Word Order Exercises - Complex Sentences (Stuart Lake)


Arrange the given words in the correct order to make a Dakelh sentence with the given meaning. Check your work by clicking on the black box to reveal the answer. Click again to hide it.

  1. 'et huwa 'uts'int'oh soo ts'uhoont'i'
    We are happy because we are well.
    Soo 'uts'int'oh 'et huwa ts'uhoont'i'.
  2. hoonust'i' whudulk'un yoh
    I like the red house.
    Yoh whudulk'un hoonust'i'.
  3. lubot ncha-i nyoo sghanin'aih
    Give me that large cup!
    Nyoo lubot ncha-i sghanin'aih!
  4. sulhutsin t'et t'eyuninz̲un usjun-un
    My brother knows the young woman who is singing.
    Sulhutsin t'et usjun-un t'eyuninz̲un.
  5. goozih k'ut ludab nilh'en u_sda-i whuz
    Look at the whiskey jack that is sitting on the table over there!
    Goozih whuz ludab k'ut u_sda-i nilh'en!
  6. 'ut'en-un ba hoont'i' neba sdis
    My younger sister likes working for our father.
    Sdis neba ba 'ut'en-un hoont'i'.
  7. 'anditdzin hukwa'nusz̲un ligokt̲s̲ung tis'ulh
    Today I want to eat chicken.
    'Anditdzin ligokt̲s̲ung tis'ulh hukwa'nusz̲un.
  8. Mary ninz̲un oonust'i' Tom
    Mary thinks that I like Tom.
    Mary Tom oonust'i' ninz̲un.
  9. dunene huninz̲un nusz̲un nghun-ne hoonint'i' syoh
    Those people think that I think that you like my house.
    Nghun-ne dunene syoh hoonint'i' nusz̲un huninz̲un.
  10. 'anditdzin hukwa'nusz̲un nutihbilh
    I want you guys to go swimming today.
    'Anditdzin nutihbilh hukwa'nusẕun.

Word Order Exercises - Basic


Revision of 2023-02-02.