The Rikbaktsa enigma
Welcome to the second puzzle involving the Rikbaktsa language of Brazil.
We suggest again that you print this page out to help record and work out the answers....
As before, analyse the data to isolate words.
The clues
1 Maku pazahare ni piboroko. The man is eating pork.
2 Pazahare ni piboroko. He is eating pork.
3 Pazahare pibezeke. He is killing a pig.
4 Pazahare pibeze. He kills a pig.
5 Maku piku ni piboroko. The man is eating tapir
meat.
6 Piku ni piboro. He eats tapir meat.
7 Jatu piku zibeze. Yesterday he killed a tapir.
8 Piku zibezeke. He was killing a tapir.
9 Piku zitabaka. The tapir was walking.
Questions:
1 How would you translate 'Jatu maku piku ni ziboro'?
2 Explain the different forms of the part of the word that means ‘continuous tense’ - corresponding to the form ‘-ing’ in English.
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