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| == ..... Beyond the '''pilana'''==
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| ** This chapter should follow the '''pilana''' by about 2 chapters **
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| This chapter shows how to express things when a finer graduation is needed than can be expressed by the '''pilana'''. It also goes into how the '''pilana''' are used in greater detail.
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| Previously we have mentioned the first 8 '''pilana''' which are used for specifying location. Now there are two other words that are important for specifying location, namely '''tài''' and '''jáu''' (meaning , “in front of” and “behind”).
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| We must be careful here. In English usage “behind” can mean “at the far side of" as well as "at the backside". The same with “in front of” (but to a lesser extent). In béu, '''tài''' and '''jáu''' can only be used with
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| objects that have a well defined “front” and “back”. Typically these objects are humans but '''tài''' and '''jáu''' can also be used with … for example “a house”. They can not be used with object which lack a front and a
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| Now no '''pilana''' can be a noun in its own right. They must always appear either suffixed on to a noun or standing in front of a NP. Now '''béu''' usually likes to drop the topic. But how can we drop the topic when we need no give a location with respect to a certain noun (which is the topic).
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| In English, we sometimes can have "above", "below, "in front", "behind" occurring alone. Consider ...
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| "They were in dire straits, in front the deep blue sea, behind the murderous viking raiders"
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| In the above sentence "in front" and "behind" can be considered nouns.<sup>*</sup>
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| '''pilana''' 1 - 8 plus '''tài''' and '''jáu''' only occur in front of a NP or suffixed to a noun.
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| However they can become nouns in their own right if they are suffixed to the particle '''dá''' (place). For example …
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| |align=right| '''pida'''
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| |align=left| the interior
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| |align=right| '''mauda'''
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| |align=left| above, topside
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| |align=right| '''goida'''
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| |align=left| the underneath
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| |align=right| '''taida'''
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| |align=left| the front
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| |align=right| '''jauda'''
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| |align=left| the backside, the back
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| |align=right| '''lada'''
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| |align=left| the surface
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| |align=right| '''ceda'''
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| |align=left| this side
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| |align=right| '''duada'''
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| |align=left| the far side
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| |align=right| '''beneda'''
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| |align=left| the right
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| |align=right| '''komoda'''
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| |align=left| the left
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| <sup>*</sup>An alternative analysis is to consider "They were in dire straits, in front the deep blue sea, behind the murderous viking raiders" as an abbreviation for "They were in dire straits, in front of them the deep blue sea, behind them the murderous viking raiders"
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| Earlier we told you that a '''pilana''' positional phrase can be considered either to be an adjective or a adverb. However using the above table we can produce nominal equivalents of them.
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| '''dapi nambo (sòr) detia''' = the interior of the house is elegant OR inside the house in elegant
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| (??? to think about further)The above can sometimes occur as ...
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| '''dapi nambowo (sòr) detia''' but this is unusual. It might possibly happen if the NP is complex. For example ...
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| '''dapi wò nambo jutu dè (sòr) detia''' (Note '''wò''' here is not defining a roll in a sentence, but a roll in a NP) .... NNNNNNNNNNNNN
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| Actually "They were in dire straits, in front the deep blue sea, behind the murderous viking raiders" can be translated into '''béu''' .... EITHER using '''datai''' and '''dajau''' OR '''nutai''' and '''nujau'''.
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| '''da''' is an interesting particle. It never occurs as a word it its own right. But as well as appearing as a component in the table above it appears as a suffix meaning "place" or "shop".
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| If '''béu''' had a history, you would speculate that it once was a noun with a meaning something like "place". But it hasn't.
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| Note ... the word for "here" '''dían''' and "there" '''dèn''' could also have a connection.
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| And compare '''dí''' "this" and '''dè''' "that" ... it is all very mysterious.
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| Note ... '''pilana''' 15 does not combine with '''da'''-. However there is a particle '''dan''' : it is equivalent to the English word "than". For example ...
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| '''jene (sòr) yubauge dan jono''' = Jane is stronger than John
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| Again ... all very mysterious.
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| Occasionally you get them joined to -ʔau. For example …
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| piʔau = interior surface
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| laʔau = on it
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| Note ... piʔai wò nambo means exactly the same as nambopi. Invariably the terser form is used.
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| 9) -'''ye''' ... '''yé''' ... The dative. Some usage example ...
