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| =='''-ho''' or '''hò''' : '''pilana noka''' ... (the ninth pilana)==
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| "in the company of", often used with the personal pronouns ;-
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| |align=center| with me
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| |align=center| '''paho'''
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| |align=center| with us
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| |align=center| '''yuaho'''
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| |align=center| with us
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| |align=center| '''wiaho'''
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| |align=center| with you
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| |align=center| '''giho'''
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| |align=center| with you (plural)
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| |align=center| '''jeho'''
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| |align=center| with him, with her
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| |align=center| '''oho'''
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| |align=center| with them
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| |align=center| '''nuho'''
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| |align=center| with it
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| |align=center| '''ʃiho'''
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| |align=center| with them
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| |align=center| '''ʃiho'''
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| =='''-tu''' or '''tù''' '''pilana niapa''' ... (the tenth pilana)==
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| The instrumental is used for nouns that represent the instrument ("with"), the means ("by"), the agent ("by"), the reason, or the time of an event.
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| Rāma writes with a pen
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| baru = to learn, baru.tu = by learning ... without learning ??? ... maybe, maybe
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| book was written '''patu''' = The book was written by me
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| hand.tu = manually
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| I work as a translator ??? ... I work '''sai''' translator ??
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| '''tù ta ... '''
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| '''tùa''' = to use, to wear ... '''tài''' a SVC meaning ?? .... then '''bai'''
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| =='''-wa''' or '''wá''' : '''pilana nuata''' ... (the eleventh pilana)==
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| Or is it '''wo''' ?
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| As well as marking the topic, '''wa''' is also used for marking the "theme" ? as in such sentences as the one below.
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| '''gala caturi jono.wa''' => The women were talking about John
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| Needless to say that the element '''jono.wa''' can not be fronted, well not unless you want to make John the topic.
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| '''nambo.wa''' = about the house, concerning the house, with respect to the house
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| =='''-n''' or '''nà''' : '''pilana najau''' ... (the twelfth pilana)==
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| Sticking '''-n''' on the end of a noun, is equivalent to sticking the particle "of" in front of a word in English. For example;-
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| '''fanfa''' = horse
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| '''sonda''' = son
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| '''blico''' = king
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| '''fanfa sondan''' = the horse of the son
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| '''sonda blicon''' = the son of the king
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| However the suffixed form can only be used if the genitive is a single word. Otherwise the particle '''na''' must be placed in front of the words that qualify. For example ;-
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| We can not say '''*fanfa sondan blicon'''. The head of the NP is '''fanfa''' and it is being qualified by two words. So we have to say;-
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| '''fanfa nà sonda blicon'''
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| However it is not allowed to use '''nà''' if a suffix can be used.
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| So we can not say '''*kyolo nà kaunu''' (coat collar) but must say '''kyolo kaunun'''
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| We can not say '''*kaunu na jene''' (Jane's coat) but must say '''kaunu jenen'''
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| However if any of these nouns is qualified by an adjective, then '''-n''' can not be suffixed. For example ;-
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| '''fanfa nà sonda jini blicon''' = "the horse of the king's clever son'''
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| '''fanfa nà sonda nà blico somua''' = "the horse of the fat king's son"
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| This is a special construction that relates pronouns to the '''geladi'''. For example ;-
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| '''wí''' = to see '''polo''' = Paul '''timpa''' = to hit '''jene''' = Jenny
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| '''wori polo timpana ''' = He saw paul hitting
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| '''wori pà timpana ò''' = He saw me hitting her
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| '''wori jene sana timpi''' = He saw Jenny being hit
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| '''wori polo timpana jene''' = He saw Paul hitting Jenny
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| '''wori pás timpa jene''' = He saw me hitting Jenny.
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| In the above constructions the word order must be as shown above.
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| =='''-ji''' or '''jí''' : '''pilana najauja''' ... (the thirteenth pilana)==
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| the benefactor (for) of an event. The dative form of a verb infinitive (which acts like a noun) indicates purpose.
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| baru = to learn, baruji = in order to learn
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| So we have '''-ji''' appended to single word NP's.
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| ==R-form of the verb==
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| Above we have discussed the R-form of the verb.
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| However there are other verb forms.
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| ==S-form of the verb==
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| This form is used for giving orders. With the s-form you definitely want some action to happen (and you don't expect a discussion about it).
