Learning Ai Basata - Step by Step
Ai Basata Dictionary Started: Jan. 14, 2010 Last Update: Jan. 31, 2010

Lesson Two

Sentences

1. Balati ki, ye biala kailo, ? Can the boy play?
   
   
   • kailo = to play; as in playing a game, or with a toy. Does not apply to playing musical instrument.
   
   
2. Balati ye biala sahaso u kailo. The boy can run and play.
   
   
   • Emphasizing that he can do these things by placing the adverb balati = able-ly first.
   
   
3. Ye biala balati kanduki kailo. The boy can play ball.
   
   
   • kaila = game. Noun form of kailo.
   • kanduka = ball
   • kanduki = "adverb" form of ball, used to modify "play" to express the notion of playing a ball game. This is one example of a situation where the adverb is always placed directly before the verb, as it is, in effect, a sort of compound verb: to ball-play.
   • kanduke = adjective form of ball, for example, kanduke kaila = ball game
   
   
4. Balati ki, ye macha kanduki kailo? Can the man play ball?
   
   
5. Ye macha anamati pasato hi ye biala kailo. The man may see the boy play.
   Lit: The man "permitedly" sees that the boy plays.
   
   
   • anamato = to permit, to allow (literally, to not forbid)
   • anamati = "adverb" form = "permitedly", is allowed to.
   
   
6. Anamati ki, ye macha upadato die kanduka? May the man take the hall?
   
   
   • Don't forget to use die, the accusative of the definite article.
   • upadato = take, grasp, take hold of, catch
   
   
7. Die kanduka ye biala upadato anamati. The boy may take the ball.
   Lit: The.ACC ball the.NOM boy take "permitedly".
   
   
   • Again showing the flexible word order where the adverb may be placed almost anywhere in the sentence.
   
   
8. Namati ye biala upadato die kanduka. The boy may not take the ball.
   Lit: "Forbiddenly" the boy takes the.ACC ball.
   
   
   • namato = to ban, to forbid
   • namati = [adv] "forbiddenly", may not
   
   
9. Anamati ki, ye dahara pasato die susa? Can the girl see the baby? (May the girl...?)
   Balati ki, ye dahara pasato die susa? Can the girl see the baby? (Is the girl able...?)
   
   
   • susa = baby
   
   
10. Anamati ki, ye susa pasato die niure dahara? May the baby see the little girl?
    
    
    • niure - small, little
    
    
11. Ye susa karo ure talika. The baby has a big doll.
    
    
    • ure = large, big
    
    
12. Ye niure dahara karo kanduka. The little girl has a ball.
    Also possible: I kanduka niure dahara karo.
    
    
13. Ma balati pasato die susa. I can see the baby.
    
    
14. Balati ki, ye susa pasato mie ure serota? Can the baby see my big hat? (Is the baby able to ...)
    
    
    • It is also permitted to place the adverb and question particle at the beginning of the sentence to signal the coming question: balati ki ye susa pasato mie ure serota?
    
    
15. Ye susa anamati karo mie kanduka. The baby may have my ball. (... may hold ...)
    Ye susa anamati upadato mie kanduka. The baby may have my ball. (... may take ...)
    
    
16. Susa, upadato da die kanduka. Take the ball, baby!
    
    
    • Often used colloquially, but frowned upon in academic circles is: Upadato susa, die kanduka.
    
    
17. Ye macha karo niure kukra. The man has a little dog.
    
    
    • kukra = dog
    
    
18. Ye biala karo ure kukra. The boy has a big dog.
    
    
19. Pasato da hi ye niure kukra sahaso. See the little dog run!
    Lit: See you that the little dog runs.
    
    
    • Note the difference between this sentence and: Pasato da die niure kukra hi ta sahaso. Look at the little dog that is running. (Lit: See you the little dog which he runs.)
    
    
20. Ye macha namato hi ye niure biala kanduki kailo. The man forbids the little boy to play ball.
    Lit: The man forbids that the little boy ball.ADV plays.
    
    

Exercises for Lesson Two

Translate into English

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1. Ma karo ure kukra.    I have (a) big dog.
    
2. Ye kukra upadato die kanduka u ta sahaso.    The dog takes the ball and (he) runs.
    
3. Kanduki Kailo misa!    Let's play ball.
    
4. Susa u kukra namati kailo.    Baby and dog may not play.
    
5. Ki, ta karo mie niure talika?    Does he have my little doll?
    

Translate into ai Basata

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1. Take my hat and run.    Upadato da mie serota u sahaso da!
    
2. Run, dog!    Kukra, sahaso da! or colloq. Sahaso kukra!
    
3. The girl allows the boy to go.    Ye dahara anamato hi ye biala viajo.
    
4. The little baby has a big dog.    Ye niure susa karo ure kukra.
    
5. I forbid you to take my dog.    Ma namato hi da upadato mie kukra.
    

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