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| He made the prisoner sing = He give sing prisoner'''ye'''
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| I tell jane that ... i to jane tell that .... THIS IS SIMILAR TO "TO GIVE"
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| '''glá nòr flovan''' beggars'''ye''' = she gives food to the beggars
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| '''nauya toili oye''' = give a book to her
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| Note ... the '''béu''' way is similar to English. For example ... '''toili nauya ò''' = give the book to her
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| This is the '''pilana''' used for marking the receiver of a gift, or the receiver of some knowledge.
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| However the basic usage of the word is directional.
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| '''namboye''' = "to the house"
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| '''yé wazbo nambo''' = "as far as the house" ... (literally "to the distance of the house")
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| '''yé''' limit/border '''nambo''' = "up to the house" ... for objects
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| '''doikori yé''' face '''báu''' "he has walked up to the man" ... for people
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| 10) -'''vi''' ... '''fì''' ... The ablative. Some usage example ...
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| '''mari laula''' guard'''fi''' = I was made to sing by the guard
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| I hear from Jane that .... Similar to English ... you can not miss out "from", even with Jane directly behind the verb
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| The beggars '''mor flovan glavi''' = the beggar get food from the woman
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| '''nambovi''' = "from the house"
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| '''fí "direction" nambo''' = "away from the house"
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| '''fí "limit/border" nambo''' = all the way from the house
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| '''fí nambomau''' = from the top of the house
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| Note ... two appended '''pilana''' are not allowed ... so *'''nambomauvi''' is not allowed
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| '''lori sàu yemevi''' '''yé''' prince handsome = he changed from a frog to a handsome prince
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| 11) -'''tu''' ... '''tù''' ... The instrumental/comitative. Some usage example ...
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| '''kli.otu''' = John opened the can with a knife
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| '''jenetu''' = John went to town with Jane
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| Also used when something is achieved through a certain action ...
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| '''banu''' = to learn
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| '''banutu''' = by learning
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| Two particles are related to this '''pilana'''
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| '''tuta''' = because ... when because is followed by a clause
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| '''tuwo''' = because ... when "because" is followed by a NP.
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| Note ... '''duva''' = hand, arm .... '''duvatu''' = manually
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| Usuage ??? mountain cloud.'''ia''' = the cloudy mountain
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| mountain '''tù''' many rain clouds = the cloudy mountain ??? (Note '''tù''' here is not defining a roll in a sentence, but a roll in a NP) .... NNNNNNNNNNNNN
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| 12) -'''ji''' ... '''jì''' ... The benefactive. Usually it refers to a person. However it often also occurs with an infinitive. Some usage example ...
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| '''banu''' = to learn
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| '''banuji''' = in order to learn
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| '''jari tweji ò''' = I have gone (in order) to meet him ... in this case it is not stated whether the "meeting" was successful or not
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| '''jari twé ò''' = I have gone and met him ... this is a verb chain
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| 13) -'''wo''' ... '''wò''' ... The respective. Some usage example ...
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| '''pà halfar''' = I laugh LAUGH ???
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| '''pà halfar jonowo''' = I laugh at John
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| Can be used to show motion w.r.t. something .... "I lower the boy down the cliff face" ... here "down" = '''wò'''
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| Used for marking the "theme" as in such sentences as ...
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| '''gala catura jonowo''' = the women are talking about John
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| Also when fronted, it gives a topic of a topic/comment sentence. For example ...
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| '''jonowo''' ... = as for John ....
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| 14) -'''n''' ... '''nà''' ... The locative
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| 15) -'''s''' ... '''sá''' ... The ergative
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| '''só tá ........ ''' = that Stefen turned up drunk at the interview sank his chance of getting the job
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| 16) -'''lya''' ... '''alya''' ... The allative. Some usage example ...
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| '''xxx yyy zzz''' = put the cushions on the sofa
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| 17) -'''lfe''' ... '''alfe''' ... The delative
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| '''xxx yyy zzz''' = the frog jumps off the lily pad
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| == ..... More on verb chains==
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| He is lowering John down the cliff-face to the ledge => '''ós gora jono''' cliff '''gìa''' ledge'''ye''' ??
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| I dragged the dog along the road ??
