Ilya

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• á é í ó ú ñ š

sounds

• q - /ʔ/
• sh - /ʃ/
• y - /j/

verbs

• ben - gnaw; grind; chew; bite

beyen - I chew

beyenesh - I chewed

beyeran - I may chew

kabeyen - I do not chew

mebehenib - Are you chewing?

kabeqeneshe - /kabeʔeˈneʃe/ - NEG-bite.3SG.NOM-PST-3SG.ACC - She did not bite 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 - fear.2p-CONT - You do not fear.

nouns

• eben - tooth; fang
• ebna - teeth; fangs

• eben - the tooth [nominative / subject] NOM
• ebenya - the tooth [oblique / dative / accusative] OBL
• ebenin - of the tooth [genitive] GEN
• ebenwa - with the tooth, and the tooth [instrumental / comitative] COM
• ebenai - O the tooth [vocative] VOC
• ebenta - on/in/at the tooth [locative] LOC

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]