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==..... Pronouns and what is meant by S, A and O==
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'''béu''' is what is called an ergative language. About a quarter of the world languages are ergative or partly ergative. So let us explain what ergative means. Well in English we have 2 forms of the first person singular pronoun ... namely "I" and "me". Also we have 2 forms of the third person singular male pronoun ... namely "he" and "him". These two forms help determine who does what to whom. For example "I hit him" and "He hit me" have obviously different meanings (in English there is a fixed word order, which also helps. In '''béu''' the word order is free).


'''timpa''' = to hit  ... '''timpa''' is a verb that takes two nouns (LINGUISTIC JARGON ... a transitive verb).
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'''pás ò timpari''' = I hit him
'''pà ós timpori''' = He hit me  ... OK in this case the protagonist marking in the verb also helps to make things disambiguous. But this will not always help, for example when both protagonists are third person singular.
 
So far so good. And we see that English and '''béu''' behave in the same way so far. But what happens when we take a verb that takes only one noun (LINGUISTIC JARGON ... a transitive verb). For example '''doika''' = "to walk". In English we have "he walked". However in '''béu''' we don't have '''*ós doikori''' but '''ò doikori''' (equivalent to saying "*him walked" in English). So this in a nutshell is what an ergative language is.
 
It is the convention to call the doer in a intransitive clause the S argument. For example '''ò<sub>S</sub> flomporta''' = She has tripped
 
It is the convention to call the doer in a transitive clause the A argument. For example '''ós<sub>A</sub> timpori jene''' = He hit Jane
 
It is the convention to call the "done to" in a transitive clause the O argument. For example '''ò timpori jene<sub>O</sub>''' = He hit Jane
 
The S was historically from the word "Subject" and the O historically from the word "Object", but it is best just to forget about that. In fact when I use the word "subject" I am talking about either the S argument or the A argument.
 
If you like you can say ;-
 
In English "him" is the "done to"(O argument) : "he" is the "doer"(S argument)  and the "doer to"(A argument).
 
In '''béu''' '''ò''' is the "done to"(O argument) and the "doer"(S argument) : '''ós''' is the "doer to"(A argument).
 
Below are two tables showing the two forms of the '''béu''' pronouns.
 
{| border=1
  |align=center| I
  |align=center| '''pás'''
  |align=center| we  (includes "you")
  |align=center| '''yúas'''
  |-
  |align=center|
  |align=center|
  |align=center| we (doesn't include "you")
  |align=center| '''wías'''
  |-
  |align=center| you
  |align=center| '''gís'''
  |align=center| you (plural)
  |align=center| '''jés'''
  |-
  |align=center| he, she
  |align=center| '''ós'''
  |align=center| they
  |align=center| '''nús'''
  |-
  |align=center| it
  |align=center| '''ʃís'''
  |align=center| they
  |align=center| '''ʃís'''
    |}
 
 
[[Image:TW_68.png]]
 
{| border=1
  |align=center| me
  |align=center| '''pà'''
  |align=center| us
  |align=center| '''yùa'''
  |-
  |align=center|
  |align=center|
  |align=center| us
  |align=center| '''wìa'''
  |-
  |align=center| you
  |align=center| '''gì'''
  |align=center| you (plural)
  |align=center| '''jè'''
  |-
  |align=center| him, her
  |align=center| '''ò'''
  |align=center| them
  |align=center| '''nù'''
  |-
  |align=center| it
  |align=center| '''ʃì'''
  |align=center| them
  |align=center| '''ʃì'''
    |}
 
 
[[Image:TW_67.png]]
 
There could be another member it the above table. When a action is performed by somebody on themselves, a special particle '''tí''' is used.
 
Just as in English, we do not say "*I hit me", but "I hit myself" ... in '''béu''' we do not say '''*pás pà timpari''', but '''pás tí timpari'''.
 
LINGUISTIC JARGON ... "myself" is what is called a "reflexive pronoun". In English there are many reflexive pronouns (i.e. "myself", "yourself", "herself", etc. etc.) : in '''béu''' only one.
 
One other point ... '''béu''' has generally a pretty free word order. But in a sentence such as '''jene tí laudori''' (Jane washed herself) it would be pretty unusual to have the '''tí''' before '''jene'''
 
There is an emphatic pronouns based on the possessed form of '''bùa''' "body".  The emphatic forms are given below ;-
 
{| border=1
  |align=center| me myself
  |align=center| '''bapua'''
  |align=center| we ourselves
  |align=center| '''bayua'''
  |-
  |align=center|
  |align=center|
  |align=center| we ourselves
  |align=center| '''bawua'''
  |-
  |align=center| you yourself
  |align=center| '''bigua'''
  |align=center| you yourselves
  |align=center| '''bejua'''
  |-
  |align=center| him himself, her herself
  |align=center| '''bonua'''
  |align=center| them themselves
  |align=center| '''bunua'''
  |-
  |align=center| it itself
  |align=center| '''bisua'''
  |align=center| them themselves
  |align=center| '''bisua'''
  |}
 
The above forms come just after the normal pronouns and the two words stand in apposition. If a '''pilana''' is applied to one, it must be applied to the other as well. For example ;-
 