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| '''joske pòi nambo''' = let's not let him go into the house ... there are 2 verbs in this chain ... '''jòi''' and '''pòi'''
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| '''jaŋkora bwá nambo dwía''' = he is running out the house (towards us) ... there are 3 verbs in this chain ... '''jaŋka''', '''bwá''' and '''dwé'''
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| '''doikaya gàu pòi nambo jìa''' = Walk (command) down into the house (we are in the house) ... there are 4 verbs in this chain ... '''doika''', '''gàu''', '''pòi''' and '''jòi'''
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| Extensive use is made of serial verb constructions (SVC's). You can spot a SVC when you have a verb immediately followed (i.e. no pause and no particle) by another verb. Usually a SVC has two verbs but occasionally you will come across one with three verbs.
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| <sup>*</sup>Well maybe not always. For example '''jompa gàu''' means "rub down" or "erode". Now this can be a transitive verb or an intransitive verb. For example ...
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| 1) The river erodes the stone
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| 2) The stone erodes
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| With the transitive situation, the "river" is in no way going down, it is the stone. Cases where one of the verbs in a verb chain can have a different subject are limited to verbs such as erode (at least I think that now ??). Also the verbal noun for '''jompa gàu''' is not formed in the usual way for word building. Erosion = '''gaujompa'''
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| '''gaujompa''' or '''gajompa''' a verb in its own right ... I suppose that this would happen given time ??
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| I work as a translator ??? ... I work '''sàu''' translator ??
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| "want" ... "intend" ... etc. etc. are never part of verb chains ??
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| ........... Unbalanced
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| Now all the above were examples of "one off" or "balanced" verb chains ( "balanced" in the sense that all the verbs have about the same likelihood ). A more common type of verb chain is one in which some common verb is appended to a clause to give some extra information. Examples of these verbs are ... "enter", "exit", "cross", "follow", "to go through", "come", "go", etc. etc. etc.
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| ................. enter and exit
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| When in verb chains, these 2 verbs tend to be the main verb. They are used where "into" and "out of" are used in English.
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| '''pòi''' = to enter
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| '''féu''' = to exit
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| '''nambo féu tə''' = to come out of the house
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| '''nambo pòi jə''' = to go into the house
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| '''nambo pòi tə''' = to come into the house
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| '''nambo féu jə''' = to go out of the house
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| '''féu nambo tə''' = to come out of a house
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| '''féu nambo jə''' = to go into a house
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| '''pòi nambo tə''' = to come into a house
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| '''féu nambo jə''' = to go out of a house
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| '''nambo féu jaŋki tə''' = to run out the house (towards us)
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| '''féu nambo jaŋki tə''' = to run out a house (towards us)
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| ............... across & along & through
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| When in verb chains, these 3 verbs tend to be the main verb.
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| '''kwèu''' = to cross, to go/come over
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| '''plèu''' = to follow, to go/come along
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| '''cwá''' = to go/come through
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| '''komwe kwèu''' = to cross the road
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| '''komwe kwèu doika''' = to walk across the road
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| '''kwèu komwe doiki''' = to walk across a road
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| '''kwèu komwe doiki tə''' = to walk across a road (towards the speaker)
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| '''plèw''' and '''cwá''' follow the same pattern
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| Note ... some postpositions
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| '''komwe kwai''' = across the road = across a road
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| '''pintu cwai''' = through the door = along a road
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| Above are 2 postpositions ... derived from the participles '''kwewai''' and '''cwawai'''
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| '''komwe plewai''' = along the road
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| ............ come and go
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| When in verb chains, these 2 verbs tend to be the auxiliary verb.
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| Obviously they often occur as simple verbs.
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| "come", "go", "up" and "down" are often stuck on to the end of an utterance ... like a sort of afterthought. They give the utterance a
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| The below is nothing to do with verb chains, just a bit to do with the usage of '''dwé''' and '''jòi'''.
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| HERE------------>--------LONDON
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| '''londonye jòi''' = to go to London ... however if the destination immediately follows '''jòi''' -'''ye''' is dropped<sup>*</sup>. So ...
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| SIMILAR TO ADVERBS + GIVE ... LIGHT GREEN HI-LIGHT
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| '''jó london''' = to go to London
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| '''jó twì jono''' = to go to meet John (twe = to meet ??)
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| <sup>*</sup> In contradistinction, when a origin comes immediately after the verb '''dwé''' "to come" the '''pilana''' '''-fi''' is never dropped.
