Béu : Chapter 10

chapter 1

1 ..... The sounds of béu 2 ..... Some interjections 3 ..... Consonant clusters 3.1 Word initial 3.2 Word medial 3.3 Word final 4 ..... Plurals and duals 5 ..... Thread Writing 6 ..... Numbers 6.1 Ordinal numbers 6.2 Fractional numbers 7 ..... Index

chapter 2

1 ..... Pronouns 2 ..... Building up a noun phrase (NP) 3 ..... The case system 3.1 -pi or pì 3.2 -la or lá 3.3 -ye or yè 3.4 -fi or fí 3.5 -lya or alya 3.6 -lfe or alfe 3.7 -s or sá 3.8 -ge or gé 3.9 -ho or hò 3.10 -ji or jí 3.11 -wo or wó 3.12 -n or nà 4 ..... Building up another type of NP 5 ..... 64 Adjectives 6 ..... Simple arithmetic 7 ..... Index

chapter 3

1 ..... When a noun qualifies another one 2 ..... How to bring a word into focus 3 ..... Questions 3.1 ..... How to ask a yes/no question 3.2 ..... How to ask a content question 3.3 ..... How to ask what is being done 4 ..... The 5 "specifiers" 5 ..... Some specifier - generic noun amalgamations 6 ..... The relativizers 7 ..... The R-form of the verb 7.1 ... Slot 1 7.2 ... Slot 2 7.3 ... Slot 3 8 ..... Index

chapter 4

1 ..... Copula's 1.1 ... sàu 1.2 ... láu 1.3 ... The copula of existence 2 ..... The verb complex or verb phrase 2.1 ... mazebai 2.2 ... seŋgebai 2.3 ... wepua 2.4 ... 4 suffixes -u, -va, -inda, -wan 3 ..... Index

chapter 5

1 The parish flags 2 The cremation oval 3 The sky garden 4 The parish hall 5 The town clock 6 The time of day 7 Index

chapter 6

1 ..... kolape 1.1 kolape jù 1.2 kolape tá 1.3 kolape tói 2 ..... Some linguistic terms in béu 3 ..... The parts of speech of béu 4 ..... The conditional 5 Verb chains 6 To give and to receive 6.1 The reciprocal construction 6.2 To allow or let 6.3 The passive construction 6.4 The causative construction 6.5 Who/what is responsible 7 Ambitransitive verbs 8 ..... The Calendar 9 ..... Index

chapter 7

1 ..... Word order and definiteness 2 ..... Adjectives and how they pervade other parts of speech 3 ..... Verbs and how they pervade other parts of speech 4 ................. Nouns and how they pervade other parts of speech 5 ..... A bit about adverbs 6 ..... Number of categories 7 ..... The transitivity of verbs in béu 7.1 Intransitive 7.2 Ambitransitive of type S=O 7.3 Ambitransitive verbs of type S=A and Transitive verbs 8 Index

chapter 8

1 ..... The -ana suffix 2 ..... The béu participles and the NP with the present participle core 3 ..... A discussion of English participles 4 ..... Start, Stop, Try 5 ..... Want 6 ..... The Imperative 7 ..... Verb chains 8 ..... The Subjunctive or the irrealis 9 ..... To think about 10 Some rubbish 11 ..... KENKO 12 ..... Examples of prepositions 13 .... -NI, NAI and -GO 14 ..... Getting the opposite by adding "u" 14.1 .... A prefix for adjectives 14.2 .... and a prefix for adverb 14.3 .... and a prefix for nouns 14.4 .... but an infix for verbs 15 Index

chapter 9

1 How concepts relate to parts of speech 2 ..... Word building 2.1 Word or -DAU 2.2 Person or -BU 2.3 Complex -ZA 2.4 Fellow or -PEU 2.5 Subject or -GA 2.6 Book or -LI 2.7 Tool or -GU 2.8 Machine or -NO 2.9 Belief/theory or -GAI 2.10 Wagon or -WAI 2.11 Building or -DO 2.12 Side or -KA 2.13 Area/Station or -KAU 2.14 Volume/Room or -KAI 2.15 A place/station or -HEU 2.16 A place/shop or -HA 2.17 Professional or -TAI 2.18 A container or -COI 2.19 Tradesman or -DA 2.20 Shop or -FU 2.21 Shopkeeper or -FAU 2.22 Stuff or -YO 2.23 Language or -BA 2.24 Metal or -MAI 2.25 Water or -ZE 2.26 Air/gas or -MO 2.27 Group or -BO 2.28 Member or -KE 2.29 Disease or ʔI 2.30 Fish or -PAI 2.31 Trees or -NYO 2.32 Fruit/nuts or -ZO 3 YīnYáng 3.1 Units 4 This is rubbish 5 Index

chapter 10

Diagrams to be updated

C2 ... D1 and D2 ... nús => ús ... yè = > kó ... alya = > alka

C3 ... all correct

C4 ... all correct

C5 ... all correct

C6 ... in the "calendar" ... v => f

C7 ... maybe a few things to change ....

Index

1. Introduction to Béu
2. Béu : Chapter 1 : The Sounds
3. Béu : Chapter 2 : The Noun
4. Béu : Chapter 3 : The Verb
5. Béu : Chapter 4 : Adjective
6. Béu : Chapter 5 : Questions
7. Béu : Chapter 6 : Derivations
8. Béu : Chapter 7 : Way of Life 1
9. Béu : Chapter 8 : Way of life 2
10. Béu : Chapter 9 : Word Building
11. Béu : Chapter 10 : Gerund Phrase
12. Béu : Discarded Stuff
13. A statistical explanation for the counter-factual/past-tense conflation in conditional sentences