katí bi no matter how many, no matter how often

Part of Speech MWE
    • no matter how many, no matter how often
      • Example 64:
        guǰúr katí bi c̣húuṇc̣u heentá, áangii phúṭi sam ba kúulu.
        guǰúr
        Gujar
        katí
        how.much
        bi
        SEP
        c̣húuṇc̣
        straight
        -u
        -MSG
        heentá
        CONDL
        áangu
        sickle
        -ii
        -gen
        phúṭi
        end
        sam
        equally
        ba
        top
        kúul
        bent
        -u
        -MSG
        No matter how straight the Gujar is, he is equally bent like the blade of the sickle. [Proverb]
        Source:
        A:NH12:1:182
      • Example 1141:
        kučúrii laméeṭi katí bi naṛí wée díti ta eeseé kúuli.
        kučúru
        dog
        -ii
        -gen
        laméeṭi
        tail
        katí
        many
        bi
        SEP
        naṛ
        stream
        -í
        -obl
        wée
        into
        dit
        put.pfv
        -i
        -f
        ta
        DS
        eesé
        3FSG.REM.nom
        =eé
        AMPL
        kúul
        bent
        -i
        -f
        No matter how many times you put a dog's tail into the stream, it remains crooked. [Proverb]
        Source:
        A:NH12:1:088

Related entries

  • See also:
    • katí how many, how much; that many, that much; a few
    • bi also, too; else, at all; even