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| HERE----------<---------LONDON
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| '''tè londonfi''' = to come from London
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| '''tè jonovi''' = to come from John
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| .............. ascend and descend
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| When in verb chains, these 2 verbs tend to be the auxiliary verb. They are used where "up" and "down" are used in English.
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| '''bía''' = to ascend
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| '''kàu''' = to descend
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| CLIMB '''ʔupai kə''' = to climb down a tree
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| '''ʔupai''' CLIMB '''kə''' = to climb down the tree
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| CLIMB '''ʔupai bə''' = to climb up a tree
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| THROW '''toili kə''' = to throw down a book ???
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| These are also often inserted in verb chains to give extra information. The usually precede "come" and "go" when "come" and "go" are auxiliary verbs in the chain.
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| '''jò kə pə nambo''' = to go down into the house
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| '''jaŋkor kə pə nambo jə''' = he runs down into the house (away from us)
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| '''jaŋkor pə nambo kə tə''' = he runs down into the house (towards us)
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| The two above sentences could describe the exact same event. However there is some slight connotation in the latter that the descending happened at the same time as the entering (i.e. the entrance of the house was sloping ... somewhat unusual)
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| .............. here and there
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| '''awata''' = to wonder
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| '''jaŋka awata''' = to run around
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| ............. bring and take
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| '''kli.o''' = a knife
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| '''kli.o ʔáu jə''' = to take the knife away
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| '''kli.o ʔáu tə''' = to bring the knife
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| '''ʔáu kli.o jə''' = to take a knife away
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| '''kli.o uʔau jə nə jono''' = take the knife and go give to John
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| '''kli.o uʔau tə nə jono''' = bring the knife and give to John
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| If however the knife was already in the 2nd person's hand, you would say ...
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| '''ute nə jono kli.o''' = come and give john the knife ... or ...
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| '''ute nə kli.o jonon''' = come and give the knife to john
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| Note ... the rules governing the 3 participants in a "giving", are exactly the same as English. Even to the fact that if you drop the participant you must include '''jowe''' which means away. For example ...
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| '''nari klogau tí jowe''' = I gave my shoes away.
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| Note ... In arithmetic '''ʔaujoi''' mean "to subtract" or "subtraction" : '''ledo''' means "to add" or "addition".
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| Note ... when somebody gives something "to themselves", '''tiye''' = must always be used, no matter its position.
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| ....... for and against
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| HELP = to help, assist, support
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| '''gompa''' = to hinder, to be against, to oppose
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| FIGHT = to fight
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| FIGHT '''jonotu''' = to fight with john ......... john is present and fighting
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| FIGHT HELP ''' jono''' = to fight for John ... john is present but maybe not fighting
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| FIGHT '''jonoji''' = to fight for John ...........probably john not fighting and not present
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| FIGHT '''gompa jono''' = to fight against John
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| .......... to change
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| '''lái''' = to change
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| '''kwèu''' = to turn
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| '''lái sàu''' = to change into, to become
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| '''kwèu sàu''' = to turn into
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| The above 2 mean exactly the same
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| Note ...
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| paint'''ori pintu nelau''' = he has painted a blue door
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| paint'''ori pintu ʃìa nelau''' = he has painted a door blue
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| ??? How does this mesh in with clauses starting with "want", "intend", "plan" etc. etc. ... SEE THAT BOOK BY DIXON ??
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| ??? How does this mesh in with the concepts ...
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| "start", "stop", "to bodge", "to no affect", "scatter", "hurry", "to do accidentally" etc.etc. ... SEE THAT BOOK ON DYIRBAL BY DIXON
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| == ... Parenthesis==
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| '''béu''' has two particles that indicate the start of some sort of parenthesis. In a similar way to a mathematical formula, where brackets mean that the arguments within the brackets should be evaluated first, the two '''béu''' particles indicate that the immediately following clause should be processed (by the brain) before arguments outside of the parenthesis are considered.
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| === . '''tà''' ... the full clause particle===
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| This is basically the same as "that" in English, when "that" introduces a complement clause. For example ...
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| "He said THAT he was not feeling well"
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| Notice that "he was not feeling well" is complete in itself, it is a self-contained clause.
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| === . '''ʔà''' ... the gap clause particle===
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| This is basically the same as "what" in English, in such sentences as ...