'''pás bapuas ò timparu''' => I myself will hit her
 
==..... 64 Adjectives==
 
{| border=1
  |align=center| good
  |align=center| '''bòi'''
  |align=center| bad
  |align=center| '''kéu'''
  |-
  |align=center| long
  |align=center| '''yàu'''
  |align=center| short
  |align=center| '''wái'''
  |-
  |align=center| high, tall
  |align=center| '''hái'''
  |align=center| low, short
  |align=center| '''ʔàu'''
  |-
  |align=center| happy, glad
  |align=center| '''ʔoime'''
  |align=center| sad, unhappy
  |align=center| '''heuno'''
  |-
  |align=center| white
  |align=center| '''ái'''
  |align=center| black
  |align=center| '''àu'''
  |-
  |align=center| young
  |align=center| '''sài'''
  |align=center| old (of a living thing)
  |align=center|  '''gáu'''
  |-
  |align=center| clever, smart
  |align=center| '''jini'''
  |align=center| stupid, thick
  |align=center| '''tumu'''
  |-
  |align=center| near
  |align=center| '''nìa'''
  |align=center| far
  |align=center| '''múa'''
  |-
  |align=center| new
  |align=center| '''yaipe'''
  |align=center| old, former, previous
  |align=center|  '''waufo'''
  |-
  |align=center| big
  |align=center| '''jutu'''
  |align=center| small
  |align=center| '''tiji'''
  |-
  |align=center| hot
  |align=center| '''fema'''
  |align=center| cold
  |align=center| '''pona'''
  |-
  |align=center| open
  |align=center| '''nava'''
  |align=center| close
  |align=center| '''mapa'''
  |-
  |align=center| simple, easy
  |align=center| '''baga'''
  |align=center| complex, difficult, hard
  |align=center| '''kaza'''
  |-
  |align=center| sharp
  |align=center| '''naike'''
  |align=center| blunt
  |align=center| '''maubo'''
  |-
  |align=center| wet
  |align=center| '''nuco'''
  |align=center| dry
  |align=center| '''mide'''
  |-
  |align=center| empty
  |align=center| '''fene'''
  |align=center| full
  |align=center| '''pomo'''
  |-
  |align=center| fast
  |align=center| '''saco'''
  |align=center| slow
  |align=center| '''gade'''
  |-
  |align=center| strong
  |align=center| '''yubu'''
  |align=center| weak
  |align=center| '''wiki'''
  |-
  |align=center| heavy
  |align=center| '''hobua'''
  |align=center| light
  |align=center| '''ʔekia'''
  |-
  |align=center| beautiful
  |align=center| '''hauʔe'''
  |align=center| ugly
  |align=center| '''ʔaiho'''
  |-
  |align=center| contiguous, touching
  |align=center| '''yotia'''
  |align=center| apart, separate
  |align=center| '''wejua'''
  |-
  |align=center| fat
  |align=center| '''somua'''
  |align=center| thin, skinny
  |align=center| '''genia'''
  |-
  |align=center| bright
  |align=center| '''selia'''
  |align=center| dull, dim
  |align=center| '''golua'''
  |-
  |align=center| thin
  |align=center| '''pilia'''
  |align=center| thick
  |align=center| '''fulua'''
  |-
  |align=center| east, dawn, sunrise
  |align=center| '''cúa'''
  |align=center| west, dusk, sundown
  |align=center| '''dìa'''
  |-
  |align=center| tight
  |align=center| '''taitu'''
  |align=center| slack, loose
  |align=center|  '''jauji'''
  |-
  |align=center| neat
  |align=center| '''ilia'''
  |align=center| untidy
  |align=center| '''ulua'''
  |-
  |align=center| soft
  |align=center| '''fuje'''
  |align=center| hard
  |align=center| '''pito'''
  |-
  |align=center| wide/broad
  |align=center| '''juga'''
  |align=center| narrow
  |align=center| '''tisa'''
  |-
  |align=center| rough
  |align=center| '''gaʔu'''
  |align=center| smooth
  |align=center| '''sahi'''
  |-
  |align=center| deep
  |align=center| '''gubu'''
  |align=center| shallow
  |align=center| '''siki'''
  |-
  |align=center| right
  |align=center| '''sèu'''
  |align=center| wrong
  |align=center| '''gói'''
  |}
 
In the above list, it can be seen that each pair of adjectives have pretty much the exact opposite meaning. However in '''béu''' there is ALSO a relationship between the sounds that make up these words. 
 
In fact every element of a word is a mirror image (about the L-A axis in the chart below) of the corresponding element in the word with the opposite meaning.
 
{| border=1
  |align=center| '''ʔ''' 
  |align=center|
  |align=center|
  |align=center|
  |-
  |align=center| '''m'''
  |align=center|
  |align=center|
  |align=center|
  |-
  |align=center| '''y'''
  |align=center|
  |align=center|
  |align=center|
  |-
  |align=center| '''j'''
  |align=center|
  |align=center|  '''au'''
  |align=center|
  |-
  |align=center| '''f'''
  |align=center|
  |align=center|  '''o'''
  |align=center|
  |-
  |align=center| '''b'''
  |align=center|
  |align=center|  '''oi'''
  |align=center|
  |-
  |align=center| '''g'''
  |align=center|
  |align=center|  '''i'''
  |align=center|
  |-
  |align=center| '''d'''
  |align=center|
  |align=center|  '''ia'''
  |align=center|
  |align=left|  '''high tone'''
  |-
  |align=center| '''l'''
  |align=center| ===========================
  |align=center| '''a'''
  |align=center| ============================
  |align=left|  '''neutral'''
  |-
  |align=center| '''c'''
  |align=center|
  |align=center|  '''ua'''
  |align=center|
  |align=left|'''low tone'''
  |-
  |align=center| '''s/ʃ'''
  |align=center|
  |align=center| '''u'''
  |align=center|
  |-
  |align=center| '''k'''
  |align=center|
  |align=center| '''eu'''
  |align=center|
  |-
  |align=center| '''p'''
  |align=center|
  |align=center| '''e'''
  |align=center|
  |-
  |align=center| '''t'''
  |align=center|
  |align=center| '''ai'''
  |align=center|
  |-
  |align=center| '''w'''
  |align=center|
  |align=center|
  |align=center|
  |-
  |align=center| '''n'''
  |align=center|
  |align=center|
  |align=center|
  |-
  |align=center| '''h'''
  |align=center|
  |align=center|
  |align=center|
  |}
 
== ..... Adjectives and how they pervade other parts of speech==
 
The main parts of speech in '''béu''' are nouns, adjectives and verbs (there are also particles but they are a mixed bag, it is hard to generalise about them). However we can generalise about nouns, adjectives and verbs. Nouns (N), adjectives (A) and verbs (V) are called "parts of speech". In béu, sometimes, aNn unmodified word can belong to 2 or 3 different parts of speech at once.
 
For convenience I am going to introduce another part of speech : the '''geladi''' (G). You find the '''G'''-form a lot in complement clauses (that will be explained later). In our linguistic tradition we call it the infinitive form of the verb. This is the "base form" of the verb and it resembles a noun in many respects.
 
For example '''solbe''' means "to drink" and is a '''geladi'''. But more often you find this word in other forms. For example if you came across '''solbarin''' which means "I drank, so they say". I am counting the form '''solbarin''' as a verb (V), and the form '''solbe''' as a '''geladi'''(G). That is I am treating them as different parts of speech. This is just for convenience. I do not want to get into an argument about linguistic theories etc. etc. This is just to make things easy to discuss.
 
Let us start of with a single-syllable adjective. Let us see what "forms" a single-syllable adjective can take and what "parts of speech" these forms can belong to. Consider the word '''gèu''' "green" ;-
 
[[Image:TW_81.png]]
 
Along the top of the above chart you can see N, A, V and G. These are different part of speech. The form under these 4 headings, shows the form '''géu''' takes when it is one of these 4 parts of speech.  Now '''géu''' is fundamentally an adjective (that is what that pentangle around the "A" means).
 