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| Up until now, 7 protagonists have been expressed in every verb. With the s-form however only two protagonists can be expressed.
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| '''doikis''' = walk (when talking to one person)
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| '''doikes''' = walk (when talking to more than one person)
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| Very occasionally the form '''doikas''' is heard. When somebody has difficulty preforming some task the may "order" themselves to do it.
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| ==N-form of the verb==
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| This is the subjunctive form. You change the "'''r'''" to an '''"n'''" basically. Nothing comes after the "'''n'''". So there is no tense/aspect or evidentiality expressed on this verb form. When the n-form is used in a main clause, it is gently urging some action. For example ;-
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| '''doikain''' = Let's walk
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| ==ME-form of the verb and the MI-form of a verb==
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| These tenses are often called the 'conditional', that is, they express a supposition depending on a certain condition. When referring to present time the ME-form is used ; when referring to past time and the condition has no chance of now being realised the MI-form is used.
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| if know'''ame''' to read buy'''ame''' book => If I knew how to read I would buy a book.
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| if know'''ami''' to read buy'''ami''' book => If I had known how to read I would have bought a book.
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| ==AI-form of the verb==
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| The '''ai'''-form comprises three functions. In the '''béu''' linguistic tradition, these are called "noun-'''ai'''", "verb-'''ai'''" and "small-verb-'''ai'''".
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| ===Noun-"ai"===
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| '''nagu''' = strong obligation
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| '''glopu''' = weak obligation
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| '''olda''' = ability '''ʃì oldai sàu haki''' = It can be broken => '''ʃì hakida''' = It is breakable
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| '''henti''' = permission
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| '''nagai dara an''' = I must do something
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| '''nagai dari an''' = I had to do something
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| '''glopai dirti an''' = You ought to have done sometime
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| '''glopai doru an''' = He ought to do something
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| '''glopai dora an''' = She ought to be doing something ???
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| ===Major Verb "ai"===
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| sing'''ai''' laugh'''ai''' '''loʔura namboʔe''' => They go home singing and laughing
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| '''loʔura nambo''' sing'''ai''' laugh'''ai''' => They go home singing and laughing
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| This is used when things happen at the same time and the subject of all the verbs is the same. Notice that the '''ai'''-forms can come before or after the '''r'''-form verb.
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| This form can not be used when consecutive actions are being described.
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| ===Minor Verb "ai"===
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| The small verbs constitute a subset of verbs. They always follow the '''r'''-form verbs.
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| It is very common to have the following verbs in their ai-form.
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| '''bià''' means "to stay"
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| '''bài doikari''' = I was walking
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| '''bài doikara''' = I am walking
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| '''bài doikaru''' = I will be walking
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| The most common use for this is when you want to fit another action, inside the act of walking. For example "I was walking to school when it started to rain". Occasionally this form is used when you simply want to emphasis that the action took a long time (well in '''béu''' anyway, not so much in English). For example "This morning I was walking 2 hours to school (because I sprained my ankle)".
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| '''láu''' = to undergo, to receive, to become
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| '''lái timparu''' = I will be hit
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| '''bài lái timparu''' = I will be being hit
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| = to come
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| = to go
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| = to rise
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| = to descend
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| = to enter
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| = to go out
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| = to follow
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| = to cross
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| = to go through
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| = to pass
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| = to return
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| = to do something in a haphazard manner, to do something in an unsatisfactory manner
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| = to scatter about
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| = to hurry
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| The above are often stuck on the end of an utterance ... like a sort of afterthought. They give the utterance a bit more clarity ... a bit more resolution.
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| See what Dixon has in Dyirbal.
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| '''ai'''-form only with '''r'''-form or can also go with '''n'''-form, etc. etc.
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| You can add as many verbs as you want. The added verbs are understood to have the same protagonists, '''gwomai''' and evidentiality as the '''r'''-form verb.
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| pass'''orla''' sing'''ai''' kite '''fly'''ai = He is passing by singing and flying a kite
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| WHAT ABOUT SEPERATE OBJECTS ON THE TWO VERBS ?
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| WHEN WE INTRODUCE "ALONG" (FOR EXAMPLE) WE ARE INTRODUCING A NEW OBJECT IN THE CLAUSE ???
