Value Rain falls

Language:
Chinese Pidgin Russian
Parameter:
Raining constructions

Examples

  1. Sólenca nietula, dózika ju, soledátka liésa pasóla.
    Solənʧa
    sun
    nietu-la,
    cop.neg-pfv
    doʒika
    rain
    ju,
    be
    soledatka
    soldier
    liesa
    forest
    pasola.
    went.pfv
    The sun had disappeared, it was raining [but] soldiers went to the forest.

    See Jabłońska 1957: 168

  2. Люди ходи кончай, дождь ходи.
    Liudi xadi kanʧaj, doʃ hadi.
    Liudi
    person
    xadi
    go
    kanʧaj,
    finish
    doʃ
    rain
    hadi.
    go
    People had passed [here] before the rain.

    See Arsen'ev 1949: 26