ik au
verb: manage to, barely be able to, eke out (used with a verbal noun as an object, or connected by na)
from: eke
Examples:
| Taim yu gaf ge breik au, taim yu shof op! | |||||||||
| Taim | yu | gaf | ge | breik | au, | taim | yu | shof | op! |
| time | you | gotta-have | get | break | out | time | you | shut | up |
| if | 2PL | want | PASS | free | SAT | then | 2PL | quiet | SAT |
| If you want to be free, be quiet! | |||||||||
| Nou feva. Dena em na ge breik au. En Leksa na wan op. | ||||||||||||
| Nou | feva. | Dena | em | na | ge | breik | au. | En | Leksa | na | wan | op. |
| no | forever | then | them | gonna | get | break | out | and | Lexa | gonna | wind | up |
| NEG | forever | soon | 3SG | FUT | PASS | free | SAT | and | Lexa | FUT | die | SAT |
| Not for long. Soon he'll be free. And Lexa will be dead. | ||||||||||||
| Yo souda bants kom disha geda. Teik au chit bilaik yo na gada in en gonot. O yo na wan op kom seim fayogon don frag oyo bro en sis op. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yo | souda | bants | kom | disha | geda. | Teik | au | chit | bilaik | yo | na | gada | in | en | gonot. | O | yo | na | wan | op | kom | seim | fayogon | don | frag | oyo | bro | en | sis | op. |
| you-all | so-done | bounce | come | this | gather | take | out | ? | be-like | you-all | gonna | gather | in | and | gone-out | or | you-all | gonna | wind | up | come | same | fire-gun | done | frag | all-you-all | bro | and | sis | up |
| 2PL | must | leave | from | this | place | take | SAT | what | SUBORD | 2PL | FUT | carry | SAT | and | leave | or | 2PL | FUT | die | SAT | from | same | gun | PAST | kill | PL-2PL | brother | and | sister | SAT |
| You all must leave this place. Take what you can carry and go. Or you'll die by the same guns that killed your brothers and sisters. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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