Bororo Quiz

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Do you speak Bororo?

Do you have linguistic skills? Try your hand at this little "quiz"! It is very simple. There are ten "problems". Each contains English sentences, followed by their translations in the Bororo language.Afterward, there is an English sentence, and you get to provide the translation. Try it!

The answers follow at the bottom of this page. Don't cheat!

1
The man went to the field. Imedu uture boepato.
The woman went to the field. Aredu uture boepato.
The man went to the village. Imedu uture bato.

The woman went to the village. ________________________

2
The man is in the field. Imedu rakojere boepa tada.
The woman is in the house. Aredu rakojere bai tada

The man is in the village. ______________________________

3
The woman is not in the house. Aredu rakojekare bai tada.

The woman is not in the field. ___________________________

4
The woman lives in the house. Aredu mugure bai tada.
The man lives in the village. Imedu mugure ba tada.

The man lives in the field. _______________________________

5
I live in the village. Imugure ba tada.
You live in the village. Amugure ba tada.
I went to the field. Iture boepato.

You went to the field. __________________________________

6
The man made the field. Imedu ure boepa towuje.
The man made the bow. Imedu ure baiga towuje.

The man made the house. _______________________________

7
The man is going to make a field. Imedu umode boepa towuje.
The woman is going to live in the house. Aredu mugumode bai tada.
The woman is going to the village. Aredu utumode bato.

The man will be in the field. _____________________________

8
The man killed the fish. Imedu ure karo bito.
The man is going to kill the fish. Imedu umode karo bito.
The woman ate the fish. Aredu ure karo kowuje.

The woman is going to eat the fish. _________________________

9
The woman ate the manioc. Aredu ure jureu kowuje.
The man went to the village with the fish. Imedu uture bato karo tabo.

The woman went to the house with the manioc. ___________________

10
The woman left the house with the manioc. Aredu uture bai piji jureu tabo.

The man left the village with the fish. __________________________

Answers:
1. The woman went to the village. - Aredu uture bato.
2. The man is in the village. - Imedu rakojere ba tada.
3. The woman is not in the field. - Aredu rakojekare boepa tada.
4. The man lives in the field. - Imedu mugure boepa tada.
5. You went to the field. - Ature boepato.
6. The man made the house. - Imedu ure bai towuje.
7. The man will be in the field. - Imedu rakojemode boepa tada.
8. The woman is going to eat the fish. - Aredu umode karo kowuje.
9. The woman went to the house with the manioc. - Aredu uture baito jureu tabo.
10.The man left the village with the fish. - Imedu uture ba piji karo tabo.