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dewgalis
dewgalis
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n.
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year
Examples
mary lák'aʔ múʔc'im dewgális k'éʔi •
Mary is ten years old.
mary húŋat'é:ši dewgális hé:š k'éʔi •
How old is Mary?
húŋat'é:ši hé:š dawgálisi k'éʔi •
How old is she?
lák'aʔ múʔc'im dewgálisiʔ k'éʔi •
She is ten years old.
hélmeʔ múʔc'im dewgálisiʔ k'éʔi •
He is thirty years old.
šáwlamhu t'é:k'eŋa dawgálisiʔé:s k'éʔi t'é:liwhuya •
The girl is younger than the man.
dubáldi dewgális k'éʔi •
He is five years old
pú:luliyésa lé:weʔ dewgális k'éʔi wádiŋ •
Elicited: He is old enough to drive now
ʔúŋa dewgálisihéš Méʔi •
How old are you?
mé:hu dubáldiʔ dewgálisiʔ k'éʔi •
The boy is five years old
mé:hu dubáldiʔ dewgálisiʔ k'éʔi šáwlamhuya •
The boy is five years older than the girl
huŋaté:šiʔ dewgális hé:š mé:hu k'éʔi •
How old is the boy?
mé:hu dubáldiʔ dewgális k'éʔi •
The boy is five years old
wá:t huŋaté:šiʔ dewgális hé:š k'éʔgabigi •
How old will he be tomorrow?
huŋaté:šiʔ dewgális hé:š k'éʔgabigi •
How old will he be?
mé:hu huté:šiʔé:s dewgális šáwlamhu ʔíleʔ k'éʔi •
The boy is younger than the girl