BRANCH 4: (questions and answers pt1)
Here we will use what we learned in the previous exercises and combine plurals with numbers, animals, and people. These will be tools to answer each question. There are two ways of asking each question depending on what you are asking about.
Animate
English
How many are there?
Penobscot
kehsəwak?
Sounds Like
English
1
Penobscot
pesəko
Sounds Like
English
2 of them
Penobscot
nisəwak
Sounds Like
English
3 of them
Penobscot
nlə̀wak
Sounds Like
English
4 of them
Penobscot
yèwəwak
Sounds Like
English
5 of them
Penobscot
nəwak
Sounds Like
English
6 many of them
Penobscot
nəkʷətαs kehsəwak
Sounds Like
English
7 many of them
Penobscot
tαpawαs kehsəwak
Sounds Like
English
8 many of them
Penobscot
nsὰsok kehsəwak
Sounds Like
English
9 many of them
Penobscot
noli kehsəwak
Sounds Like
English
10 many of them
Penobscot
mətala kehsəwak
Sounds Like