Papago Problem: Tohono O’odham, formerly known as Papago, is spoken in
south-central Arizona in the U.S. and in northern Sonora in Mexico. Match each Tohono
O’odham sentence with its English translation.
(1) Ha-cecposid ‘o g wakial g wipsilo. (A) I am speaking
(2) Pi ‘ac ˜ne˜nok ‘a:cim. (B) The man is speaking.
(3) Ceposid ‘o g wakial g wisilo. (C) I am working.
(4) Pi ‘o cickpan g cecoj. (D) The cowboys aren’t branding the calf.
(5) Pi ‘o ceposid g wapkial g wisilo. (E) We are not speaking.
(6) Cipkan ‘a˜n ‘a:˜ni. (F) The men are working.
(7) ˜Neok ‘o g ceoj. (G) The cowboy is branding the calf.
(8) ˜Neok ‘a˜n ‘a:˜ni. (H) The cowboy is branding the calves.
(I) The men are not working.