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UraTypJuuq tsäid = drink tea!
juuq = drink (imperative)
tsäid = tea (partitive)
Ärq tsäid jooguq! = don't drink tea!
ärq = don't (negative imperative)
tsäid = tea (partitive)
jooguq = drink (connegative)
Imä käest küsse rahha = he asked for money from his mother
imä = mother
käest = from (lit. from hand, käe- = hand + -st = elative)
küsse = asked (3s past)
rahha = money (partitive)
Ma osta leevä = I'll buy the bread
ma = I
osta = buy (1s)
leevä = bread (genitive)
Ma osta leibä = I'll buy some bread
ma = I
osta = buy (1s)
leibä = bread (partitive)
Võtaq võti = take the key
võtaq = take (2s imperative)
võti = key (nominative)
Võtkui võtind = don't take the key
võtkui = don't take (võtku- = imperative + -i = negative)
võtind = key (partitive)
Lavva pääl om leib = there is the bread on the table
lavva = table (genitive)
pääl = on (lit. 'on head', pää = head + -l = adessive)
om = is
leib = bread (nominative)
Lavva pääl om leibä = there is some bread on the table
lavva = table (genitive)
pääl = on (lit. 'on head', pää = head + -l = adessive)
om = is
leibä = bread (partitive)
Nä lääväq puulpäävä sanna = they'll go to the sauna on Saturday
nä = they
lääväq = go (3p)
puulpäävä = Saturday
sanna = to sauna (illative)
Ma olõ liina minemäh = I'm about to go to town
ma = I
olõ = I am (1s)
liina = to town (illative)
minemäh = going (mine- = go + -mä- = supine + -h = inessive)
Ma es tulõq = I didn't come
ma = I
es = no (negative past)
tulõq = come (connegative)
Ku ma saasiq, ma eläsiq mõtsan = if I could, I would live in the forest
ku = if
ma = I
saasiq = got (saa- = get + -siq = conditional)
ma = I
eläsiq = would live (elä- = live + -siq = conditional)
mõtsan = in forest (mõtsa- = forest + -n = inessive)
Tä tulkuq = let him come
tä = he/she
tulkuq = let come (tul- = come + kuq = jussive)
Ma tekuq kõik tüüq ärq = (he said that) I should do all the work
ma = I
tekuq = do (te- = do + -kuq = jussive)
kõik = all
tüüq = work (plural)
ärq = perfective aspect
Mis sääl tetäs? Juuskvaq = what is being done there? they are running
mis = what
sääl = there
tetäs = is done (impersonal)
juuskvaq = they run (juusk- = run + -vaq = 3p present)
Ma lää et oppiq võro kiilt = I'm going in order to study the Võro language
ma = I
lää = go (1s)
et = that, in order to
oppiq = to study (infinitive)
võro = Võro
kiilt = language (partitive)
Tä om oppaja = she is a teacher
tä = he/she
om = is
oppaja = teacher
Tä oll´ oppaja = she was a teacher
tä = he/she
oll´ = was
oppaja = teacher
Tä sai oppajas = she became a teacher
tä = he/she
sai = got, received (3s past)
oppajas = teacher (translative)
Meil eletäs häste = people live well here
meil = at us (adessive)
eletäs = live (impersonal)
häste = well
Juuskvil poisõl om rahha = the running boys have money
juuskvil = running (juusk- = run + -vi- = adjective-forming suffix + -l addesive)
poisõl = boys (adessive)
om = is
rahha = money (partitive)
Küdsä leevä = I will bake bread
küdsä = I bake (1s)
leevä = bread (genitive)
Poisiq ommaq pikäq = the boys are tall
poisiq = boys (plural)
ommaq = are (3p)
pikäq = tall, long (plural)
Tuu tull täämbä sinnä = she came there today
tuu = that, that one
tull = came (3s)
täämbä = today
sinnä = to there
Lätsi latsigaq kinno = I went to the cinema with children
lätsi = I went (1s past)
latsigaq = with children (latsi- = child + gaq = comitative)
kinno = to the cinema (illative)
Sõidi autogaq = I was driving the car
sõidi = I drove (1s past)
autogaq = with the car (auto- = car + gaq = comitative)
Moodori man om kolb, kiä moodorit edesi aja = by the motor there is a piston, which makes the engine go further
moodori = motor (genitive)
man = by
om = is
kolb = piston
kiä = who
moodorit = motor (partitive)
edesi = forward
aja = drives