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IOL 2014 Problem #1 Benabena
Here are some verb forms of Benabena and their English translations:
| nohobe | I am striking him |
| kahalune | we will strike yousg |
| nokoho'ibe | we both are striking yousg |
| nolenufu'inagihe | because we both are piercing youpl |
| nolifi'ibe | you both are piercing us |
| nofunagihe | because I am piercing him |
| nofine | yousg are piercing him |
| nifila'ibe | you both will pierce me |
| nonahatagihe | because yousg are striking me |
| lenahalube | I will strike youpl |
| nahalanagihe | because youpl will strike me |
| lahala'ibe | you both will strike us |
| nofutagihe | because we are piercing him |
| lenifilu'ibe | we both will pierce youpl |
| noho'inagihe | because we both are striking him |
(a) Translate into English:
(b) Translate into Benabena:
- you both are striking him;
- we will pierce yousg;
- because we are striking youpl;
- because youpl will pierce him.
⚠ The Benabena language belongs to the Trans-New Guinea family. It is spoken by approx. 45 000 people in Papua New Guinea.
—Ivan Derzhanski