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| "WHAT you see is WHAT you get"<sup>*</sup>
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| Notice that "you see" and "you get" are not complete clauses, there is a "gap" in them.
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| The phase "WHAT you see", (to return to the mathematical analogy again) may be thought of as a "variable". in this case, the motivation for using a "variable", is to make the expression "general" rather than "specific". (Being general it is of course more worthy of our consideration). Other motivations for using a "variable" is that the actual argument is not known. Yet another is that even though the particular argument is known, it is really awkward to specify satisfactorily.
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| EXAMPLE
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| Another way to think about the '''ʔà''' construction, is to think of it as a "nominaliser", a particle that turns a whole clause into a noun. To use the example from just above ....
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| "see" is an intransitive verb with two arguments. To replace one of these arguments by '''ʔà''' is like defining the missing argument in terms of the rest of the clause i.e. it changes a clause into a constuction that refers to one argument of that clause.
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| === . Gap clause particles in other languages===
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| There is no generally agreed upon term for the type of construction which I am calling "gap clause" here. Dixon calls it a "fused relative", Greenberg calls it a "headless relative clause". I don't like either term. A fused relative implies that a generic noun (i.e. "thing" or "person") somehow got fused with a relativizer. This certainly never happened although this type of clause can be rewritten as a generic noun followed by a relativizer. As for "headless" relative clause ... well I think the type of clause that we are dealing with is in fact more fundamental then a relative clause, so I would not like to define it in terms of a relative clause.
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| My thoughts on this type of clause are ...
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| Well "what" was firstly a question word. So you have expressions like "Who fed the cat"
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| Then of course it is natural to have an answer like "I don't know who fed the cat"
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| Now the above sentence is similar to "I don't know French" or "I don't know Johnny".
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| Now you see the expression "who fed the cat" fills the slot usually occupied by a noun in an "I don't know" sentences.
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| So "who fed the cat" started to be thought of as a sort of noun.
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| Now from the "know (neg)" beachhead<sup>*</sup>, the usage would have spread to "know" and also the such words that have "knowing" as an essential part of their meaning. Words such as "remember", "report" etc. etc.
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| <sup>*</sup>I call "know (neg)" a "beachhead"<sup>**</sup>. A beachhead is a usage(and/or the act or situation behind that usage) that facilitates the meaning of a word to spread. Or the meaning of an expression to spread. A beachhead can be defined simply as an expression, but sometimes some background as to the speakers environment has to be given. For example suppose that one dialect of a language was using a word to mean "under", but this same word meant "between/among" in all other dialects. Now suppose you did some investigating and found that all other dialects of this language was spoken on the steppes and their speakers made a living by animal husbandry. However the group which diverged from the others had given up the nomadic life and settled down in a lush river valley. In this valley their main occupation was tending their fruit orchards.
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| It could be deduced that the change in meaning came about by people saying ... "Johnny is among the trees". Now as the trees were thick on the ground and had overspreading branches, this was reanalysed to mean "Johnny is under the trees". Hence I would say ...
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| The beachhead of word "x" = "between" to word "x" = "under" was the expression "among the trees" (and in this case a bit of background as to the "culture" of the speakers would be appropriate). ... OK ? ... understood ?
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| For an expressing to become a beachhead, it must, of course, be used regularly.
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| ASIDE ... I have thought about counting rosary beads as a possible beachhead that changed the meaning of "have", in Western Europe, from purely "possession" to a perfect marker. This is just (fairly ?) wild conjecture of course. (The beachhead expression being "I have x beads counted" with "counted" originally being a passive participle)
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| I am digressing here ... well to get back to "who fed the cat". We had it being considered a sort of noun. Presumably it was at one time put directly after a noun in apposition (presumably with a period of silence between the two) and qualified the noun. Then presumably they got bound closer together, the gap was lost, and this is the history of one form of relative clause in English.
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| <sup>**</sup>Actually I would have liked to use the term pivot here. However this term has already been taken.
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| From the dictionary
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| Beachhead (dictionary definition) = 1. A position on an enemy shoreline captured by troops in advance of an invading force
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| Beachhead (dictionary definition) = 2. A first achievement that opens the way for further developments.
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| There are 4 relativizers ... '''ʔá''', '''ʔái''', '''ʔáu''' and '''ʔaja'''. (relativizer = '''ʔasemo'''-marker)
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| '''ʔasemo''' = relative clause.
