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| == ..... The three types of Verb==
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| Some concepts are naturally intransitive. Like "to shave". Well at least in '''béu''' it is very unusual to shave another.
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| Some concepts are naturally transitive. Like "to hit". It is worth remarking on when somebody hits themselves.
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| And there are also some concepts that appear in both manifestations. For example ... "turn", "spread", "rise/raise"
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| These three types of concept are represented in '''beu''' by three different types of verb.
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| V1) '''té''' = to come ... this is a intransitive verb
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| (Always accompanied by a naked noun)
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| V2) '''timpa''' = to hit ... this is a transitive verb
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| (Always accompanied by an s-marked noun and a<sup>*<-sup> naked noun)
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| <sup>*<-sup>Although sometimes the naked noun can be dropped for lack of interest. For example ...
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| '''jenes solbori''' = Jane drank (something)
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| V3) '''kwèu''' = to turn
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| Now this sometimes behaves like V1 and sometimes like V2.
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| === .. V1 Derivations===
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| There are 5 deriuvation processes shown below ...
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| First from '''doika''' => '''doikaya''' This involves infixing '''ay''' before the final vowel.
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| Secondly from '''doika''' => '''doikana''' and '''doikaya''' => '''doikayana'''.
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| This involves deleting the final vowel and adding '''ana'''.
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| Thirdly from '''doika''' => '''doikala''' and '''doikaya''' => '''doikayala'''.
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| This involves deleting the second part of the final vowel if it is a diphthong, and then adding '''la'''.
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| Fourthly from '''doikaya''' => '''doikaiwai'''.
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| This involves deleting the final vowel and '''y''' and adding '''iwai'''.
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| Fifthly from '''doikaya''' => '''doikaiwau'''.
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| This involves deleting the final vowel and '''y''' and adding '''iwau'''.
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| Note that we have 8 word forms in total.
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| === .. V2 Derivations===
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| First from '''kludau''' => '''kludawau''' This involves infixing '''aw''' before the final vowel.
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| Secondly from '''kludau''' => '''kludana''' and '''kludawau''' => '''kludawana'''.
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| This involves deleting the final vowel and adding '''ana'''.
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| Thirdly from '''kludau''' => '''kludala''' and '''kludawau''' => '''kludawala'''.
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| This involves deleting the second part of the final vowel if it is a diphthong, and then adding '''la'''.
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| Fourthly from '''kludau''' => '''kludwai'''.
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| This involves deleting the final vowel and adding '''wai'''.
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| Fifthly from '''kludau''' => '''kludwau'''.
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| This involves deleting the final vowel and adding '''wau'''.
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| |align=center| '''kludawana'''
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| |align=center| '''kludwai'''
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| |align=center| "written" (A/N)
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| '''kludwai''' is the passive past participle, and '''kludwau''' is the passive future participle.
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| ===.. V3 Derivations===
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| |align=center| '''haikana'''
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| |align=center| '''haikwai'''
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| |align=center| "broken" (A/N)
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| |align=center| "that which must be broken" (A/N)
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| Note ... '''haikwai''' could very well have broken by itself. There is no connotation that an outside agent was responsible. The same with '''haikwau'''.
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| |align=center| '''heukana'''
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| |align=center| "to break" (V3b)
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| There are 4 derivational processes involved with V3a and 2 derivational processes involved with V3b. They have been already been explained in the sections on V1 and V2.
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| Note that we have 8 word forms in total.
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| '''kó''' = to see
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| '''kowa''' = to be seen
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| The subject of the active clause, can be included in the passive clause as an afterthought if required. '''hí''' is a normal noun meaning "source". However it also acts as a particle (prefix) which introduces the agent in a passive clause.
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| When the final consonant is '''w y h''' or '''ʔ''' the passive is formed by suffixing '''-wa'''
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| In monosyllabic words, it is formed by suffixing '''-wa'''.
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| Note ... when '''wa''' is added to a word ending in '''au''' or '''eu''', the final '''u''' is deleted.
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| Also note ... these operations can make consonant clusters which are not allowed in the base words. For example, in a root word '''-mpw-''' would not be allowed ( Chapter 1, Consonant clusters, Word medial)
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| ... Valency ... 1 => 2
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| Now all verbs that can take an ergative argument can undergo the 2=>1 transformation.
