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: <small>dog of Michael</small> or <small>dog Michael-GEN</small>
: <small>dog of Michael</small> or <small>dog Michael-GEN</small>
: Micheal's dog.
: Micheal's dog.
= layout =
*Introduction
*Phonology
*Writing
*Verbal morphology -
*Nominal morphology -
*Adjectives -
*Articles -
*Pronouns -
*Derivational morphology
*Syntax
*The use of the verb
*The use of the noun
*The noun phrase
*Anaphora
*Prepositions
*Sentences
*Transformations

Revision as of 06:28, 17 February 2016

1) SOV ((subject)-(object)-verb)

  • tlaka ke mita anya
man O dog see
(The) man(or men) see(s) (the) dog(s).

2) Nouns are followed by their modifiers

  • tlaka ke mita malo anya
man O dog brown see
(The) man(or men) see(s) (the) brown dog(s).

3) Pronouns functioning as subject can be dropped

  • (na) ke mita malo anya
(1sg) O dog brown see
(I) see(s) (the) brown dog(s).

4) New words can be formed by combining roots

  • yamato
mountain-method
mountaineering

5) Most words can have more than one part of speech

  • mita ke anya ta'o yoha
dog O eye two have
(The/A) dog(s) has two eyes.

6) Subjects can have more than one verb with different objects each

  • ha ma'a muku ke kutsu tela
3sg with knife O meat cut
She cut the meat with a knife.

7) Possession can be shown in more than one way

  • mita te mikelo or mita mikeloyo
dog of Michael or dog Michael-GEN
Micheal's dog.

layout

  • Introduction
  • Phonology
  • Writing
  • Verbal morphology -
  • Nominal morphology -
  • Adjectives -
  • Articles -
  • Pronouns -
  • Derivational morphology
  • Syntax
  • The use of the verb
  • The use of the noun
  • The noun phrase
  • Anaphora
  • Prepositions
  • Sentences
  • Transformations