Editing Pitkern (section)

== Excerpts from a transcription of Pitkern ==
The sentences below are excerpted from a longer dialogue held in 1951 between a teenage speaker of Pitkern and A.W. Moverley, a foreigner who worked as a schoolteacher on Pitcairn during the mid-20th century.<ref name=":0"/> The dialogue was recorded by Moverley and later transcribed in the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]] by A.C. Gimson, with translations to English provided by Moverley.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Ross|first1=Alan S. C.|title=The Pitcairnese Language|last2=Moverley|first2=A. W.|last3=Schubert|last4=Maude|last5=Flint|last6=Gimson|publisher=Andre Deutsch|year=1964|location=London|pages=121–135}}</ref>
{|
|+
|'''Pitkern transcription'''
|
|{{IPA|wɒtəwɛi}}
|{{IPA|ju}}
|-
|'''English cognates'''
|
|what way
|you
|-
|'''Translation'''
|
|“How are
|you (sg.)?”
|}
<br />
{|
|'''Pitkern transcription'''
|
|{{IPA|ai}}
|{{IPA|filen}}
|{{IPA|sɪkɪ}}
|-
|'''English cognates'''
|
|I
|feeling
|sick
|-
|'''Translation'''
|
|“I’m
|feeling
|sick.”
|}
<br />
{|
|'''Pitkern transcription'''
|
|{{IPA|ai}}
|{{IPA|bɪn}}
|{{IPA|sɔ}}
|{{IPA|sɪns}}
|{{IPA|jɛstəde}}
|{{IPA|ha}}
|{{IPA|ʔʌdəwʌn}}
|{{IPA|ha}}
|{{IPA|ʔʌdəwʌn}}
|-
|'''English cognates'''
|
|I
|been
|sore
|since
|yesterday
|the
|other one
|the
|other one
|-
|'''Translation'''
|
|“I’ve
|been
|ill
| colspan="6" |for the past three days.”
|}
<br />
{|
|'''Pitkern transcription'''
|
|{{IPA|aɪ}}
|{{IPA|sə}}
|{{IPA|brɪŋ}}
|{{IPA|wʌn}}
|{{IPA|a}}
|{{IPA|wækl}}
|{{IPA|lʊŋfə}}
|{{IPA|mi}}
|-
|'''English cognates'''
|
|I
|
|bring
|one
|of
|victuals
|along for
|me
|-
|'''Translation'''
|
|“I’ve
| colspan="2" |brought
| colspan="2" |some
|food
| colspan="2" |for myself with me."
|}
<br />
{|
|'''Pitkern transcription'''
|
|{{IPA|aɪ}}
|{{IPA|bɪn}}
|{{IPA|teʔk}}
|{{IPA|wʌn}}
|{{IPA|aɪ}}
|{{IPA|teɪtə}}
|{{IPA|pilʌ}}
|{{IPA|ɪn}}
|{{IPA|a}}
|{{IPA|plʌnz}}
|{{IPA|lif}}
|-
|'''English cognates'''
|
|I
|been
|take
|one
|I
|tater
|[Tahitian: "type of pudding"]
|in
|a
|plantain's
|leaf
|-
|'''Translation'''
|
|“I’ve
| colspan="2" |brought
| colspan="2" |myself some
|potato
|pie
|in
|a
|banana
|leaf."
|}
<br />
{|
|'''Pitkern transcription'''
|
|{{IPA|jɔːle}}
|{{IPA|maːmuː}}
|-
|'''English cognates'''
|
|you all you<ref>Mühlhäusler, Peter. "The History of writing Pitkern and Norf’k (talk given at the History Society in 2019)." p. 12</ref>
|[Tahitian: "silence"]
|-
|'''Translation'''
|
|“You (pl.)
|be quiet!”
|}
<br />
{|
|'''Pitkern transcription'''
|
|{{IPA|dʌnə}}
|{{IPA|maːlou}}
|-
|'''English cognates'''
|
|do not
|[Tahitian: "obstinate"]
|-
|'''Translation'''
|
|“Don't
|argue!”
|}
<br />
{|
|'''Pitkern transcription'''
|
|{{IPA|jɔːlə}}
|{{IPA|paɪl}}
|{{IPA|e}}
|{{IPA|pipl}}
|{{IPA|kaː}}
|{{IPA|wosiŋ}}
|{{IPA|jɔle}}
|{{IPA|toːkm}}
|{{IPA|əbæʊʔt}}
|-
|'''English cognates'''
|
|you all you
|pile
|of
|people
|can't
|what thing
|you all you
|talking
|about
|-
|'''Translation'''
|
|“You (pl.)
| colspan="3" |lot
|don't know
|what
|you're
|talking
|about."
|}
<br />
{|
|'''Pitkern transcription'''
|
|{{IPA|jɔːle}}
|{{IPA|dʌnə}}
|{{IPA|toːk}}
|-
|'''English cognates'''
|
|you all you
|do not
|talk
|-
|'''Translation'''
|
|"You (pl.)
|stop
|talking!”
|}
<br />
{|
|'''Pitkern transcription'''
|
|{{IPA|jus}}
|{{IPA|ə}}
|{{IPA|get}}
|{{IPA|aʊ}}
|{{IPA|flaʊə}}
|{{IPA|ʔaʊʔt}}
|{{IPA|ʃɛʔp}}
|-
|'''English cognates'''
|
|us
|
|get
|our
|flour
|out
|ship
|-
|'''Translation'''
|
| colspan="2" |"We
|get
|our
|bags of flour
|from
|ships."
|}