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| There also exists in '''béu''' a 1=>2 transformation. However this transformation can only be applied to a handful of verbs. Namely ...
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| |align=center| '''ʔoime'''
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| |align=center| to be happy, happyness
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| |align=center| '''ʔoimora'''
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| |align=center| he is happy
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| |align=center| '''ʔoimye'''
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| |align=center| to make happy
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| |align=center| she is afraid
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| |align=center| to be angry, anger
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| |align=center| he is angry
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| |align=center| to make angry
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| |align=center| to be horny, lust
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| |align=center| she is horny
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| |align=center| to make horny
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| |align=center| to ache, pain
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| |align=center| he hurts
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| |align=center| '''gaya'''
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| |align=center| to hurt (something)
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| |align=center| to be ashamed/shame/shyness
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| |align=center| to be anxious, anxiety
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| |align=center| he is anxious
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| |align=center| to be jealous, jealousy
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| |align=center| she is jealous
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| |align=center| to make jealous
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| '''ʔoimor''' would mean "he is happy by nature". All the above words take this sense when the "'''a'''" of the present tense is dropped.
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| The above words are all about internal feelings.
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| The third column gives a transitive infinitive (derived from the column two entry by infixing a '''-y-''' before the final vowel).
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| The fourth column gives an adjective of the transitive verb (derived from column three entry by affixing a '''-ana''' ... the active participle).
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| When the final consonant is '''ʔ j c w''' or '''h''' the causative is formed by suffixing '''-ya'''.
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| Also when the verb is a monosyllable, the causative is formed by suffixing '''-ya'''.
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| Note ... when '''ya''' is added to a word ending in '''ai''' or '''oi''', the final '''i''' is deleted.
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| Note ... when '''y''' is infixed behind '''t''' and '''d''' : '''ty''' => '''c''' and '''dy''' => '''j'''
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| Normally in '''béu''', to make a nominally intransitive verb transitive, it doesn't need the infixing of -'''y'''. All it needs is the appearance of an ergative argument. For example ...
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| '''doikor''' = he walk
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| <sup>*</sup>You would describe a gallstone as '''gayana'''. However you would describe your leg as '''gaila''' (well provided you didn't have a chronic condition with your leg)
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| Concatenation of the valency changing derivations ... 1 => 2 => 1 and 2 => 1 => 2
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| Semantically '''timpa''' is direct action (from agent to patient). Whereas '''timpawaya''' is indirect, possibly involving some third party between the agent and the patient and/or allowing some time to pass, between resolving on the action and the action being done unto the patient.
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| '''pyà _ jó _ tè _ bái''' and '''kàu''' are intransitive.
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| Many words in '''béu''' are constructed from amalgamating two basic words. The constructed word is non-basic semantically ... maybe one of the concepts needed for a particular field of study.
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| In '''béu''' when 2 nouns are come together the second noun qualifies the first. For example ...
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| '''toili nandau''' (literally "book" "word") ... the thing being talk about is "book" and "word" is an attribute of "book".
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| Now the person who first thought of the idea of compiling a list of words along with their meaning would have called this idea '''toili nandau'''.
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| However over the years as the concept '''toili nandau''' became more and more common, '''toili nandau''' would have morphed into '''nandəli'''.
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| Often when this process happens the resulting construction has a narrower meaning than the original two word phrase.
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| There are 4 steps in this word building process ...
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| 1) Swap positions : '''toili nandau''' => '''nandau toili'''
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| 2) Delete syllable : '''nandau toili''' => '''nandau li'''
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| 3) Vowel becomes schwa : '''nandau li''' => '''nandə li'''
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| 4) Merge the components : '''nandə li''' => '''nandəli'''
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| [[Image:TW_218.png]]
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| The above example is for 2 non-monosyllabic words. In the vast majority of constructed words the contributing words are polysyllables.
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| The process is slightly different when a contributing word is a monosyllabic. First we look at the case when the main word is a monosyllable ...
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| '''wé deuta''' (literally "manner soldier")
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| 1) Swap positions : '''wé deuta''' => '''*deuta wé''' ........ there is no step 2
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| 3) Vowel becomes schwa : '''*deuta wé''' => '''*deutɘ wé'''
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| 4) Merge the components : '''*deutə wé''' => '''deutəwe'''
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| [[Image:TW_219.png]]
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| And the case when the attribute is a monosyllable ...