You can see that we have two nouns in the above chart. One has its original form, I call this one "the substansive noun", i.e. "the green one". The other changes its form by taking the affix '''-ma'''. I call this one "the qualitative noun", i.e. "greenness".
 
Now how can we tell if the unmodified '''géu''' is representing an adjective or a substansive noun. Well we can tell by its position with respect to other elements in the clause.
 
'''gèu''' is an adjective if it comes immediately after the copula<sup>*</sup> '''sàu'''. For example '''báu rì gèu''' => The/a man was green. (if you wanted to put a substantive after '''sàu''', you would stick '''aja''' "one" in front of it).
 
'''gèu''' is also an adjective if it comes immediately after a noun i.e. '''báu gèu dí''' => This green man    ((An aside ... ('''báu gèun dí''' = the green one's man here)  ))
 
In other positions '''géu''' represents a substansive noun<sup>**</sup>.
 
<sup>*</sup>'''gèu''' is a qualitative noun if it comes immediately after the copula of existence '''gaza'''. For example '''ʔá pona''' => It is cold ... or ... '''ʔá pona paʔe''' => I am cold
 
<sup>**</sup>Well actually in one other position '''géu''' represents a qualitative noun ... after the "copula of existence" (just to make things complicated).
 
We can see that we can derive two verbs from '''géu'''. By affixing '''-du''' we get an intransitive verb meaning "to become green". And by affixing '''-ldu''' we get an transitive verb meaning "to make green". You can see that the '''V'''-forms and the '''G'''-forms are the same.
 
Actually the '''V'''-form is not '''geudu''' or '''geuldu'''. The '''V'''-form is actually a myriad of forms. But they are all built up from the '''geudu''' or ''' geuldu''' foundations. As an example let us build up one of the myriad of forms that the '''V'''-form can take. First we delete the final vowel ... then we add a vowel that represents the subject ... then we add, either '''r''', '''n''' or '''s''' (depending on if we want the indicative mood, the subjunctive nood or the imperative) ... then we add a vowel (or consonant + vowel) as a tense/aspect marker ... then we possibly add an optional evidential marker '''n''', '''s''' or '''a'''. So we could get  '''geud<del>u</del>''' + '''i''' + '''r''' + '''i'''  +'''a''' => '''geudiria''' = "you became green, I saw it" ... one of the many forms considered as a '''V'''-form.
 
OK. We have seen how a single-syllable adjective works. Now for a 2-syllable adjective. Consider the word '''naike''' "sharp" ;-
 
[[Image:TW_82.png]]
 
We can see that in this case it is possible to have 3 parts of speech from only one form. However in this case the "finite" verb (V) is built up directly from '''naike''' and not from the '''G'''-form. So, for example, we have '''naikiria''' = "you sharpened (it), I saw you do it". Rather than '''*naikediria'''. The '''G'''-form is built up from the base form by adding the affix '''-du'''.
 
Notice that with '''géu''' we had two verbs generated by adding affixes. In this case we only have one verb and it is transitive.
 
[[Image:TW_84.png]]
 
And above we see one more possibility for a word that is fundamentally an adjective. You will see that the G form has a irregular ending. Quite a number of common adjectives act like '''mapa''' (so maybe I should not call them irregular). You will see that there is also a pentangle around the "G". This is because we can not say if this word is basically an infinitive verb or an adjective. There would be two entries in a dictionary.
 
Again only one verb and it is transitive. There are three ways that we can make an intransitive clause.
 
1) '''pintu tí mapori''' = The door closed itself ... this form strongly implies that there was no human agent. Possibly the wind closed the door (or a supernatural element when it comes to that).
 
2) '''pintu lái mapori''' = The door was closed ... this is the standard passive form. It strongly implies a human agent but the agent is either unknown or unimportant.
 
3) '''pintu lí mapa''' = The door became closed ... this uses the adjective form of '''mapa''' and the "copula of becoming" '''láu'''.  This form has no implication as to the humanness of the agent.
 
By the way, the '''G'''-form of '''nava''' "open" is '''navai'''
 
Let us go back to '''gèu''' and consider '''gèu''' in an intransitive clause. As above we have 3 ways.
 
 
1) '''báu tí geuldori''' = The man made himself green ... this form implies that there was some effort involved.
 
2) '''báu lái geuldori''' = The man was made green ... this is the standard passive form. It strongly implies a human agent but the agent is either unknown or unimportant.
 
3) '''báu lí gèu''' = The man became green ... this uses the adjective form of '''gèu''' and the "copula of becoming" '''láu'''.  This form has no implication as to the humanness of the agent.
 
And of course '''gèu''' has a fourth way ...
 
4) '''báu gèudori''' = The man became green
 
Actually 3) and 4) have the same meaning.
 
-------------------------------
 
Any single syllable adjective, must have the suffix '''du''' in all its verbal forms. For example ;-
 
'''audu''' = to become black, '''auldu''' = to blacken, '''maŋkeu''' = faces
 
'''aulduri maŋkiteu''' = they blackened their faces ... interesting construction ... we use the transitive form even tho' they perform the action on themselves.
 
== ..... Verbs and how they pervade other parts of speech==
 
 
[[Image:TW_85.png]]
 
 
 
[[Image:TW_86.png]]
 
'''slaii''' is pronounced as two syllables ... as you would say "sly "e" " ...  glottal stop between the syllables ... quite easy to say.
 
'''slaiana'''is pronounced as three syllables ... '''slai ... a ... na''' ... also easy to say.
 
== ..... Nouns and how they pervade other parts of speech==
 
'''nambo'''
-----
[[Image:TW_89.png]]
 
'''nambo''' meaning house is a fairly typical non-single-syllable noun and we can use it to demonstrate how '''béu''' generates other words from nouns.
 
'''nambodu'''
-----
Not many nouns can be used as verbs. However when an action is associated to a certain noun, usually, with no change of form, it can be used as a verb. For example '''lotova''' means bicycle and you get '''lotovarwi''' meaning "I used to ride my bicycle". For the infinitive, '''du''' must be affixed to the basic form.
 
The meaning given to the verb '''nambo''' is arrived at through metaphor, it is not so straight forward as the bicycle example.
 
The use of all tools can be expressed in a similar manner to '''lotova'''.
 