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| It works in pretty much the same way as the English relative clause construction. The '''béu''' relativisers is '''ʔá'''. Though '''ʔái''', '''ʔáu''' and '''ʔaja''' also have roles as relativisers.
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| The main relativiser is '''ʔá''' and all the '''pilana''' can occur with it (well all the '''pilana''' except '''ʔe'''. '''ʔaí''' is used instead of * '''ʔaʔe''').
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| 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 suffixed to the relativizer. For example ;-
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| '''glà ʔá bwás timpori rà hauʔe''' = The woman that the man hit, is beautiful.
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| '''bwá ʔás timpori glà rà ʔaiho''' = The man that hit the woman is ugly.
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| The same thing happens with all the '''pilana'''. For example ;-
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| the basket '''ʔapi''' the cat shat was cleaned by John.
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| the wall '''ʔala''' you are sitting was built by my grandfather.
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| the woman '''ʔaye''' I told the secret, took it to her grave.
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| the town '''ʔafi''' she has come is the biggest south of the mountain.
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| the lilly pad '''ʔalya''' the frog jumped was the biggest in the pond.
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| the boat '''ʔalfe''' you have just jumped is unsound
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| '''báu ʔás timpori glá rà ʔaiho''' = The man that hit the woman is ugly.
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| * '''nambo ʔaʔe''' she lives is the biggest in town.
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| '''báu ʔaho ò''' is going to market is her husband.
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| the knife '''ʔatu''' he severed the branch is a 100 years old
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| '''báu ʔán''' dog I shot, reported me to the police = the man whose dog I shot, reported me to the police<sup>*</sup>
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| The old woman '''ʔaji''' I deliver the newspaper, has died.
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| The boy '''ʔaco''' they are all talking, has gone to New Zealand.
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| <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.
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| As you see in above, '''ʔa''' in the form * '''ʔaʔe''' is not allowed. Instead you must use '''ʔaí'''.
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| The use of '''ʔái''' and '''ʔàu''' as relativizers are basically the same as the use of "where" and "when" in English. These two can combine with two of the '''pilana'''.
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| '''?aifi''' = from where, whence
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| '''?aiye''' = to where, hence
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| '''?aufi''' = from when, since
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| '''?auye''' = to when, until
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| The use of '''ʔaja''' basically is a relativizer for an entire clause instead of just the noun which it follows.
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| For example ???????
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| WITH SPACE AND TIME
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| PLURAL FORM
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| ..
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| === ... the NP with the present participle core ??===
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| ..
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| Now the phrase '''jono kludala toili''' is a noun phrase (NP) in which the adjective phrase (AP) qualifies the noun '''jono'''
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| (Notice that in the clause that corresponds to the above NP, '''jonos kludora toili''' (John is writing the book), '''jono''' has the ergative suffix and the 3 words can occur in any order : with the NP, '''jono''' does not take the ergative suffix and the 3 words must occur in the order shown.)
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| '''glói''' = to see
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| '''polo''' = Paul
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| '''timpa''' = to hit
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| '''jene''' = Jenny
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| '''glori polo timpala é''' = He saw paul hitting something
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| '''glori pà timpala ò''' = He saw me hitting her
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| '''glori hà (pás) timparwi ò''' = He saw that I had hit her
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| '''glori jene timpwala''' = He saw Jenny being hit
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| Now the question is where is this special NP used. Well it is used in situations where English would use a complement clause. For example with '''algo''' meaning "to think about",<sup>*</sup>
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| 1) '''algara jono''' = I am thinking about John.
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| 2) '''algara jono kludala toili''' = I am thinking about John writing a book.
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| Note ... According to Dixon, the standard English translation of 2) would be "I am thinking about John's writing a book" which I find quite strange even though English is my mother tongue. I have decided to call this sort of construction in '''béu''' a special kind of NP, while Dixon has called the equivalent expression in English the "-ing" type of complement clause. I think this is just a naming thing and doesn't really matter.
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| <sup>*</sup>"to think (that)" is '''alhu''' in '''béu'''. '''alhu''' also translates "to believe".
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| == ..... Nouns and how they pervade other parts of speech==
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| '''nambo'''
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| [[Image:TW_89.png]]
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| '''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.
