Zazaki Notes: 24.942 Day 3

Words bErz bExEr bırr boz cfli denda docflık gošna … s Er hEr hEra herdiš E kyEmErE kyEža merık mEsEla musna non per, pElg p h ır p h ır pot qesikE qesiky Ert rot šánıkE sE sEr sEr ser šıkına spewa xEr xırab zarf zımEli vatE zana up be fine, good forest (bırri pl) gray things lend (past) [dên + da] tail listen donkey, m. donkey, f. beard, f. rock, f. yellow/ blond man story, problem (pl meselê) show (past) bread leaf full religious leader, older man bake (past) talk speak (past) sell (past) children's story, f. how head, m. war lion can, be able to white-gray favor bad (Adj / Adv?) very moustache, pl say (past) can, know how to [ž and jfl are separate phonemes?] Minimal pairs ser lion sEr war per, pElg leaf bırr forest (bırri pl) p h ır full p h ır religious leader, older man (1) à tastıkE p h ırra Is the bowl full? the bowl full-fem (2) hEq to verdo God bless you God you bless (3) God life (4) dErgky Ero hEq Emre to (derg + ky ero) your prolong tas ıka p hırrE full bowl Datives (5) cflEnEkE mıre šanıkEvatE girl (6) mı gošna I (7) me the girl told me a story story told cflEnEkE sEr hear-to girl mı gošna to s Er I listened to the girl gošna … ser 'listen' I listened to you 2 (8) cflEnEkE non girl pot the girl baked bread bread baked (9) cflEnEkE mırE non pot the girl baked me bread (10) cEnEkE layikire šanike vatE the girl told a story to the boy (11) cflEnEkE layikárE šanike vatE (friendly) (12) cflEnEkE la jflá rE šanike vatE layik boy (layiki pl) lajflE k boy (lajflEki pl) xort young adult (unmarried) man (13) layík dErgo the boy is tall (14) láyiko d Erg the tall boy (15) cflEnEkE láyıkiE dErgire šárikE vatE the girl told a tall boy a story (dErgire: postposition?) (16) kıtabe layiki the boy's book (17) kıtabe layikie d Ergi the tall boy's book (18) layik dEr(g) bi the boy was tall (bi: Aux? ) boy tall was (19) cflEnEkE kıtab/kıtav da mı the girl gave me a book (20) cflEnEkE kıtab musna mı the girl showed me a book (21) cflEnEkE kıtab rot mı the girl sold me a book (22) cflEnEkE kıtab denda mı the girl lent me a book (23) cflEnEkE kıtabi musnai mı the girl showed me books (24) cflEnEkE kıtáb músna layikí the girl showed the book to the boy (25) cflEnEkE kıtáb musna layiká the girl showed the book to the boys 3 Future (26) cflEnEkE kıtab musnena mı the girl will show me a book (27) cflEnEkE kıtabá musnena mı the girl will show me books (musnına: OBL) (28) cflEneki kıtab musnEne mı the girls will show me a book [The present form seems to be able to refer to future as well] Ezafe (in boldface); specific – nonspecific forms [Past: ergative; future: nominative agreement] Ezafe introducing adjectives: -o masc -a fem -e pl (29) cflEnEkE layikire šanikE vatE the girl told a story to a boy (30) cflEnEka dErgE layikire šanikE vatE the tall girl told a story to a boy (31) cflEnEkE layikire šanikE dErgE vatE the girl told a (nonspecific) long story to a boy (32) cflEnEkE layikire šanika dErgE vatE the girl told a (specific) long story to a boy (33) cflEnEkE layikie dergire šanikE vatE the girl told a tall boy a story (34) cflEnEkE layikiya šanıkE vana the girl will tell a story to a boy (35) cflEnEkE layikiya šanıka vana the girl will tell stories to a boy (36) cflEnEkE layikiya šanıkánE dergá vana the girl will tell long stories to a boy [-nE (epenthetic n?)] (37) cflEnEkE layikiya šanıkádE dE¤rgE vanE the girl will tell the boy a long story (nonspecific ) (38) cflEnEkE layikiya šanıka dE¤rgE vanE the girl will tell the boy a long story (specific ) šanıkE story (acc) šanıkádEdE¤rgE long story sg, nonspecific (?) (acc) šanıka dE¤rgE long story sg, specific (acc) 