ste
verb: (stative copula) be; used with adjectives; also used with verbs as a progressive marker
from: stay
Examples:
| Hod op. Den, oso na zog raun kom trikova. Yo tu: kamp raun emo tri. Artigas, yumi na ste stelt kom taim Ripa ge pul we kom emo honon. Den, oso na breik oso kru au. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hod | op. | Den, | oso | na | zog | raun | kom | trikova. | Yo | tu: | kamp | raun | emo | tri. | Artigas, | yumi | na | ste | stelt | kom | taim | Ripa | ge | pul | we | kom | emo | honon. | Den, | oso | na | breik | oso | kru | au. |
| hold | up | then | us-all | gonna | Zerg | around | come | tree-cover | you-all | two | camp | around | them-all | tree | Artigas | you-me | gonna | stay | stealth | come | time | Reaper | get | pull | away | come | them-all | hunt-one | then | us-all | gonna | break | us-all | crew | out |
| stop | SAT | then | 1PL.INCL | FUT | strike | SAT | from | shadow | 2PL | two | be.LOC | SAT | 3PL | tree | Artigas | 1PL | FUT | be | hidden | until | time | Reaper | PASS | draw-away | SAT | from | 3PL | prisoner | then | 1PL.INCL | FUT | free | 1PL.INCL | people | SAT |
| Stop. Then, we strike from the shadows. You two: take the trees. Artigas, you and I will remain hidden until the Reapers are drawn away from their prisoners. Then, we free our people. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chomouda emo ste dula dison op? | |||||||||
| Chomouda | emo | ste | dula | dison | op? | ||||
| ? | them-all | stay | do-like | this-one | up | ||||
| why | 3PL | PROG | do | this | SAT | ||||
| Why are they doing this? | |||||||||
| Du ste torch ai op. | |||||||||
| Du | ste | torch | ai | op. | |||||
| dude | stay | torture | I | up | |||||
| 3 | PROG | torture | 1SG | SAT | |||||
| They are torturing me. | |||||||||
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