'''nambon'''
-----
Sometimes in English a bare noun can be used to qualify another noun (i.e. it can act as an adjective). For example in the phrase "history teacher", "history" has the roll usually performed by an adjective ... for example, "the sadistic teacher". This can never happen in '''béu''', the noun must undergo some sort of change. The most common change for '''nambo''' is it to change into its genitive form '''nambon''' as in '''pintu nambon''' "the door of the house". Other changes that can occur are the affixation of '''-go''' or '''-ka'''. These are used with certain nouns more than others. They are not used that much with the noun '''nambo''' so I haven't included them in the chart above. You could use the forms '''nambogo''' or '''namboka''' if you wanted tho' (they would mean "house-like"). Maybe you would use one of these terms in a joke ... it would stike the listener as ''slightly'' odd however.
 
'''nambia'''
-----
This is a very common derivation. Nearly all nouns can take this transformation.
 
'''nambia''' is an adjective meaning "having a home". And its use as a noun is quite common as well, in which case it would probably be translater as "a home owner"
 
'''nambua'''
-----
Also a very common derivation. The opposite of '''nambia'''.
 
'''nambua''' means '''homeless''' or '''the homeless'''
 
Note that although '''ia''' and '''ua''' are exact opposites, the usage of the words produced from these affixes do not completely mirror each other. It all depends oner what the base word is.
 
For example, in this case, the form '''nambia''' is a bit rarer than '''nambia'''. Also '''nambua''' is used more often as an adjective than as a noun, while '''nambia''' is used more often as a noun than an adjective.
 
'''nambuma'''
-----
Many of the worlds languages have a suffix that has this roll. Called an "augmentative" in the Western linguistic tradition. Does not really come into play in English but quite common in '''béu'''. As well as some basic forms that appear regularly in their augmentative version, any noun can receive this affix. But of course it will stick out if it is not commonly used.
 
'''nambita'''
-----
The opposite of '''nambuma'''. Called an "diminutive" in the Western linguistic tradition. In '''béu''' it is often used to show that the speaker feels affection for the noun so transformed. There is no trace of the opposite for the augmentative : nobody would use the augmentative to show repulsion.
 
'''nambwan'''
-----
The form changes that produce '''nambia''', '''nambua''', '''nambuma''', '''nambita''', '''*nambija''' are '''*nambeba''' affected by deleting the final vowel (or diphthong) and then adding the relevant affix. However with this change of form this is not always possible to delete the final vowel (example). In this example it is possible. In fact it is possible if the final consonant of the base word is j, b, g, d,c, s, k, t, l or m.
 
'''wan''' is affixed to a few nouns, a few adjectives plus a few. Its has the sense of "tending towards","accustomed to" or "addicted to".
 
{| border=1
  |align=center| '''ái'''
  |align=center| white
  |align=center| '''aiwan'''
  |align=center| faded
  |-
  |align=center| '''lozo'''
  |align=center| grey
  |align=center| '''lozwan'''
  |align=center| grizzled
  |-
  |align=center| '''pà'''
  |align=center| I
  |align=center| '''pawan'''
  |align=center| selfish
  |-
  |align=center| '''mama'''
  |align=center| mother
  |align=center| '''mamwan'''
  |align=center| motherbound
  |-
  |align=center| '''nambo'''
  |align=center| house
  |align=center| '''nambwan'''
  |align=center| domesticated
  |-
  |align=center| '''toili'''
  |align=center| book
  |align=center| '''toilwan'''
  |align=center| bookish
  |}
 
By the way '''nambwan''' means domestic or domesticated. Nearly always when you come across the word it is referring to animals.
 
Other derivations that are not possible with '''nambo'''
-----
I have already mentioned '''nambogo''' and '''namboka''' which while possible, are not at all common. Also I will mention three other derivations that are quite common however can not occur with '''nambo'''.
 
1) '''-ija''' is affixed to the names of animals and give a word meaning the young of that animal. For example;-
 
'''huvu''' = sheep
 
'''huvija''' = lamb
 
'''mèu''' = cat
 
'''meuja''' = kitten
 
2) '''-eba''' is an affix that produces a word meaning "a set of something" where the base word is considered as a central/typical member of that set.  For example;-
 
'''baiʔo''' = spoon
 
'''baiʔeba''' = cutlery
 
= chair
 
= furniture
 
'''nambeba''' could represent a set comprising (houses, huts, skyscrapers, apartment buildings, government buildings etc etc.), however this is already covered by '''bundo''' (derived from the verb '''bunda''' "to build").
 
3) '''-ve''' ... Well the status of this one can be analysed in two ways. It could be said to be the same as the affixes mentioned above. An affix that generates an adverb<sup>*</sup> with the meaning "to act in the manner of xxxx". OK the nouns that are used with this affix tend to do something (to move) and as houses do not do much, I can not demonstrate using '''nambo'''.
 
Let us take '''deuta''' meaning "soldier". The word '''deutave''' would be an adverb meaning "in the manner of a soldier". Note that if this is an affix. it has the form CV and hence does not overwrite the final vowel of the base word (unlike the other affixes).
 
An alternative way to look at this is a result of the "word-building" process (see section ???)
 
'''fé deutan''' means "way of a soldier" or "manner of a soldier".
 
Now if we follow the "word-building rules"
 
1) The genitive suffix '''n''' is dropped
 
2) The first syllable of the first word is dropped.
 
3) The remainder of the first word is affixed to the second word.
 
We get the form '''deutave''' (fé being monosyllabic, we obviously can not delete its first syllable)
 
Probably the first analysis is correct, and we should keep '''fé deutan''' as a noun phrase, and '''deutave''' as an adverb.
 
<sup>*</sup>  I haven't mentioned adverbs before. They are a separate part of speech, but a part of speech that has a very marginal roll. For the most part, adverbs are the same as adjectives.
 
'''báu'''
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== ..... A bit about adverbs==
 
If an adjective comes immediately after a verb (which it normally would) it is known to be an adverb. For example '''saco''' means "slow" but if it came immediately after a verb it would be translated as "slowly". However if we add '''-ve''' to it so we get the form '''sacove''' the adverb can move around the utterance ... wherever it wants to go.
 
'''-ve''' can also be affixed to a noun and also produce an adverb. For example ;-
 
'''deuta''' means "soldier"
 
'''deutave''' means "in the manner of a soldier"
 
as in '''doikora deutave''' = he walk like a soldier
 
So that is basically all there is to adverbs. In the Western linguistic tradition many other words are classified as adverbs. Words such as "often" and "tomorrow" etc. etc.
 