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| '''nambodu'''
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| 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.
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| The meaning given to the verb '''nambo''' is arrived at through metaphor, it is not so straight forward as the bicycle example.
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| The use of all tools can be expressed in a similar manner to '''lotova'''.
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| '''nambon'''
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| 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.
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| '''nambia'''
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| This is a very common derivation. Nearly all nouns can take this transformation.
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| '''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"
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| '''nambua'''
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| Also a very common derivation. The opposite of '''nambia'''.
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| '''nambua''' means '''homeless''' or '''the homeless'''
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| '''nambuma'''
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| 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.
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| '''nambita'''
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| 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.
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| '''nambwan'''
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| 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.
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| By the way '''nambwan''' means domestic or domesticated. Nearly always when you come across the word it is referring to animals.
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| Other derivations that are not possible with '''nambo'''
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| 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'''.
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| 1) '''-ija''' is affixed to the names of animals and give a word meaning the young of that animal. For example;-
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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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| 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;-
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| '''baiʔo''' = spoon
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| '''baiʔeba''' = cutlery
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| = chair
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| = furniture
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| '''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").
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| '''báu'''
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| [[Image:TW_88.png]]
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| == ..... -uʒi and -go==
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| Note that '''wan''' tends to be affixed to nouns while '''uzhi''' gets affixed to verbs.
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| {| border=1
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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 rest/relax
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| |align=center| '''loŋge'''
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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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| |}
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| If the verb is monosyllabic, then -'''go''' is used instead of -'''uʒi'''.
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| Sometimes it is hard to tell if a word is basically a verb or a noun.
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| For example '''eskua''' is the '''gomia''' of a verb which means "to be angry". However it is also a noun meaning "anger".
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| However we can say that it is basically a verb as '''eskuʒi''' "bad tempered" !!!
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| How do we say "angry" ???
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| == ..... Number of categories==
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| So now we can say, '''béu''' has ...
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| 1 '''wepua'''
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| 2 '''mazeba''' .......................... and 2 demonstratives
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| 3 '''plova''' ......... participles ........ '''ʔinʔanandau''' or whatever words
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| 4 '''teŋko''' ........ evidentials ........ relativizers or '''ʔasemo'''-marker
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| 5 '''seŋgeba''' ..... modals ..... and 5 specify'''ana'''
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| 6 '''ʔanandau''' ... question words
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| 7 '''cenʔo''' ......... subject marked on the verb
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| 9 '''???''' .............. personal pronouns
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| 12 pilana (noun cases),
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| 15 "specified"
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| 16 gwoma (tense/aspect verbal affixes).
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| best to have 10 ??? conjunctions ???
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| The complement clause construction ???
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| '''wí''' = to see '''polo''' = Paul '''timpa''' = to hit '''jene''' = Jenny
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| '''wori polo timpa andai''' = He saw paul hitting something
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| '''wori pá timpana ó''' = He saw me hitting her
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| '''wori jene bwò timpa''' = He saw Jenny being hit
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| '''wori polo timpa jene''' = He saw Paul hitting Jenny
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| '''wori pà 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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| == ..... Want==
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| Maybe I should forget about the subjunctive (ends in '''xn''', before ended in '''xs''', maybe should end in '''xk''') and do things another way ??
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| If then the
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| 1) '''wár bái nambo''' => I want to go home ............. '''bái''' is infinitive ............ '''bái''' and '''nambo''' can not be separated
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| 2) '''wár bís nambo''' => I want you to go home ... '''bís''' is subjunctive ........ '''bís''' and '''nambo''' can not be separated
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| 3) '''wár timpis ò''' => I want you to hit her/him ... '''timpis''' is subjunctive ... '''timpis''' and '''ò''' can not be separated
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| I wish that you had hit her/him => '''wár tà (gìs) timpir ò''' ???
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| I wish that you would hit him => ???
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| So in the above ... the construction as in 1) is used when the person doing the wanting, is also the subject (A or O) of the action required and the second action sort of "follows on" from the "wanting".
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| The construction as in 2) and 3) is used when the person doing the wanting is different from the subject (A or O) of the action required. The second action again sort of "following on" from the "wanting".
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| The construction as in 4) is used when the person doing the wanting is different from the subject (A or O) of the action required AND the second action DOES NOT "following on" from the "wanting".
