Ilya

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• See also: Ilya phrases

• á é í ó ú ñ š

sounds

• q - /ʔ/
• sh - /ʃ/
• y - /j/

verbs

• gan - to see, seem, visual

ga-ya-n - I see

gan-i - I am seen

gayan-esh - I saw

gaya-ra-n - I may see

ka-gayan - I do not see

me-ga-ha-n-ib - Are you seeing?

ka-ga-qa-n-esh-e - /kagaʔaˈneʃe/ - NEG-see.3SG.NOM-PST-3SG.ACC - She did not see it.

tenses

• non-past - -Ø
• past - -esh

aspects

• perfective - -(i)wa

This suffix indicates that an action is completed. It is often translated by the English present perfect (have done something)

1. ayyemwa - eat.1p-PFV - I have eaten.

• continuous - -ib

This suffix indicates that an action is ongoing.

1. bennaqibah - bite.3p-CONT-2p - They are biting you.
2. kashahabib - NEG-fear.2p-CONT - You do not fear.

nouns

• miben - tooth; fang
• mibenek - teeth; fangs

• miben - the tooth [nominative / subject] NOM
• mibenya - the tooth [oblique / dative / accusative] OBL
• mibenin - of the tooth [genitive] GEN
• mibenwa - with the tooth, and the tooth [instrumental / comitative] COM
• mibenai - O the tooth [vocative] VOC
• mibenta - on/in/at the tooth [locative] LOC

noun classes

• wa-; ki- - people; places
• ye-; sha- - trees; weather; natural phenomena
• ke-; bu- - groups of objects; collective
• ta-; qi- - tools; artifacts
• mi-; sa- - body parts and functions
• ne-; wi- - animals; noises
• qa-; gi- - abstract; null

pronouns

• nominative
  • first person [-yV-]
  • second person [-hV-]
  • third person [-CCa(q)-]

• oblique
  • first person [-(y)i]
  • second person [-(h)a]
  • third person [-(q)e]

plural -k

dual -r(a)

locative affixes

• a- - static location
• ti- - inside of an object
• pu- - under water
• eya- - into water
• qe- - on top of
• te- - under
• iwa- - through
• li- - out of
• she- - above or over
• imwa- - in the air
• de- - across

• hi- - on / at / away from
• yi- - along / back to
• ki- - over there
• pa- - to / towards