	"Adiwaµ" is an Amcauke word; its Bantawa synonym is toppang.
9	face see µaluµ detma	This is a sentence fragment; "detma" is the infinitive form of the verb.
10	this person (pl.) where (from) (pl) come (t) oko mona-chi khada-µka mo-ta-o	The (t) gloss indicates a tense and conjugation affix.
11	tree plant (must) sungtang li:ma-li	See note 5.
12	my friend with meet (t) uµgo iawa sudda tu-achha	See note 10.
13	my house (in) dog is uµ khim-da kutewa iaµ	"(A) dog is in my house."
14	I money earn (to) abroad go (ing) unga paisa dup-si bidesha kha:µaµa	"I am going abroad to earn money." "Bidesha" is from the Nepali and means literally foreign countries. "Paisa" is from the Nepali.
15	night falls sleep (must) nampua i:ma-li
16	my grandpa grandma (pl) (pl) is ungo kopa koma -chi mo-iaµ	"My grandparents are alive." See note 6.
17	my cat small is unko munima chupaµ iaµ
18	mud (in) bullfrog (pl) (pl) is khuwa-da bhorok-chi mo-iaµ
19	yesterday my friend cry (t) akhumaµ uµ iawa kha-wa	See note 10.
20	snake (t) (t) bite then very hurt puchhap-a mo-dhok bhane saro tuk	"If a snake bites me it will hurt a lot" The conditional "bhane" is borrowed form Nepali. See note 10.