Sapporo TV Ainu Radio Lessons
STVアイヌ語ラジオ講座
Broadcasted on October 1 2006
Sentences
タパン ケル アナク クケリヒ ネ。
tapan ker anak ku=kerihi ne.
These shoes are my shoes.
エナエフ ソンノ ピリカ。
e=nanuhu sonno pirka.
Your face is very beautiful.
Words in the Sentences
アナク anak Topic marker
エ e= You
ク ku= I
ケリヒ kerihi Shoes (of someone)
ケル ker Shoes
ソンノ sonno Very, truly
タパン tapan This
ナヌフ nanuhu Face (of someone)
ネ ne Copula (to be)
ピリカ pirka To be beautiful, good
Grammar
The word
ケル ker in the first sentence mean a pair of shoes in its base form, and the word
ケリヒ kerihi is the genitive form of it to show that it
belongs to someone. With the pronominal suffix such as
ku= or
e=, they become
ku=kerihi or
e=kerihi, not ku=ker or e=ker. When the possessor is a third person, either
ker or
kerihi may be used:
ウナルペ ケリ/ケリヒ unarpe ker/kerihi," "aunt's shoes."
Some Ainu nouns change the form when it belongs to someone, and such nouns include body parts, items wore on the body, animals, plants, and tools.
マキリ ニチヒ makiri nicihi means "the grip of a small blade" where
nicihi is the genitive of
ニッ nit.
ナヌフ nanuhu in the second sentence means "face of", and the base form is
ナン nan.
More examples:
キサル kisar ear キサラ,キサラハ kisara, kisaraha ear of..
アサム asam bottom アサマ,アサマハ asama, asamaha bottom of..
エトプ etop hair エトピ,エトピヒ etopi, etopihi hair of..
シク sik eye シキ,シキヒ siki, sikihi eye of..
レク rek beard レキ,レキヒ rek, rekihi beard of..
ピリ pir wound ピリ,ピリヒ piri, pirihi wound of..
クル kur shadow クリ,クリヒ kuri, kurihi shadow of..
フム hum sound フミ,フミヒ humi, humihi sound of..
マッ mat wife マツ,マツヒ matu, matuhi wife of..
ナン nan face ナヌ,ナヌフ nanu, nanuhu face of..
ラプ rap wing ラプ,ラプフ rapu, rapuhu wing of..
カプ kap skin カプ,カプフ kapu, kapuhu skin of..
ハム ham leaf ハム,ハムフ hamu, hamuhu leaf of..
テク tek hand テケ,テケヘ teke, tekehe hand of..
ハウ hau voice ハウェ,ハウェヘ hawe, hawehe voice of..
アタイ atai price アタイェ,アタイェヘ ataye, atayehe price of..
チャル char mouth チャロ,チャロホ charo, charoho mouth of..
オソル osor hip オソロ,オソロホ osoro, osoroho hip of..
Practice Sentences
Your eyes are small.
My legs are slim.
シキヒ sikihi Eye of..
エ e= You, your
ポン pon To be small
アネ ane To be slim, narrow
チキリヒ cikirihi Leg of..
ソンノ sonno Very
ク ku= I