Kamba and English

Resources for Machine Translation between Kamba and English

External Resources

Kamba Transducer: https://github.swarthmore.edu/Ling073-sp23/ling073-kam

English Transducer: https://github.swarthmore.edu/Ling073-sp23/ling073-eng

Kamba → English Parallel Corpus: https://github.swarthmore.edu/Ling073-sp23/ling073-kam-eng-corpus/tree/main

Kamba --> English Translation Pair: https://github.swarthmore.edu/Ling073-sp23/ling073-kam-eng

Kamba → English Evaluation

• Coverage for monolingual transducer: 149 / 310
• Coverage for bilingual transducer: 112 / 308

10 Sentences

1) Original Sentence: Ilinda yii ni yaasa.

  Intended English Translation: This dress is long.
  
  The output of your xyz-abc-biltrans (lexical transfer) mode: ^linda<n><cl5><sg>/dress<n><cl5><sg>$ ^a<dem><det><cl5><sg>/this<dem><det><cl5><sg>$ ^ĩ<vbser><prc>/be<vbser><prc>$ ^asa<adj><cl5><sg>/long<adj><sint><cl5><sg>$^.<sent>/.<sent>$

  The output of your xyz-abc (full translation) mode: #dress #this #be #long 

2) Original Sentence: Vulana ii ni nene.

  Intended English Translation: This jersey is big.

  The output of your xyz-abc-biltrans (lexical transfer) mode: ^vulana<n><cl9><sg>/jersey<n><cl9><sg>$ ^a<dem><det><cl9><sg>/this<dem><det><cl9><sg>$ ^ĩ<vbser><prc>/be<vbser><prc>$ ^nene<adj><cl9><sg>/big<adj><sint><cl9><sg>/great<adj><sint> <cl9><sg>$^.<sent>/.<sent>$

  The output of your xyz-abc (full translation) mode: #jersey #this #be #big

3) Original Sentence: Muvuko uu ni munene.

  Intended English Translation: This bag is big.
  
  The output of your xyz-abc-biltrans (lexical transfer) mode: ^Vuko<n><cl3><sg>/Bag<n><cl3><sg>$ ^a<dem><det><cl1><sg>/this<dem><det><cl1><sg>$ ^ĩ<vbser><prc>/be<vbser><prc>$ ^nene<adj><cl1><sg>/big<adj><sint><cl1><sg>/great<adj><sint> <cl1><sg>$^.<sent>/.<sent>$

  The output of your xyz-abc (full translation) mode: #bag #this #be #big

4) Original Sentence: Ngovia ii ni nini.

  Intended English Translation: This hat is small.

  The output of your xyz-abc-biltrans (lexical transfer) mode: ^govia<n><cl9><sg>/hat<n><cl9><sg>$ ^a<dem><det><cl9><sg>/this<dem><det><cl9><sg>$ ^ĩ<vbser><prc>/be<vbser><prc>$ ^nene<adj><cl9><sg>/big<adj><sint><cl9><sg>/great<adj><sint> <cl9><sg>$^.<sent>/.<sent>$

  The output of your xyz-abc (full translation) mode: #hat #this #be #big

5) Original Sentence: Sokisi ni nguvi.

  Intended English Translation: The socks are short.

  The output of your xyz-abc-biltrans (lexical transfer) mode: ^sokisi<n><cl9><sg>/socks<n><cl9><sg>$ ^ĩ<vbser><prc>/be<vbser><prc>$ ^guvi<adj><cl9><sg>/short<adj><sint> <cl9><sg>$^.<sent>/.<sent>$

  The output of your xyz-abc (full translation) mode: #socks #be #short

6) Original Sentence: Na syaatu ii ni nzau.

  Intended English Translation: But these shoes are new.
  
  The output of your xyz-abc-biltrans (lexical transfer) mode: ^na<cnjcoo>/but<cnjcoo>/and<cnjcoo>$ ^aatu<n><cl8><pl>/shoes<n><cl8><pl>$ ^a<dem><det><cl9><sg>/this<dem><det><cl9><sg>$ ^ĩ<vbser><prc>/be<vbser><prc>$ ^*nzaũ/*nzaũ$^.<sent>/.<sent>$

  The output of your xyz-abc (full translation) mode: but #shoes #this #be *nzaũ

7) Original Sentence: Mbui, Ngiti na Ng’ombe mai anyanyae anene.

  Intended English Translation: Dog, and Cow were great friends.

  The output of your xyz-abc-biltrans (lexical transfer) mode: ^bũi<n><cl9><sg>/goat<n><cl9><sg>$^,<cm>/,<cm>$ ^giti<n><cl9><sg>/dog<n><cl9><sg>$ ^na<cnjcoo>/but<cnjcoo>/and<cnjcoo>$ ^G’ombe<n><cl9><sg>/Cow<n><cl9><sg>$ ^*mai/*mai$ ^nyanya<n><cl2><pl>/friend<n><cl2><pl>$ ^nene<adj><cl2><pl>/big<adj><sint><cl2><pl>/great<adj><sint> <cl2><pl>$^.<sent>/.<sent>$

  The output of your xyz-abc (full translation) mode: #goat, #dog but #Cow *mai #friend #big

8) Original Sentence: Muthenyia umwe maendie kyalo na ngali.

  Intended English Translation: One day they went on a journey in a taxi.
  
  The output of your xyz-abc-biltrans (lexical transfer) mode: ^thenya<n><cl3><sg>/day<n><cl3><sg>$ ^mwe<num><cl3><sg>/one<num><cl3><sg>$ ^*maendi/*maendi$ ^alo<n><cl7><sg>/journey<n><cl7><sg>$ ^na<cnjcoo>/but<cnjcoo>/and<cnjcoo>$ ^gali<n><cl9><sg>/taxi<n><cl9><sg>$^.<sent>/.<sent>$

  The output of your xyz-abc (full translation) mode: #day #one *maendi #journey but #taxi

9) Original Sentence: Mavika kwisho wa kyaloi, ndeleva amea maive tikiti.

  Intended English Translation: When they reached the end of their 
  journey, the driver asked them to pay their fares.

  The output of your xyz-abc-biltrans (lexical transfer) mode: ^Vik<vblex><perf><p3><pl>/Go<vblex><perf><p3><pl>$ ^*kwisho/*kwisho$ ^wa<pr>/of<pr>$ ^alo<n><cl7><sg>/journey<n><cl7><sg>$^,<cm>/,<cm>$ ^deleva<n><cl9><sg>/driver<n><cl9><sg>$ ^*amea/*amea$ ^*maive/*maive$ ^tikiti<n><cl9><sg>/fare<n><cl9><sg>$^.<sent>/.<sent>$^.<sent>/.<sent>$

  The output of your xyz-abc (full translation) mode: #Go *kwisho of #journey, #driver *amea *maive #fare.

10) Original Sentence: Ng’ombe aiva tikiti wake

  Intended English Translation: Cow paid her fare.

  The output of your xyz-abc-biltrans (lexical transfer) mode: ^g’ombe<n><cl9><sg>/cow<n><cl9><sg>$ ^*aiva/*aiva$ ^tikiti<n><cl9><sg>/fare<n><cl9><sg>$ ^ake<prn>/her<prn>$^.<sent>/.<sent>$

  The output of your xyz-abc (full translation) mode: #cow *aiva #fare #her