| Qing Hai |
TRANSLATION 2: SYNTAX
| Word Order: Subject Verb Object |
|---|
| no nei no-dzi gui-jia |
| I love I-gen country-family |
| I love my country. |
| Noun Phrase: |
|---|
| zhun-gui dzui-da-dzi xian-fei hu |
| China most-big-gen. salt-water lake |
| China's biggest salt-water lake |
| Verb Phrase: |
|---|
| hen kui-dzi chir qing-hei ko-ya-ri chuai |
| very fast-gen. eat Qing-hai roast-lamb-meat stick |
| eating Qinghai roast lamb sticks quickly |
| Prepositional Phrase: |
|---|
| dzai dzi-qiu sha dzui-gao-dzi dzi-fa |
| at earth-ball up most-tall-gen. place(earth-direction) |
| at the highest place in the world |
| Yes/No Questions: |
|---|
| Ni chir-liu mao? |
| you eat-fin. no |
| Have you eaten yet? |
| Content Questions: |
|---|
| ni dou a-zhe chir-liu a? |
| you arrive initial part.-here go-fin. interjection ? |
| Where did you go? |
| Agreement Markers: None |
|---|
| Case Markers: None |
|---|
© Language Documentation Center, University of Hawai'i at Manoa 2005