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| '''mepe hí''' (literally "form origin")
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| 1) Swap positions : '''*hí mepe'''
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| 2) Delete syllable : '''*hí pe''' .......................................... there is no step 3
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| 4) Merge the components : '''*hí pe''' => '''hipe'''
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| [[Image:TW_220.png]]
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| And the case when the attribute ends in a consonant ...
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| '''megau peugan''' ... "body of knowledge" "society"
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| 1) Swap positions : '''*peugan megau'''
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| 2) Delete syllable : '''*peugan gau'''
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| 3) Delete the coda and neutralize the vowel :'''*peugan gau''' => '''*peugə gau'''
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| 4) Merge the components :'''*peugən gau''' => '''peugəŋgau'''
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| [[Image:TW_248.png]]
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| And the case when the main word has a double consonant before the end vowel ...
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| '''kanfai gozo''' ... merchant of fruit
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| 1) Swap positions : '''*gozo kanfai'''
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| 2) Delete syllable : '''*gozo fai''' ............................. Note '''kan''' is deletes, not just '''ka'''
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| 3) Vowel before the final consonant becomes schwa :'''*gozo fai''' => '''*gozə fai'''
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| 4) Merge the components :'''*gozə fai''' => '''gozəvai'''
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| [[Image:TW_250.png]]
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| There are no cases where both contributing words are monosyllables.
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| Note ...
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| 1) the schwa is represented by a sturdy dot.
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| 2) the consonant before the schwa takes its final form
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| 3) the consonant after the schwa takes its medial form
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| When spelling words out, this dot is pronounced as '''jía''' ... meaning "link".
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| Notice that when you hear '''nandəli''', '''deutəwe''' or '''peugəgau''' you know that they are a non-basic words (because of the schwa).
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| Also when you see '''nandəli''' or '''deutəwe''', '''peugəgau''' written you know that they are non-basic words (because of the dot).
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| However when you come across '''hipe''' it is not immediately obvious that it's a non-basic word.
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| This method of word building is only used for nouns.
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| == ..... Bicycles, Insects and Spiders==
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| ..
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| '''wèu''' = vehicle, wagon
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| '''weuvia''' = a bicycle
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| '''weubia''' = a tricycle
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| Perhaps can be thought of derived from an expression something like "wagon two-wheels-having" or "wagon double-wheel-having" with a lot of erosion.
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| Notice that the "item" that is numbered (i.e. wheel) is completely dropped ... probably not something that would evolve naturally.
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| There are not many words in this category.
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| '''joduʒia'''<sup>*</sup> = spider
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| '''jodulia''' = insect
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| '''jodugia''' = quadraped
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| '''joduvia''' = biped
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| node'''bia''' = a three-way intersection ... usually referring to road intersections.
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| node'''gia''' = a four-way intersection
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| node'''dia''' = a five-way intersection
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| node'''lia''' = a six-way intersection ... and you can continue up of course.
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| <sup>*</sup>'''jodu''' = animal ... from '''jode''' = to move
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| == ..... Ambitransitive verbs==
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| ..
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| In English there are some verbs that sometimes take one participant and sometimes involve two participants. For example "knit" or "turn". In English you know if the verb is appearing in its intransitive form if an extra argument turns up after the verb (that is ... an O argument has turned up) ... S and A appear the same in English.
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| Similarly in '''béu''' there are some verbs that sometimes take one participant and sometimes take two participants. For example '''mekeu''' "knit" or '''kwèu''' "turn". In '''béu''' you know if the verb is appearing in its intransitive form if an extra argument turns up with the ergative marker -'''s''' attached (that is ... an A argument has turned up) ... S and O appear the same in '''béu'''.
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| <U>Note on nomenclature</U>
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| Dixon calls "knit"/'''mekeu''' an ambitransitive verb of type S=A or an [S=A ambitransitive verb].
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| I call "knit"/'''mekeu''' an ambitransitibe verb of type "one unaffected argument" or an [unaffected ambitransitive verb].
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| For "knit" the preverb argument<sup>*</sup> is either S or A .... For '''mekeu''' the unaffected argument is either S or A.
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| Dixon calls "turn"/'''kwèu''' is an ambitransitive verb of the type S=O or an [S=O ambitransitive verb].