4 (39) [cflEnEkaOBL dErgE] layik di the tall girl saw the boy (40) [cflEnEkaNOM dErgE] layiki vinEna the tall girl will see the boy Stacked genitives [ezafe introducing possessors: boldface and italics] Ezafe introducing possessors: -e masc -a fem -e pl (41) docflıke heri donkey's tail (42) hEre mEríki man's donkey (43) docflıkeNOM hE$reNOM merikíOBL the man's donkey's tail (44) docfli ke hEre brae meriki the man's brother's donkey's tail Adjectival agreement [ezafe introducing adjectives: boldface] [herdiš E beard, f. hEr donkey, m.] (45) hEro dErg tall donkey (46) hErdiša mı dErga my beard is long (47) hErdiš a dErgE long beard (48) hErdiš a hEri donkey's beard (-i genitive) (49) herdiš a heri dErgaFEM the donkey's beard is long (50) herdiš a heria dErgEFEM the donkey's long beard (51) herdiš a hEre dErgi the tall donkey's beard (? –i-o (gen + ezafe) becomes -e) (52) herdiš a hEre dergiyaMASC dErgEFEM the tall donkey's long beard (? –ya ezafe on dergiya) 5 (53) herdiš a merikE dErgi the tall man's beard (?or merkie (cf. h Ere above)) (54) zımEle mE riki the man's moustache (55) zımEle mE riki d Erge the man's moustache is long [Ezafe introducing adjectives on right edge of possessive construction] Evidential ~ non-evidential Evidential Non-evidential Masc Fem Pl Masc Fem Pl Intransitive amo ama amE amE amE ami Transitive herno herna herne herna hernE hErnai kyErdo kyErda kyErdi kyErt kyErde kyErde (56) (57) cflEnE¤ko láyiki ámi / amEEV girl-& boy came / came EV cflEnEko layiki ene the girl and the boy came the girl and the boy will come girl-& boy come-fut (present morphology) (58) layikiyo cflEnEkE ami / amEEV the boy and the girl came boy-& girl came / came EV (59) layiki ami / amEEV the boys came boys came / came EV (60) layik ame / amo EV the boy came boy came / came EV (61) cflEnEkE amE / ama EV the girl came girl came / came EV 6 (62) cflEnEkE kıtab hernoEV the girl boughtEV a book (63) cflEnEkE kıtab herna the girl bought a book (64) cflEnEkE kıtabi herneEV the girl boughtEV books (65) cflEnEkE kıtabi hErnia the girl bought books (66) cflEnEkE qElE mE herne the girl bought a pen (67) cflEnEkE qElE mE hernaEV the girl boughtEV a pen (68) to kıtab h Erna / hErnoEV you bought a book (69) cflEnEkE dErhEqe mıdE xırap qesiky Ert the girl insulted me (70) cflEnEkE dErhEqe mıdE zaf xırab cfl i vatEEV the girl insulted me ('said very bad things') (71) cflEnEkE dErhEqe mıdE zaf xırap cfl i vati the girl insulted me (72) layiki Ez pacfli kyErda the boy kissed me (73) layiki cEnEkE paci kyE¤rde / ky E¤rdaEV the boy kissed the girl (74) cflEnEkE layik pacfli kyErd / kyErdoEV the girl kissed the boy (75) cflEnEkE layiki pacfli kyErdi / kyErdeEV the girl kissed the boys Imperatives (76) láyiki pácfli kE! kiss the boy! (77) láyika pacfli kE! kiss the boys! (78) be! come! (79) kıtáb b ıtherne! buy the book! (80) kıtáb b ıwánE! read the book! (81) kıtáb bıwane! readpl the book! (82) kıtáb b ıdE mı! give me the book! (83) mire šanikE vajE ! tell me a story! (84) mire mEsEla xo qesi bıkE / qesikE! tell me a story! (85) non pojflE / požE bake bread! 7 Infinitives (?) (86) Ez zana non poži I know (how) to bake bread (87) Ez šıkına non poži I can bake bread (88) Ez zana cflEnEkE sE pacfli kiri / ki I know how to kiss a girl (89) mı kyEmErE kyErde bErz I lifted a rock I rock did up (90) mı kyEmEri kyErdi bErz I lifted rocks (91) mı kyEmEri onti I carried rocks (92) Ez šıkına ky EmErá bErz kiri I can (am able to) lift rocks (93) Ez šıkına ky EmErá bikyeri bErz I can lift rocks (94) Ez zana kyE mErá bErz kiri I know (how) to lift rocks (95) Ez zana sE kyEmErá bErz kiri I know how to lift rocks 8