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| == ..... How to ask a YES/NO question==
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| '''pás timparta jene''' = I have hit Jane
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| To turn a normal statement into a polar question (i.e. a question that requires a YES/NO answer), you insert the enclitic '''foi''' to the first word in the sentence. This enclitic is unusual in that when attached to a word ending in a vowel (most words) the "f" doesn't change to a "v". So in the above example, we would get ;-
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| '''pas.foi timparta jene''' = have I hit Jane
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| Now as '''béu''' has free word order we can move any word to the front of the sentence. And if we want to query a certain element in the clause instead of just the entire clause, then that element is fronted.
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| '''timparta.foi pás jene''' = have I '''hit''' Jane (I thought that I had kicked her)
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| '''jene.foi pás timparta''' = have I hit '''Jane''' (I thought that I had hit Mary)
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| Notice that often English relies on stress, to bring attention to the item being queried.
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| And on occasions entire NPs can go before '''foi''', however this is a bit unusual.
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| '''báu jutu de.foi timpori jene''' = was it that big guy there that hit Jane.
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| == ..... KENKO==
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| '''keŋko''' = salt ... base form ... noun
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| '''keŋkia''' = salty ... adjective
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| '''keŋkua''' = salt-free ... adjective
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| '''keŋkari''' = I added salt ... verb (transitive)
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| '''keŋkodu''' is the '''gelada''' form
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| '''keŋkatari''' = I make (someone) add salt ... verb
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| == ..... YES and NO==
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| So now that we have asked the question. It must be answered.
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| '''aiwa''' => yes
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| '''aiya''' => no
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| When they are said in isolation, '''aiwa''' usually has quickly rising intonation on the final syllable, '''aiya''' usually has a falling intonation on the final syllable.
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| == ..... more about the negative==
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| Usually the negative particle goes directly before the verb.
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| '''pás mò timparta jene''' = I have not hit Jane
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| This negates the complete clause. But what do you do if you want to negate one element in the clause. Well again the free word order of '''béu''' is again used. The word that you want to negate is moved between '''mó''' and the verb. So for example ;-
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| '''mó pás timparta jene''' = It wasn't '''me''' that hit Jane (it was that big guy over there)
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| '''pás mò jene timparta''' = It wasn't '''Jane''' that I hit (it was Mary)
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| == ..... Negative questions==
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| '''pas.foi mò timparta jene''' = I haven't hit Jane, have I ?
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| If this question is answered '''aiwa''' it means "you haven't hit Jane"
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| If this question is answered '''aiya''' it means "you have hit Jane"
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| Just a little thing to keep in mind. This is the opposite of normal English usage, but in accordance with most languages in the world.
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| == AIYA==
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| This word is used instead of '''mó''' for negating the copula '''gaza''' and also for negating the 4 modalities/modals ??? '''nagai''', '''glopai''', '''oldai''' and '''hentai'''.
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| '''jene oldai mò humpora cokolate''' => Jane can '''not''' eat chocolates ... meaning she has the willpower to resist them.
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| '''jene aiya oldai humpora cokolate''' => Jane can't eat chocolates ... she is a diabetic and can not eat anything sweet.
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| '''jene aiya oldai mò humpora cokolate''' => Jane can not eat chocolates ... meaning she can't resist them.
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| Actually in the above example, '''aiya''' is an emphatic negative. It is more normal just to criticise '''ya''' to the end of the modal to negate it. ;-
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| '''jene oldaiya mò humpora cokolate''' => Jane can not resist chocolates.
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| == ... -UMA, -ITA and -IJA==
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| '''nambo''' = house
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| '''nambuma''' = mansion, palace
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| '''nambita''' = cottage
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| '''huvu''' = sheep
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| '''huvija''' = lamb
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| '''mèu''' = cat
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| '''meuja''' = kitten
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| == ... -EBA, -UZI, -WAN==
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| '''baiʔo''' = spoon
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| '''baiʔodu''' = to spoon, '''baiʔari''' = I spooned ...
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| '''baiʔeba''' = cutlery
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| '''poma''' = leg
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| '''pomadu''' = to kick, '''pomari''' = I kicked
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| '''pomuʒi''' = liable to kick, fond of kicking
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| |align=center| to play
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| |align=center| '''lento'''
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| |align=center| playful
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| |align=center| '''lentuʒi'''
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| |align=center| to quarrel
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| |align=center| '''gomia'''
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| |align=center| quarrelsome
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| |align=center| '''gomuʒi'''
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| |align=center| to rest/relax
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| |align=center| '''longe'''
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| |align=center| lazy
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| |align=center| '''loŋguʒi'''
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| |align=center| to lie
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| |align=center| '''selne'''
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| |align=center| untruthful by disposition
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| |align=center| '''selnuʒi'''
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| |align=center| to work
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| |align=center| '''kodai'''
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| |align=center| diligent
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| |align=center| '''koduʒi'''
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| wan is end.stuck to a few adjectives as well as some nouns. Its has the sense of "tending towards","accustomed to" or "addicted to".