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| I call "turn"/'''kwèu''' an ambitransitibe verb of type "one affected argument" or an [affected ambitransitive verb].
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| For "turn" the affected argument is either S or O .... For '''kwèu''' the naked argument<sup>**</sup> (i.e. no -s) is either S or O.
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| <sup>*</sup>It is also the unaffected argument.
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| <sup>**</sup>It is also the affected argument.
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| == ..... More on definiteness==
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| ..
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| In the section on word order we said that when <U>the person being spoken to</U> can identify X as one particular X ... then X will come before the verb, where X is any of the A O or S arguments.
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| However ... the above leaves undefined, whether <U>the person speaking</U> can identify X. This can be made explicit in '''béu''' by adding either the particle '''é''' or the participle '''fawai'''. For example ...
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| '''doikora bàu''' = A man is walking .... unknown to <U>the person being spoken to</U> : known-ness to <U>the person speaking</U> is not defined.
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| '''doikora é bàu''' = Some man is walking .... unknown to <U>the person being spoken to</U> : unknown to <U>the person speaking</U>.
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| '''doikora bàu fawai''' = A man is walking .... unknown to <U>the person being spoken to</U> : known to <U>the person speaking</U>.
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| This distinction is also made in certain natural languages. For example with nouns in Samoan ...
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| o sa fafine = a woman
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| o le fafine = a woman ……. unknown to you but known to me
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| Or between these two indefinite pronouns in Latin ...
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| aliquis = somebody
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| quidam = somebody ……. unknown to you but known to me
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| [ Note ... the argument qualified by '''é''' or '''fawai''' invariably come after the verb. Also, while it is possible to imagine some scenario where an argument is known to <U>the person being spoken to</U> but unknown to <U>the person speaking</U>, in reality this very very rarely happens and I know of no natural language that makes this distinction. ]
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| One interesting point .....
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| --------------
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| Take the sentence ... "She wants to marry a Norwegian"
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| How do we show the definiteness of the Norwegian in relation to the subject. That is ... does she have a certain Norwegian in mind or does she want to marry <u>any</u> Norwegian.
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| In English ... when you hear this sentence ... you will nearly always know from the context, which of the two meanings is meant.
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| "any" or "that she knows" could be added to make the distinction explicit within the sentence itself.
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| ..
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| == ..... Polar question and focus==
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| A polar question is a question that can be answered with "yes" or "no".
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| To turn a normal statement into a polar question the particle '''ʔai''' is put at the very end.
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| Now this is the only single syllable word that can not be said to be low tone or high tone (well I suppose there are the short verbs found in the verb chains as well).
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| It starts of neutral tone and rises. In fact if you look in chapter 1 and look at the intonation profiles of the interjections, you will see how '''ʔaiwa''' is pronounced. '''ʔai''' is pronounced exactly as the first part of '''ʔaiwa'''. In '''beu''' orthography, this word is given its own symbol ... a double spiral. I will write it as '''ʔai?''' ... why not.
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| '''ʔai''' is neutral as to the response you are expecting.
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| To answer a positive question you answer '''ʔaiwa''' "yes" or '''aiya''' "no". For example ...
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| '''glá è hauʔe ʔái''' = Is the woman beautiful ? .......... If she is beautiful, answer '''ʔaiwa''', if she isn't answer '''aiya'''.
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| To answer a negative question you can not use '''ʔaiwa''' or '''aiya''' but must repeat the whole sentence in either the negative or the positive.
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| '''glá sorke hauʔe ʔái''' = Isn't the woman beautiful ? .... If she is beautiful, answer '''glá è hauʔe''', if she is not answer '''glá sorke hauʔe'''
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| Sometimes it is permissible to drop everything except the verb (which of course incorporates the negative element).
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| ------
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| To bring a word into focus you put '''cù''' in front of it. For example ...
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| Statement ... '''bàus glán nori alha''' = the man gave flowers to the woman
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| Focused statement ... '''bàus cù glán nori alha''' = It is the woman to whom the man gave flowers. (English uses a process called "left dislocation" to give emphasis to a word).
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| Statement ... '''bàus ná glá hauʔe nori alha''' = the man gave flowers to the beautiful woman
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| Focused statement ... '''bàus ná cù glá hauʔe nori alha''' = It is to the beautiful woman that the man gave flowers to.
