Marshallese Language Training Manual - Linguistics

vii.)WRITING ON THE BLACKBOARD
Wön ekönaan jeje ilo bilakbot?= Who wants to write on the b.b.?
who?/he(she)-wishes/write/on/blackboard
Wön emaroñ jeje ilo bilakbot?= Who can write on the b.b.?
who?/he(she)-can/write/on/blackboard
Wön eo emaroñ je men in?= Who can write this?
who?/the=is it/he(she)-can/write/thing/this[between us]
Itok im jeje.= Come and write.
go-to here/and/write
Etal im bök juon m öttan jook.= Go and get a piece of chalk.
go/and/take/one/piece-of/chalk
Komeejlok am jeje.= Make your writing darker.
cause-dark-er/your[sing.]/write
Emera am jeje.= Your writing is too faint.
it-light/your[sing.]/write
Lale kwöbwiloke jook ne!= Don't break that chalk!
look/you-break/chalk/that[near you]
Jere jeje kane.= Erase what you wrote.
erase/writing/those[near you]
Jere aolepän bilakbot ne.= Erase the whole blackboard.
erase/all-of/blackboard/that[near you]
Kömanmanlok wäween am jeje.= Write more neatly.
make-good-er/your[sing.]/write
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