Wordin 17 sentences
porke
why; because
- Where it comes from
- Spanish por qué, Italian perché, French pourquoi — "for what"
- Group
- Question words
- First taught
- Lesson 7
- In the published corpus
- 17 of the 1321 glossed sentence pairs use it. Only the sentences that carry an English translation are in the corpus, and it is the measure you can check for yourself.
- Looked up in English as
- because, why
- More than one
- porke-porke — the noun said twice, joined by a hyphen. Nothing is added and nothing inside the word changes, so nothing can become irregular. The rule.
In use12 shown
Sentences that use it.
Every one written by hand and checked against the rules. Shortest first.
- Ta go porke?Why does she go?lessons/lesson-07-questions
- Mi senang porke yu sini.I am happy because you are here.lessons/lesson-25-doing-and-being
- Es bahaya porke tarik kotor.There is danger because the road is dirty.lessons/lesson-25-doing-and-being
- Mi sedih porke yu-yu baid.I am sad because you are far.texts/text-7-surat-por-mama
- Mi senang porke kita una.I am happy because we are together.texts/text-13-kula-una
- Mi lala porke din cang.I sleep because the day is long.texts/text-22-agar-yamur-lai
- Mi senang porke safari start.I am happy because the journey begins.texts/text-22-agar-yamur-lai
- Mi mau ca porke ca hao.I want tea because tea is good.lessons/lesson-18-comparing-and-joining
- Mi punya umid porke yu sini.I have hope because you are here.lessons/lesson-21-things-and-ideas
- Anak tanya tena: "Porke?" Papa kanta.The child asks again: "Why?" The father sings.texts/text-21-uan-umur
- Mi no punya korku porke yu sini.I am not afraid because you are here.lessons/lesson-19-home-and-nature
- Ta sedih porke rafiki ta suda go.She is sad because her friend went.lessons/lesson-25-doing-and-being
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