In the '''béu''' linguistic tradition all these words are classified as particles, a hodge podge collection of words that do not fit into the classes of noun (N), adjective (A), verb (G) or adverb.
 
== ..... Building up a noun phrase (NP)==
 
Now we talk about the '''béu''' noun phrase. This can be described as ;-
 
Quantifier<sub>1</sub> Head<sub>2</sub> (Adjective<sub>3</sub> x n) Genitive<sub>4</sub> Determiner<sub>5</sub> Relative-clause<sub>6</sub>
 
1) The Quantifier is either a number or a word such as "all", "many", "a few" etc.
 
2) The head is usually a noun but can also be an adjective. When you come across an adjective as head of a noun phrase, its meaning is "the person/thing that is "adjective" ".
 
3) An adjective ... not much to say about this one, you can have as many as you like, the same as English.
 
4) A Genitive is made from a noun (and I guess an adjective as defined in 2) ) with an '''n''' suffix. It says that the head has some quality or relationship to the genitive.
 
A genitive or a genitive phrase can be considered an adjective. Ownership is also shown by the genitive, however note that when the head is a multi-syllable word and the owner is a stand alone pronoun, then ownership is shown by an infix in the actual head (see "Possessive Infixes").
 
5) Either '''dí''' "this", or '''dè''' "that".
 
6) This is a clause, beginning with '''tà''' that qualifies the head of the noun phrase.
 
Note ... We can have genitives and we can have "genitive phrases". A genitive phrase has no suffix, but the particle '''nà''' must be placed immediately in front of it.
 
The son of the king => '''sonda blicon'''
 
The son of the old king => '''sonda nà blico gáu'''
 
(can a determiner be the head ??)
 
== ..... The 8 possessive infixes==
 
In the above section we learnt how to say "mine", "yours", etc. etc..  But how do we say "my", "your", etc. etc. 
 
Well these words (which would be considered adjectives in the '''béu''' linguistic tradition) are represented by infixes. The table below shows how it works.
 
{| border=1
  |align=center| my coat
  |align=center| '''kaunapu'''
  |-
  |align=center| our coat  ("our" includes "you")
  |align=center| '''kaunayu'''
  |-
  |align=center| our coat ("our excludes "you")
  |align=center| '''kaunawu'''
  |-
  |align=center| your coat
  |align=center| '''kaunigu'''
  |-
  |align=center| your coat (with "you" being plural)
  |align=center| '''kauneju'''
  |-
  |align=center| his/her coat
  |align=center| '''kaunonu'''
  |-
  |align=center| their coat
  |align=center| '''kaununu'''
  |-
  |align=center| xxxx own coat
  |align=center| '''kaunitu'''   
|}
 
It can be seen that the infixes are the same as the plain pronouns, but the order of the consonant and vowel are swapped over.
 
There could also be another entry in the table above. That is the infix '''-it-''' (this is the possessive equivalent of the reflexive pronoun '''tí''' (see above). It is probably easiest to explain '''-it-''' by way of example;-
 
'''polo hendoru kaunitu''' = Paul will wear his coat (To be absolutely specific "Paul will wear his own coat")
 
'''polo hendoru kaunonu''' = Paul will wear his coat (To be absolutely specific "Paul will wear someone else's coat")
 
A thing to note is that you can not insert an infix into a monosyllable word. You could not say '''*glapa''' for "my woman" but would have to say '''glá nà pà'''
 
== ..... The transitivity of verbs in '''béu'''==
 
All languages have a Verb class, generally with at least several hundred members.
 
Leaving aside copula clauses, there are two recurrent clause types, transitive and intransitive. Verbs can be classified according to
the clause type they may occur in:
(a) Intransitive verbs, which may only occur in the predicate of an intransitive clause; for example, "snore" in English.
(b) Transitive verbs, which may only occur in the predicate of a transitive clause; for example, "hit" in English.
In some languages, all verbs are either strictly intransitive or strictly transitive. But in others there are ambitransitive (or labile) verbs, which may be used in an intransitive or in a transitive clause. These are of two varieties:
(c) Ambitransitives of type S = A. An English example is "knit", as in "She<sub>S</sub> knits" and "She<sub>A</sub> knits socks<sub>O</sub>".
(d) Ambitransitives of type S = O. An English example is "melt", as in "The butter<sub>S</sub> melted" and "She<sub>A</sub> melted the butter<sub>O</sub>".
 
English verbs can be divided into the four types mentioned above. '''béu''' verbs however can only be divided into two types, a) Intransitive, and b) Transitive. In this section it will be shown how the four English types of verb map into the two '''béu''' types. (Of course there is nothing special or unique about English ... other than the fact that a reader of this grammatical sketch will already be familiar with English)
 
===Intransitive===
 
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'''An intransitive verb in English => an intransitive verb in béu'''
 
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An example of an intransitive verb in English is "laugh". This is also an intransitive verb in '''béu'''. In a clause containing an intransitive verb, the only argument that you have is the S argument.
 
By the way ... some concepts that are adjectives in English are primarily intransitive verbs in '''béu''', for example ;- to be angry, to be sick, to be healthy etc. etc.
 
===Ambitransitive of type S=O===
 
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{| border=1
  |align=center|
  |align=left| x) ''' An intransitive in béu'''
  |-
  |align=center| '''An "ambitransitive of type S=O" =>'''
  |align=left|  y) '''A pair of verbs, one being intransitive and one being transitive'''
  |-
  |align=center|
  |align=left|  z) '''A transitive in béu'''
  |}
 
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x)  "Ambitransitive verbs of type S=O" which have greater frequency in intransitive clauses, are intransitive verbs in '''béu'''.
 
For example ;- '''flompe''' = to trip, '''(ò)<sub>S</sub> flomporta''' = She has tripped
 
y)  "Ambitransitive of type S=O" verbs which are frequent in both transitive and intransitive clauses, are represented as a pair of verbs in '''béu''', one of which is intransitive and one transitive. There are a few hundred '''béu''' verbs that come in pairs like this. One should not be thought of as derived from the other; each form should be considered equally fundamental. All the pairs have the same form, except the transitive one has an extra "'''l'''" before its final consonant.
 
For example '''hakori kusoni<sub>S</sub>''' = his chair broke : '''(pás)<sub>A</sub> halkari kusoni<sub>O</sub>''' = I broke his chair :
 
z)  "Ambitransitive of type S=O" verbs which have greater frequency in transitive clauses, are transitive vebs in '''béu'''.
 