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| Any argument can be focused in this way. In fact the verb can also be focused using this method.
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| To question one element in a clause, you have '''cù''' in front of the element and '''ʔái''' sentence final.
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| Alternatively you can dispense with the '''cù''' and put the '''ʔái''' directly behind the element you want to question. For example ...
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| '''cù bàus glán nori alha ʔái''' = Is it the man that has given flowers to the woman ?
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| '''bàus ʔái glán nori alha''' = Is it the man that has given flowers to the woman ?
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| [ should I replace cù with á]
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| == ..... Content questions ==
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| English is quite typical of languages in general and has 7 content question words ... "which", "what", "who", "where", "when", "how" and "why".
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| '''béu''' has 7 content question words also ...
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| {| border=1
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| |align=center| '''nén nós'''
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| |align=center| what
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| |align=center| '''mín mís'''
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| |align=center| who
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| |align=center| '''kái'''
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| |align=center| "what kind of"
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| |align=center| '''láu'''
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| |align=center| "how much" or "how many"
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| |align=center| '''nái'''
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| |align=center| which
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| |}
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| '''nós''' and '''mís''' are the ergative equivalents to '''nén''' and '''mín''' (the unmarked words)
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| There is a strong tendency for '''nén nós mín''' and '''mís''' to be sentence-initial.
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| There is a tendency for the NP's containing '''kái''', '''láu''' and '''nái''' to be sentence-initial.
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| '''kái''' and '''nái''' come after the nouns they ask about.
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| '''láu''' comes before the noun it asks about. ??? [ this doesn't agree with what I wrote in '''fandaunyo''' Chapter 2 ... but maybe '''láu''' in number slot : '''kái''' in adjective slot and '''nái''' in determiner slot }
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| "when" is represented by '''kyù nái''' (which occasion) ... "where" by '''dá nái''' (which place)
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| "how" is represented by '''wé nái''' (which way) ... "why" by '''nenji''' (for what)
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| The '''pilana''' are added to the content question words as they would be to a normal noun phrase.
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| Here are some example ...
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| Statement ... '''báus glán nori alha''' = the man gave the woman flowers
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| Question 1 ... '''mís glán nori alha''' = who gave the woman flowers ?
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| Question 2 ... '''minon bàus nori alha''' = the man gave flowers to who ?
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| Question 3 ... '''nén bàus glán nori''' = what did the man give the woman ?
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| Question 4 ... '''ná glá nái bàus nori alha''' = the man gave the flowers to which woman ?
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| Question 5 ... '''só bàu nái glán nori alha''' = which man gave the woman flowers ?
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| Question 6 ... '''alha kái báus glán nori''' = what type of flowers did the man give the woman ?
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| Question 7 ... '''láu alha báus glán nori''' = how many flowers did the man give the woman
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| Note ... In English as in about 1/3 of the languages of the world it is necessary to front the content question word.
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| == .. Specifiers X determiners==
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| Below is a table showing all the specifiers plus a countable noun plus the proximal determiner "this".
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| {| border=1
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| |align=center| 1
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| |align=left| '''ù báu dí'''
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| |align=left| all of these men OR all these men
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| |align=center| 2
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| |align=left| '''hài báu dí'''
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| |align=left| many of these men
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| |align=center| 3
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| |align=left| '''iyo báu dí'''
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| |align=left| few of these men OR a few of these men
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| |align=center| 4
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| |align=left| '''auva báu dí'''
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| |align=left| two of these men => '''ataitauta báu dí''' ... 1727 of these men
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| |align=center| 5
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| |align=left| '''jù báu dí'''
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| |align=left| none of these men
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| |align=center| 6
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| |align=left| '''í báu dí'''
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| |align=left| any of these men OR any one of these men
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| |align=center| 7
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| |align=left| '''é báu dí'''
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| |align=left| one of these men
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| |align=center| - 8 -
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| |align=left| '''éu báu dí'''
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| |align=left| some of these men
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| |align=center| 9
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| |align=left| '''?? báu dí'''
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| |align=left| every one of these men
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| |align=center| 10
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| |align=left| '''nò báu dí'''
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| |align=left| several of these men OR several of these men here
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| |align=center| 11
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| |align=left| '''é nò báu dí'''
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| |align=left| one or more of these men ???