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| |align=center| '''ai'''
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| |align=center| white
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| |align=center| '''aiwan'''
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| |align=center| faded
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| |align=center| '''lozo'''
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| |align=center| grey
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| |align=center| '''lozwan'''
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| |align=center| grizzled
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| |align=center| '''pà'''
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| |align=center| I
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| |align=center| '''pawan'''
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| |align=center| selfish
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| |align=center| '''mama'''
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| |align=center| mother
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| |align=center| '''mamawan'''
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| |align=center| motherbound
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| |align=center| '''nambo'''
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| |align=center| house
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| |align=center| '''nambwan'''
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| |align=center| domesticated
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| |align=center| '''toili'''
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| |align=center| book
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| |align=center| '''toilwan'''
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| |align=center| bookish
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| == .... -MA, -VE, and -GO==
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| |align=center| operation
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| |align=center| label
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| |align=center| example
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| |align=center| '''-ma'''
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| |align=center| adjective => noun
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| |align=center| "-ness" or "-ity"
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| |align=center| '''boi.ma''' = goodness
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| |align=center| '''-ve'''
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| |align=center| adjective => adverb, plus noun => adverb
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| |align=center| "-ly"
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| |align=center| '''saco.ve''' = slowly, '''deuta.ve''' = in the manner of a soldier
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| |align=center| '''-go'''
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| |align=center| noun => adjective, plus adjective => adjective, plus verb => adjective
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| |align=center| "ish"
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| |align=center| '''gla.go''' = effeminate, '''hia.go''' = reddish, '''bla.go''' = quarrelsome
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| |align=center| '''gèu'''
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| |align=center| green
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| |align=center| '''geu.ma'''
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| |align=center| greenness
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| |align=center| '''juga'''
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| |align=center| wide
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| |align=center| '''juga.ma'''
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| |align=center| width
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| |align=center| '''tumu'''
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| |align=center| stupid
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| |align=center| '''tumu.ma'''
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| |align=center| stupidity
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| |align=center| '''bòi'''
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| |align=center| good
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| |align=center| '''boi.ma'''
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| |align=center| goodness
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| |align=center| '''mutu'''
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| |align=center| important
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| |align=center| '''mutu.ma'''
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| |align=center| importance
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| '''-ve'''
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| '''saco.ve''' = quickly ... actually if '''saco''' came immediately after the verb it was qualifying, it would always just be plain '''saco'''. However as the form '''saco.ve''' the adverb can move around the utterance ... wherever it wants to go.
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| When '''ve''' is prefixed to a noun, it can not be dropped if the resulting adverb immediately follows the verb.
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| '''deuta''' = soldier
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| '''doikora deuta.ve''' = he walk like a soldier
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| '''blá''' = to quarrel
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| '''gala (rà) bla.ve''' = the women are quarrelsome
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| '''-go'''
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| '''gó''' = to resemble, to be like
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| '''gó dó''' = to be the exact image of
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| '''gla.go''' = effeminate, '''hia.go''' = reddish, '''bla.go''' = quarrelsome
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| Sometimes the '''-go''' derived words have negative connotations, as in '''gal.go'''
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| There is a suffix '''-ka''' (notice it is not considered a '''pilana'''), that often has a positive connotation, sometimes making a couplet with a '''-go''' derived word. For example ;-
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| '''gla.ka''' = womanly
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| '''kài''' = to appear, to seem
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| '''kò''' = appearance
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| ==Beyond the simple clause==
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| OK we have simple clauses such as ;-
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| '''donoru''' = She will walk ... intransitive
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| '''(ós) timpori pà''' = She hit me ... transitive
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| But often things are more complicated. First consider the verb "want".
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| When the object is a noun, we have a simple clause. But what if there is another verb in there. For example "I want to go home"
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| Well this would use the '''gelada''' form of "go" ;-
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| 1) want'''ara dono nambye''' => I want to walk home .... The same as in English.