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| TO THINK ABOUT
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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 '''gomia'''-form (G), in the subjunctive form (Sub) or in the imperative form (Imp), you must have these elements in the following order ;-
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| S G : S Sub ... 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 Sub O : Imp 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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| == ..... To think about==
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| Further uses of the "s" form of the verb. That is the subjunctive.
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| Also used in dependent clauses with the meaning ...
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| that xxx should yyy.
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| Used after "want/hope/believe ?" if the subject is different. If subject is the same then the verb is in the '''gomia''' form.
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| hear, see, think, like, remember, know, believe | use '''tà + full verb''' with FACT complements.
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| hear, see, like, remember | use '''gomia''' with ACTION complements (English would use "-ing")
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| Sometimes when English would use the "to" construction, '''béu''' would use the -'''u''' participle | remember
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| == Some rubbish==
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| '''gwoi''' = to jump (involuntarily), to give a start
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| '''gwamoi''' = to make somebody jump, to give somebody a start
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| '''doika''' = walk
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| '''damoika''' = to manage, to run ......... '''damoikanai''' = "the management" or "the managers"
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| '''poma''' = leg
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| '''pomas''' = to kick, '''pomari''' = I kicked
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| '''pomaswan''' = liable to kick, fond of kicking
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| '''pomonda''' = good to kick
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| '''klonda''' = worth seeing
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| To fix up this bit.....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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| I should mention '''sá tà ...'''
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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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| '''moze''' = water
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| '''moʒi''' = steam
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| '''heŋgola''' = alive, living
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| '''soŋki''' = dead
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| == ..... Examples of prepositions==
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| move these somewhere else
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| '''ilai''' = between
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| '''geka''' = without
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| '''mú''' = outside of
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| '''muka''' = outside
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| '''pika''' = inside
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| '''pòi''' = to enter or to put in
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| '''poi.a nambo''' = go into the house
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| '''wi.a toilia di toilicoipi''' = put these book in the bookcase ... '''wi.a toilia di toilicoin''' ... yeah, I like the second version
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| ''' toilia di TAKE.ia poi.a nambo''' = take these book into the house
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| ''' toilia di TAKE.ia nambo.pia jene.kye.a''' = take these book into the house and give to Jane
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| ''' TAKE.iya toilia di nambo pireu jene kyireu''' = take these book into the house and give to Jane
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| '''méu''' = to exit or to take out ... I guess cat must be '''mèu'''
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| '''miwa nambo báin''' = come out of the house, get out of the house
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| == .... -GO==
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| {| border=1
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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| '''-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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| '''-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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| ==..... Opposite meaning, same word class==
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| The prefix for adjectives is "u"
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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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| The prefix for adverb is "u"
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| '''nan''' = for a long time
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| '''unan''' = not for a long time
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| The prefix for nouns is "u"
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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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| However the prefix for verbs is "ku"
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| |align=center| '''kunja'''
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| |align=center| to fold
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| |align=center| '''kukunja'''
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| |align=center| to unfold
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| |-
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| |align=center| '''laiba'''
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| |align=center| to cover
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| |align=center| '''kulaiba'''
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| |align=center| to uncover
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| |-
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| |align=center| '''fuŋga'''
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| |align=center| to fasten, to lock
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| |align=center| '''kufuŋga'''
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| |align=center| to unfasten, to unlock
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| |-
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| |align=center| '''benda'''
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| |align=center| to assemble, to put together
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| |align=center| '''kubenda'''
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| |align=center| to take apart, to disassemble
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| |-
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| |align=center| '''pauca'''
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| |align=center| to stop up, to block
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| |align=center| '''kupauca'''
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| |align=center| to unstop
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| |-
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| |align=center| '''sensa'''
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| |align=center| to weave
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| |align=center| '''kusensa'''
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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| '''kufiŋka'''
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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| '''kutasta'''
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| |align=center| to untangle
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| |}
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| -----
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| Note ... if they verbal prefix was simply '''u''', then the same word would mean both "non-folding" and "unfolding"
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| '''kunja''' = to fold
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| '''kunjana''' = "folding" (an adjective) or "one that folds" (a noun)
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| '''kukunjana''' = "unfolding" or the "unfolder"
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| '''ukunjana''' = "non-folding" or "one that doesn't fold"
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| ..
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| ==Index==
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| {{Béu Index}}
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