For example ;- '''nava''' = to open, '''(pás)<sub>A</sub> navaru pinto<sub>O</sub>''' = I am going to open the door
 
=== Ambitransitive verbs of type S=A and Transitive verbs===
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{| border=1
  |align=centre|  '''An "ambitransitive of type S=A"'''
  |align=center|
  |-
  |align=center|  or
  |align=center|  '''=> A transitive in béu'''
  |-
  |align=right| '''A transitive verb in English'''
  |align=center| 
  |}
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I am taking transitive and ambitransitive of type (S=A) together as I consider them to be basically the same thing but tending to opposite ends of a continuum.
 
Consider the illustration below.
 
At the top (with the "objects easily guessed") are verbs that are normally designated "ambitransitive of type S=A".
 
At the bottom (with the "objects could be anything") are verbs that are normally designated "transitive".
 
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[[Image:TW_20.png]]
 
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Considering the top first. One can have "I<sub>A</sub> eat apples<sub>O</sub>" or we can have  "I<sub>S</sub> eat"
 
Then considering the bottom. One can have "I<sub>A</sub> hit Jane<sub>O</sub>" but you can not have "*I<sub>S</sub> hit"
 
Moving up from the bottom. One can imagine a situation, for example when showing a horse to somebody for the first time when you would say "She<sub>S</sub> kicks". While this is possible to say this, it is hardly
common<sup>*</sup>.
 
As we go from the top to the bottom of the continuum;-
 
a) The semantic area to which the object (or potential object if you will) gets bigger and bigger.
 
b) At the bottom end the object becomes is more unpedictable and hence more pertinent.
 
c) As a consequence of a) and b), the object is more likely to be human as you go down the continuum.
 
'''béu''' considers it good style to drop as many arguments as possible. In '''béu''' all the verbs along this continuum are considered transitive. Quite often one or both arguments are dropped, but of course are known through context. If the O argument is dropped it could be known because it was the previously declared topic (however more often the A argument is the topic tho', and hence dropped, represented by '''swe''' tho' as its case marking can not be dropped), it could be because the verb is from the top end of the continuum and the action is the important thing and the O argument or arguments just not important, or the dropped argument could be interpreted as "something" or "somebody", or it could be a definite thing that can be identified by the discouse that the clause is buried in.
 
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<sup>*</sup> In '''béu''' "She kicks" would be '''ò (rà) lugaʃi''' from '''luga''' = "to kick" and the suffix '''ʃi''', meaning "to tend to", "to be liable to"
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== ..... The '''pilana''' ==
 
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These are what in LINGUISTIC JARGON are called "cases". The classical languages, Greek and Latin had 5 or 6 of these. Modern-day Finnish has about 15 (it depends on how you count them, 1 or 2 are slowly fading away). Present day English still has a relic of a once more extensive case system : most pronouns have two forms. For example ;- the third-person:singular:male pronoun is "he" if it represents "the doer", but "him" if it represents "the done to".
 
The word '''pilana''' is built up from ;-
 
'''pila''' = to place, to position
 
'''pilana''' <= ('''pil<del>a</del>''' + '''ana'''), in LINGUISTIC JARGON it is called a "present participle".  It is an adjective which means "putting (something) in position".
 
As '''béu''' adjectives freely convert to nouns<sup>*</sup>, it also means "that which puts (something) in position" or "the positioner".
 
Actually only a few of them live up to this name ... nevertheless the whole set of 14 are called '''pilana''' in the '''béu''' linguistic tradition.
 
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[[Image:TW_63.png]]
 
[[Image:TW_64.png]]
 
 
The '''pilana''' are suffixed to nouns and specify the roll these nouns play in the clause<sup>**</sup>.
 
The '''pilana''' are abbreviated to a single consonant in the '''béu''' writing system. That is, in the '''béu''' writing system, the final vowel of all '''pilana''' is invisible<sup>***</sup>.
 
The '''pilana''' are partly an aid to quicker writing. However they also demarcate a set of 14 affixes and make quite a neat system. 
 
You could call these 14 plus the unmarked noun a case system of 15 cases. Well you could if you wanted to (up to you).
 
Note that '''-lya''' and '''-lfe''' are represented by a special amalgamated symbols which do not occur elsewhere.
 
Notice that by a addition of '''pilana''', you might expect to get the forms '''alye''' and '''alfi'''. As you can see this is not the case. Perhaps the amalgamated form has the final vowel changed under the pull of the initial vowel, '''a'''.
 
<sup>*</sup> You can tell if '''pilana''' is being an adjective or a noun by the environment that you find it in.
 
<sup>**</sup>  Well actually that is not true of '''pilana''' number 12 : "'''-n'''" modifies a noun in a noun phrase.
 
<sup>***</sup>Maybe a corollary of the '''béu''' habit of dropping verbal arguments, when it is at all possible :-)
 
 
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Now one quirk of the '''pilana''', something that I think would not happen in a natural language, is that if the noun receiving the '''pilana''' is more than one word long<sup>*</sup>, then the '''pilana''' changes from a suffix to a preposition. The prepositional forms of the '''pilana''' are given on the above chart to the right. These free-standing particles are also written just using the symbols given on the above chart to the left. That is in writing they are shorn of their vowels as their affixed counter-parts are.
 
The letters m, b, k, g and d are free to be used as abbreviations. Perhaps m <= '''mò''', two particles for joining clauses etc. etc.
 
<sup>*</sup>Another case when the '''pilana''' come as prepositions is when the noun ends in a constant. This happens very, very rarely but it is possible. For example '''toilwan''' is an adjective meaning "bookish". And in '''béu''' as adjectives can also act as nouns in certain positions, '''toilwan''' would also be a noun meaning "the bookworm".
 
==The relative clause==
 
'''béu''' has a relative clause construction which works in pretty much the same way as the English relative clause construction. A relative clause is a clause that qualifies a noun. It is introduced by a special particle, '''tà''' in '''béu'''. In English it is usually "that" but a number of other words can also be used. The noun that is being qualified is dropped from the relative clause, but the roll which it would play is shown by its '''pilana''' on the relativizer '''tà'''.  For example ;-
 
'''glá tà bwàs timpori rà hauʔe''' = The woman that the man hit, is beautiful. ... If the clause that is qualifying the noun appeared in isolation, it would be - '''bwàs timpori glá''' ... '''glá''' is the O argument and hence is unmarked.
 
'''glá tà flompori rà hauʔe''' = The woman that tripped is beautiful. ... If the clause that is qualifying the noun appeared in isolation, it would be - '''glá flompori''' ... '''glá''' is the S argument and hence is unmarked.
 