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| But what if we have different subjects. Well we would use the subjunctive form of the verb "to walk" ;-
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| 2) want'''ara (gì) donin nambye''' => I want you to walk home (I have to go back and change the forms of the verb ?? subjuctive used to be "s" not "n", now "s" is imperative ??))
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| ... notice that we do not use the infinitive as in English.
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| What about making things more complicated and having a transitive verb.
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| 3) want'''ara timpa òs''' => I want to hit her ... (word order important or not ??)
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| 4) want'''ara (gì) timpin òs''' => I want you to hit her
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| Now we have said before that '''béu''' has free word order, however this really only applies to the verb in R-form (R) and the S argument in an intransitive clause, and the R, A and O in a transitive clause. When you have a verb in '''geladi'''-form (G), in the subjunctive form (N) or in the imperative form (I), you must have these elements in the following order ;-
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| S G : S N ... the last of these (S -S ) is quite unusual. Maybe can have S I ... but then S must be in vocative case
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| A G O : A N O : I O ... expand this and make it look good. Maybe can have A I O ... but then A must be in vocative case
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| In the '''béu''' linguistic tradition, a clause that has one R verb in it, or one N verb, or one I verb is called '''aʒiŋko baga''' or a simple clause. Any clause that has an R verb plus an G or N, verb is called a '''aʒiŋko kaza''' or a complex clause.
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| ==-ANA and -I, how to derive two adjectives from a verb==
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| The "active participle" (i.e. the adjective from the verb ... that has the -ana ending), is an adjective that qualifies what would be the S or A arguments if the S/A and R occurred together in a simple clause. For example ;-
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| '''kludau''' = to write ... to form the present participle you delete the final vowel and add '''-ana'''
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| '''glabu kludana''' = the writing person ... and following the strong tendency for adjectives to get used as nouns in '''béu''' ... '''kludana''' => author
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| '''kludau''' = to write ... to form the present participle you delete the final vowel and add '''-i'''
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| '''toili kludi''' = the written book ... and following the strong tendency for adjectives to get used as nouns in '''béu''' ... '''kludi''' => a thing that is written => a note
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| Now English also has these two participles as well. They appear as adjectives (of course, an adjective derived from a noun is the definition of "a participle"), they do not appear as nouns as in '''béu''', however both are used in verb phrases to extand the shades of meaning that a basic verb can have. If you are a native English speaker and are given a clause out of context it is sometimes impossible to tell if the participle is acting as an adjective or as part of a verb phrase. We should go into this a little bit ... first the "active participle" ...
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| 1) The writing man
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| 2) The man is writing
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| 3) The man is writing a book
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| In 1) "writing" is definitely an adjective. For instance you can substitute "green" for "writing" and the sentence makes perfect sense.
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| As for 2) ... well could be an adjective ... it passes the green-substitution-test.
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| For 3) ... No not an adjective "The man is green a book" doesn't make sense. The proper analysis of 3) is that "is writing" is a verb phrase (one that has given progressive meaning to the verb "write"). Now after we have figured this out we should have another look at 2). The proper analysis of this could be that "is writing" is a verb phrase. In fact there is no way to be sure and we would have to see the context in which 2) is embedded (and even then, there would be certain situations when either analysis could be valid. I would say that it is because of these situations in which either analysis is valid that let the original adjectival meaning spread and become a verbal meaning).
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| By the way, in '''béu''' to get a progressive meaning we use a Serial Verb Construction (SVC) ... '''báu bài kludora''' = The man is writing ... '''báu''' = man, '''bìa''' = to stay
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| ... now the "passive participle" ...
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| 1) The piano is broken
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| 2) The piano was broken
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| 3) The piano was broken by the monkey
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| In 1) "broken" is definitely an adjective. For instance you can substitute "green" for "broken" and the sentence makes perfect sense.
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| As for 2) ... well could be an adjective ... it passes the green-substitution-test.
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| For 3) ... No not an adjective "The piano was green by the monkey" doesn't make sense. The proper analysis of 3) is that "was broken" is a verb phrase (one that has given passive meaning to the verb "break"). Now after we have figured this out we should have another look at 2). The proper analysis of this could be that "was broken" is a verb phrase. In fact there is no way to be sure and we would have to see the context in which 2) is embedded (and even then, there would be certain situations<sup>*</sup> when either analysis could be valid. I would say that it is because of these situations in which either analysis is valid that let the original adjectival meaning spread and become a verbal meaning).
