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	Toma	English
#6	Toma by Knut
	Toi ei au'a Kieke au'a e a Ninite nga ai, Tehe uai toa au'a hao toa ai, toi ei no reiro 'oro Mitihu nga ai. Toi ma nena meu ngopi ungu toma ai, toi ei nena e kao nga ai. pema piu nga ai. ni au'a toi mo'ó ne? ni au'a toi kui pau toa mo'ó ne? Toi ei au'a nga ai. Hie hao e a a ne?	He hurt Kieke and Ninite, Tehe made them hurt each other, he threw road onto Mitihu. He searched for some voice in his head, he found two. They spoke. Will I hurt him? Will I go away from him? He fought. Was it the same?

LEXICON

au'a	v. hurt
e a	adv. also
e a a	adj. same, similar
kui	v. go
meu	prep. into container
nena	v. search, gather
no	v. throw
ngopi	n. head
pau	prep. removed from
reiro	n. road
toma	n. voice
'oro	prep. onto
kao	cardinal number 2

GRAMMAR

Pronouns

toi	3rd person singular
pema	3rd person dual
toa	Obviative person dual/plural

Determiner particles

hao	more specific
ungu	less specific

Volitional particles

ma	involitive
ei	volitive human
uai	causative

Tense particles

nga	past
mo'ó	future

Modal particles

ai	inferential mood
ne	interrogative mood

NOTES

Word order is SVO with no quirks in this text.
Determiner particles also marks the most patient-like constituents within clauses.
Toma discourse is often idiomatic.