jappa-jaŋı

/dʒappa-dʒaŋɯ/

Saying it about someone

Saying it about someone — jappa-jaŋı
DegreemenIsenyouolhe/she/itbizwesizyou allalathey
base formjappa-jaŋımaI am brand newjappa-jaŋısayou are brand newjappa-jaŋıdıhe is brand newjappa-jaŋıbızwe are brand newjappa-jaŋısızyou all are brand newjappa-jaŋıdılathey are brand new

To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden jappa-jaŋıdı — "compared to me, he is brand new."

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing — jappa-jaŋı
Degreemenikiminesenikiyoursanıqıhis / hersbiznikiourssiznikiyours (pl.)alanıqıtheirs
base formmeniki jappa-jaŋıdımine is brand newseniki jappa-jaŋıdıyours is brand newanıqı jappa-jaŋıdıhis is brand newbizniki jappa-jaŋıdıours is brand newsizniki jappa-jaŋıdıyours (pl.) is brand newalanıqı jappa-jaŋıdıtheirs is brand new
Several things — jappa-jaŋı
Degreemenikileminesenikileyoursanıqılahis / hersbiznikileourssiznikileyours (pl.)alanıqılatheirs
base formmenikile jappa-jaŋıdılamine are brand newsenikile jappa-jaŋıdılayours are brand newanıqıla jappa-jaŋıdılahis are brand newbiznikile jappa-jaŋıdılaours are brand newsiznikile jappa-jaŋıdılayours (pl.) are brand newalanıqıla jappa-jaŋıdılatheirs are brand new

Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu jappa-jaŋıdı, bıla jappa-jaŋıdıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".