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| By the way, in '''béu''' to get a passive meaning we use a Serial Verb Construction (SVC) ... '''toili gài kludorta''' = The book has been written ... '''toili''' = book, '''gùa''' = to undergo .... ('''toili gài kludorta''' is this right ?)
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| Actually we can make a really biy SVC and have '''toili bài gài kludora''' = The book is being written.
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| <sup>*</sup>The five-week deadlock between striking Peugeot workers and their employer was broken yesterday when the management obtained a court order to end a 10-day sit-in at one of the two factories in eastern France, Sarah Lambert writes.
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| I would say either analysis is valid for the above sentence.
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| Of course we can make two clauses, and have the second clause one element inside the first clause. To do that you must use the particle '''tà'''. Equivalent to one of the uses of "that" in English. '''tà''' basically tells you that the following clause should be treated like a single element, like a single noun.
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| 5) want'''ara tà (gís) timporu òs''' => I want you to hit her ... But why would we use this ... why is 4) not good enough. ...want = wish ...OK if you have '''tà''' it means that your want is actually a wish.
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| HOW DOES THIS FIT IN WITH THE -ME AND THE -MI FORMS ??
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| I should mention '''swé tà ...'''
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| Note that in 2) and 4), '''gì''' would only be used if emphasis was wanted on "you".
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| '''solbe''' = to drink
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| '''heŋgo''' = to live (or it could mean "a life")
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| '''soŋkau''' = to die (or it could mean "death")
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| '''glabu''' = person
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| '''moʃi''' = water
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| '''heŋgana''' = alive, living
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| '''soŋki''' = dead
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| ==..... Getting the opposite by adding "u"==
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| ===.... A prefix for adjectives===
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| '''taitau''' = many
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| '''utaitau''' = few
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| '''mutu''' = important
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| '''umutu''' = unimportant
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| ===.... and a prefix for adverb===
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| '''toke''' = exactly
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| '''utoke''' = approximately
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| '''nan''' = for a long time
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| '''unan''' = not for a long time
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| '''unanu''' => momentarily ... (maybe derived from '''unan unan''' originally)
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| ===.... and a prefix for nouns===
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| '''mezna''' = to fight
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| '''meznana''' = combatant
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| '''umeznana''' = non-combatant
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| As in English, not found that often. Sometimes found in rule books.
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| ===.... but an infix for verbs===
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| There is a reason why we do not simply prefix '''u''' to the verbs also.
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| '''kanja''' = to fold
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| '''kunjana''' = "folding" (an adjective) or "one that folds" (a noun)
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| '''ukunjana''' = "one that doesn't fold"
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| Suppose we did simply prefix '''u''' to the verb. Then "to unfold" would be '''ukanja''', and hence '''ukanjana''' would be a noun meaning "one that unfolds". But if you look up a bit, you can see that this form ('''ukanjana''') already has the meaning "one that doesn't fold". This would cause confusion.
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| {| border=1
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| |align=center| '''kunja'''
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| |align=center| to fold
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| |align=center| '''kunjua'''
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| |align=center| to unfold
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| |align=center| '''laiba'''
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| |align=center| to cover
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| |align=center| '''laibua'''
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| |align=center| to uncover
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| |align=center| '''fuŋga'''
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| |align=center| to fasten, to lock
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| |align=center| '''fuŋgua'''
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| |align=center| to unfasten, to unlock
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| |align=center| '''benda'''
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| |align=center| to assemble, to put together
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| |align=center| '''bendua'''
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| |align=center| to take apart, to disassemble
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| |align=center| '''pauca'''
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| |align=center| to stop up, to block
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| |align=center| '''paucua'''
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| |align=center| to unstop
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| |align=center| '''sensa'''
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| |align=center| to weave
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| |align=center| '''sensua'''
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| |align=center| to unravel
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| |align=center| '''fiŋka'''
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| |align=center| to put on clothes, to dress
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| |align=center| '''fiŋkua'''
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| |align=center| to undress
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| |align=center| '''tasta'''
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| |align=center| to tangle
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| |align=center| '''tastua'''
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| |align=center| to untangle
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| |}
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| Note that in any other form but the '''geladi''', the '''u''' changes to a '''w'''. For example ;-
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| '''fiŋkwori''' = he undressed
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| ==Index==
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| {{Béu Index}}
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