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When someone is eating, you can ask them about how it tastes in x̄á’islak̓ala. It would go like this:
begʷánem 1: sílu ’íxp̓a (Is that good-tasting? Yes or no)
begʷánem 2: ’nna, ’íxp̓u (Yes, it is good-tasting now)
The x̄á’isla word for person is begʷánem, below is an audio recording you can listen to and hear how everything is pronounced.
The word /si-/ is an interrogative phrase that’s used for general questions, the suffix /-lu/ has to do with location and specifies that it’s close to the person you’re asking. The word ’íxp̓a means “good-tasting” and the /-a/ at the end also indicates that it’s a yes-or-no question. So a more literal translation would be something like “Is that (close to you) good-tasting? Yes or no.”
Due to the sentence structure, the person asking the question would be expecting a yes-or-no answer in reply. It’s important to know this so that you will be prepared to answer appropriately. The person who’s eating would start answering with /’nna/ for “yes” (assuming that it does, in fact, taste good), followed by ’íxp̓u. The /-a/ changes to /-u/ because the person is in the process of eating. This suffix is related to /-lu/, thereby matching the situation and grammar.
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