'''bwà tàs timpori  glá rà ʔaiho''' = The man that hit the woman is ugly. ... If the clause that is qualifying the noun appeared in isolation, it would be - '''bwàs timpori glá''' ... '''bwà''' is the A argument and hence has '''pilana''' number 7 "'''-s'''", which is transferred to the relativized '''tà''' when '''bwà''' disappears.
 
The same thing happens with all the '''pilana'''<sup>*</sup>. For example ;-
 
the basket '''tapi''' the cat shat was cleaned by John.
 
the wall '''tala''' you are sitting was built by my grandfather.
 
the woman '''taye''' I told the secret, took it to her grave.
 
the town '''tavi''' she has come is the biggest south of the mountain.
 
the lilly pad '''talya''' the frog jumped was the biggest in the pond.
 
the boat talfe you have just jumped is unsound
 
'''bwà tàs timpori  glá rà ʔaiho''' = The man that hit the woman is ugly.
 
'''nambo taʔe''' she lives is the biggest in town.
 
'''bwà taho ò''' is going to market is her husband.
 
the knife '''tatu''' he severed the branch is a 100 years old
 
the man '''tan''' dog I shot, reported me to the police = the man whose dog I shot, reported me to the police<sup>**</sup>
 
The old woman '''taji''' I deliver the newspaper, has died.
 
The boy '''taco''' they are all talking, has gone to New Zealand.
 
<sup>*</sup> Well all the '''pilana''' except '''-wa'''. This '''pilana''' sets the noun it qualifies to the status of "topic". The time for which a noun will retain its "topicality" is usually much longer than a clause.
 
<sup>**</sup>Altho' this has the same form as all the rest, underneath there is a difference. '''n''' marks a noun as part of a noun phrase, not as to its roll in a clause.
 
==The topic marker "'''wa'''" and the discourse strategy of dropping the topic.==
 
English has what Dixon calls a S/A pivot construction. What that means is you can drop the A argument or the S argument if it is the same as the A argument or S argument in the previous clause. For example ;-
 
1) You can drop the A if it is the same as the S in the previous clause ...  John saw Mary: John laughed => John saw Mary and laughed
 
2) You can drop the A if it is the same as the A in the previous clause ... John saw Mary : John hit Bill => John saw Mary and hit Bill
 
3) You can drop the S if it is the same as the S in the previous clause  ...  John entered : John sat down => John entered and sat down
 
4) You can drop the S if it is the same as the A in the previous clause ... John entered : John saw Mary => John entered and saw Mary
 
A small number of languages have a S/O pivot. That is you can drop the S argument or the O argument if it is the same as the S argument or O argument in the previous clause. (the Australian language Dyirbal is one example of this type of language).
 
Anyway, the above is just some side-information that I am giving you.
'''béu''' has what I call a declared pivot construction. The "pivot" (or topic) in a discourse must be stated and from that point on all reference to that "pivot" is dropped, until a new "pivot" is declared.
 
You declare the topic by affixing '''wa''' to it when it is in S, A or O function. If it is in A function that the topic is declared then the  '''s''' (ergative marker) is dropped. (However in the clause in which you declare a pivot can not have any dropped arguments ... if it is a transitive verb in the clause, and there in no argument with the ergative marker, then you can work out that it must be the argument marked by '''wa''' which is the A argument). From then on the topic is dropped until a new topic is declared. For example;-
 
1) giant.'''wa''' destroyed the castle on the hill
 
2) Then '''ø''' came down into the valley
 
3) There '''ø''' met a dwarf doing good works
 
4) The dwarf turned '''ø''' to stone
 
5) Dwarf.'''wa''' then climbed the mountain
 
6) '''ø''' gave succour to the people from the castle ...
 
It is the rule that the topic must be dropped. if the topic appears in a peripheral roll  (pilana 1-> 14) then that '''pilana''' is attached to the verb.
 
For example ;-
 
1) Last night I saw Thomas
 
2) Thomas.wa  (or '''o.wa''') was very drunk
 
3) Mary had given.'''ye''' a bottle of Chevas Regal
 
How does this system mesh in with passives ? Particles that appear between clauses ? Particles that change the subject ?
 
You can see from 4) above, that this just doesn't work if you have labile verbs. In English "turned" is called a labile verb (ambitransitive is another name for this). That means it can be used in a transitive clause and in an intransitive clause. Foer example ;-
 
1) The dwarf turned the giant to stone  ... transitive
 
2) The dwarf turned to stone ... intransitive
 
==Changing transitivity==
 
'''béu''' has 2 morphological ways to make all these type of verbs into transitive verbs ( see '''-at-''' and '''-az-''' causatives).
 
-AT- and -AZ-
 
'''tonzai''' = to awaken
 
'''tonzatai''' = to wake up somebody (directly) i.e. by shaking them
 
'''tonzazai''' = to wake up somebody (indirectly) i.e. by calling out to them
 
'''henda''' = to put on clothes
 
'''hendata''' = to dress somebody (for example, how you would dress a child)
 
'''hendaza''' = to get somebody to dress (for example, you would get an older child to dress by calling out to them)
 
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The above methods of making a causative only apply to intransitive verbs. To make an transitive clause onto a causative the same method is used as English used. That is the entire transitive clause becomes a complement clause of the verb "to make".
 
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In addition to the causative infixes shown above, there are many verb pairs such as '''poi''' = to enter, '''ploi''' = to put in, '''gau''' = to rise, '''glau''' = to raise, '''sai''' = to descend, '''slai''' = to lower
 
and in multisyllable words ... '''laudo''' = to wash (oneself), '''lauldo''' = to wash (something).
The above are not really considered causatives. The infixing of the '''l''' is by no means productive. In fact you can not call it "infixing". Also in many cases the transitive verb out of the pair is more common than the intransitive one.
 
Note;- The way you say "allow" or "let" in '''béu''' is to use the '''gambe''' along with the '''hái'''  "give".
 
I let her go => '''hari liʔa oye'''
 
==The copula's==
 
The 2 verbs '''sàu''' and '''gaza''' are special verbs. (LINGUISTIC  JARGON ... They are called copulas... in Latin "copulare" meant "to tie", so a copula is a verb that ties. In '''béu''' they differ from normal verbs, in that they require a specific word order. Also '''s''' (the ergative case) is never suffixed to a noun, as normally happens when a verb is associated with two nouns.
 