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| |align=center| 12
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| |align=left| '''í auva báu dí''' ...
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| |align=left| any 2 of these men => '''í ataitauta báu dí''' ... any 1727 of these men
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| |}
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| The above table is worth discussing ... for what it tells us about English as much as anything else.
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| One line 1 ... I do not know why "all these men" is acceptable ... on every other line "of" is needed (to think about)
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| Similarly on line 3 ... I do not know why "a few" is a valid alternative.
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| Notice that *'''aja báu dí''' does not exist. It is illegal. "one of these men" is expressed on line 7. '''aja''' only used in counting ???
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| I should think more on the semantic difference between line 10 and line 8. ???
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| line 1 and line 9 are interesting. Every language has a word corresponding to "every" (or "each", same same) and a word corresponding to "all". Especially when the NP is S or A, "all" emphasises the unity of the action, while "every" emphasises the separateness of the actions. Now of course (maybe in most cases) this dichotomy is not needed. It seems to me, that in that case, English uses "every" as the default case (the Scandinavian languages use "all" as the default ??? ). In '''béu''' the default is "all" '''ù'''.
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| On line 9, it seems that "one" adds emphasis to the "every". Probably, not so long ago, "every" was valid by itself. The meaning of this word (in English anyway) seems particularly prone to picking up other elements (for the sake of emphasis) with a corresponding lost of power for the basic word when it occurs alone. (From Etymonline EVERY = early 13c., contraction of Old English æfre ælc "each of a group," literally "ever each" (Chaucer's everich), from each with ever added for emphasis. The word still is felt to want emphasis; as in Modern English every last ..., every single ..., etc.)
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| This table is also valid for the distal determiner "that". For the third determiner ("which") the table is much truncated ...
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| {|
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| |align=center| 1
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| |align=center| '''nò báu nái'''
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| |align=left| which men
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| |align=center| 2
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| |align=center| ... '''auva báu nái'''
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| |align=center| which two men => '''ataitauta báu nái''' which 1727 of these men
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| Below I have reproduced the above two tables for when the noun is dropped (but understood as background information). It is quite trivial to generate the below tables. Apart from lines 8 and 10, just delete "men" from the English phrase and '''báu''' from the '''béu''' phrase. (I must think about why 8 and 10 are different ???)
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| {| border=1
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| |align=center| 1
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| |align=left| '''ù dí'''
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| |align=left| all of these OR all these
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| |align=center| 2
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| |align=left| '''uwe dí'''
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| |align=left| many of these
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| |align=center| 3
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| |align=left| '''iyo dí'''
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| |align=left| few of these OR a few of these
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| |align=center| 4
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| |align=left| '''auva dí'''
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| |align=left| 2 of these => '''ataitauta dí''' ... 1727 of these
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| |align=center| 5
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| |align=left| '''kyà dí'''
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| |align=left| none of these
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| |align=center| 6
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| |align=left| '''í dí'''
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| |align=left| any of these OR any one of these
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| |align=center| 7
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| |align=left| '''é dí'''
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| |align=left| one of these
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| |align=center| - 8 -
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| |align=left| '''è dí'''
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| |align=left| some of these OR several of these
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| |align=center| 9
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| |align=left| '''yú dí'''
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| |align=left| every one of these
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| |align=center| 10
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| |align=left| '''nò dí'''
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| |align=left| these NOT several of these
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| |align=center| 11
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| |align=left| '''é nò dí'''
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| |align=left| one or more of these
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| |align=center| 12
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| |align=left| '''í auva dí''' ...
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| |align=left| any 2 of these => '''í ataitauta dí''' ... any 1727 of these
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| {|
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| |align=center| 1
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| |align=center| '''nò nái'''
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| |align=left| which ones
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| |align=center| 2
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| |align=center| ... '''auva nái'''
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| |align=center| which two => '''ataitauta nái''' which 1727
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| |}
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| In the last section we introduced the rule, that when a determiner is the head, then the determiner changes form (an '''a''' is prefixed to it)
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| Now we must introduce an exception to that rule ... when you have a specifier just to the left of a determiner (in this conjunction, the determiner MUST be the head) the determiner takes its original form.
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| == ..... Index==
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| {{Béu Index}}
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