=== ..... '''gaza''' ... the copula of existence===
 
The copula complement of '''gaza''' ia always a noun or a noun phrase. It is how you say "there is ... "
 
'''gaza''' is similar to '''sàu''' in that it takes the 9 verb modifiers but 3 of them are wildly irregular. It is the same 3 tense/aspect forms that are irregularin the '''sàu''' copula. Namely ;-
 
'''*gazora''' => '''ʕá''' meaning "there is"
 
'''*gazori''' => '''ʕái''' meaning "there was"
 
'''*gazoru''' => '''ʔáu''' meaning "there will be"
 
Actually while theoretically '''gaza''' can have the full range of modifiers enjoyed by a normal verb, in reality all forms other than '''ʕá''', '''ʕái''', '''ʔáu''' are extremely rare. Occasionally you come across the "infinitive" '''gaza'''.
 
There is no word that corresponds to "have". The usual way to say "I have a coat" is "there exists a coat mine" = '''ʕá kaunu nà pà'''
 
Internal possessives are not allowed in the nouns introduced with '''gaza'''. That is, you can not say '''*ʔá kaunapu''', but must say '''ʔá kaunu nà pà''' (I have a coat)
 
As I said above, '''gaza''' always comes with one noun. If it comes with an adjective, then that adjective can be considered a noun (well this is one way to look at it)
 
Also note that when the noun is a noun as opposed to an adjective, ??? , it is always indefinite.
 
'''pona''' = cold (an adjective),  '''ponama''' = coldness (a noun)
 
'''ʔá pona''' = "it is cold" ... not '''*ʔá ponama'''
 
'''ʔá pona paye''' meaning "I feel cold" (word for word ... "there is coldness to me")
 
There is fixed word order : it is always '''gaza''' followed by the noun or NP.
 
The three irregular forms have their own negative marker. '''ya''' is stuck on to the end of the copula.
 
'''ʔaya pona''' = "it is not cold"
 
Note that the word '''ʔaya''' (there is not) and  '''ʔaiya''' (there was not) are very close to each other phonetically. However the middle part of the second word takes twice as long as the middle part in the first word : they are phonetically quite distinct.
 
The particles '''lói''' (probably) and '''màs''' (maybe) normally, come before the verb that they qualify. However the 3 irregular forms of '''gaza''' really like to come clause initially. Hence '''lói''' and '''màs''' immediately follow the verb.
 
'''ʔáu lói pona''' = It will probably be cold
 
Also the evidentials are affixed to the wild forms, just as normal.
 
'''ʔaunya  lói pona''' = They say it will probably not be cold
 
'''ʔaunya.foi lói pona''' = Do they say it will probably not be cold ?
 
=== ..... '''sàu''' ... the main copula===
 
'''sàu''' is the '''béu''' copula. That is it is the equivalent of "to be" in English, whish has such forms as "be", "is", "was", "were" and "are".
 
This verb is slightly irregular in '''béu''' as well. The three forms '''*sari''', '''*saru''' and '''*sara''' which you would expect to see, are replaced with  '''rì''', '''rù''' and '''rà'''
 
Notice that person and number is not included in these three irregular forms, so it is sometimes necessary to have a pronoun in situations where it would normally be dropped.
 
Actually '''rà''' is usually missed out completely.
 
It is mostly used for emphasis; like when you are refuting a claim
 
Person A) ...  '''gì mò rà moltai''' = You aren't a doctor
 
Person b) ...  '''pà rà moltai''' = I am a doctor
 
Notice that '''rà''' is always used when you have '''mò''' the negative particle. This particle must always be directly in front of a verb, so '''rà''' must be expressed.
 
Another situation where '''rà''' tends to be used is when the subject or the copula complement are long trains of words.  For example ????????
 
The evidentials are appended to the wild forms as normal. So we have '''ràn''', '''ràs''', '''rìn''', '''rià''', '''rìs''', '''rùn''' and '''rùs'''.
 
=== ..... '''láu''' ... the change of state copula===
 
'''láu''' = to become, to get, recieve
 
'''lí''' = became
 
'''lá''' = becomes
 
'''lú''' = will become
 
'''hái''' = to give
 
'''láu hauʔe''' = to become beautiful OR to become a beautiful woman
 
'''jene lái timporu jono.vi''' = Jane will be hit by John
 
'''hái tí (sàu) haiʔe''' = to make yourself (to be) beautiful
 
'''hái jene flompe''' = to make Jane trip
 
'''hái jono.ye timpa jene''' = to make John trip Jane ... note that the A argument takes the '''pilana''' '''-ye'''.
 
=='''-pi''' or '''pì''' : '''pilana naja''' ... (the first pilana)==
 
'''meu (rà)''' "basket"'''pi'''
 
While the original meaning was about space, this '''pilana''' is very often found referring to time.
 
I read the book hour'''pi''' => I read the book in an hour
 
I gets dark '''pi''' ten minutes => It get dark in ten minutes
 
She qualified as a doctor '''pi''' five years
 
One can get from Glasgow to London day'''pi'''
 
I'm coming to Sweden '''pi''' next month
 
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'''meu (rà)''' top'''la''' basket'''n''' = The cat is on top of the house
 
'''meu (rà)''' interior basket'''n''' = the cat is in the basket
 
=='''-la''' or '''lá''' : '''pilana nauva''' ... (the second pilana)==
 
mat (rà) floor'''la''' => the mat is on the floor ... notice "the mat"
 
ʔá mat floor'''la''' => there is a mat on the floor ... notice "a mat"
 
'''meu''' (rà) top.'''la''' nambo.n => The cat is on top of the house
 
ʔaya "money" nà pà => I don't have any money ... notice that "money" is indefinite ...
 
 
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Do I need the three copula's ? ... how quickly would they collapse to two or one ?
 
=='''-ye''' or '''yè''' : '''pilana naiba''' ... (the third pilana)==
 
'''xxx yyy oye''' = give the book to her
 
'''xxx yyy paye''' =  tell me about it
 
This is the '''pilana''' used for marking the receiver of a gift, or the receiver of some knowledge.
 
 
However the basic usage of the word is directional.
 
'''*namboye''' => '''nambye''' = "to the house"
 
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'''ye "distance" nà nambo''' = "as far as the house"
 
'''ye "limit" nà nambo''' = "up to the house" ... this usage is not for approaching humans however ... for that you must use "face".i.e. '''ye "face" nà báu''' = right up to the man
 
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''' "direction" nà nambo''' = towards the house i.e. you don't know if this is his destination but he is going in that direction
 
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'''yèu''' = to arrive  ... '''yài''' a SVC meaning "to start" ... '''fái''' a SVC meaning "to stop" ???
 
==Index==
 
{{Béu Index}}

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