Difference between revisions of "Fijian/Grammar"
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Open classes include Verb, tagged as {{tag|v}}, Adjective, tagged as {{tag|adj}}, and Noun, tagged as {{tag|n}}. Furthermore, nouns have several subclasses: Personal Name, Place Name, and Common Noun, which is further divided into free and bound nouns). | Open classes include Verb, tagged as {{tag|v}}, Adjective, tagged as {{tag|adj}}, and Noun, tagged as {{tag|n}}. Furthermore, nouns have several subclasses: Personal Name, Place Name, and Common Noun, which is further divided into free and bound nouns). | ||
*Verb {{tag|v}} (including a subset of semi-auxiliary verbs) | *Verb {{tag|v}} (including a subset of semi-auxiliary verbs) | ||
| − | :-{{morphTest|la’o{{tag|v}}|"go" | + | *:-{{morphTest|la’o{{tag|v}}|la’o}} ("go") |
| − | :-{{morphTest|dree{{tag|v}}|"pull"}} | + | *:-{{morphTest|dree{{tag|v}}|dree}} ("pull") |
| + | ** Semi-auxiliaries {{tag|vaux}} | ||
| + | ::-{{morphTest|sega{{tag|vaux}}|sega}} ("not") | ||
| + | ::-{{morphTest|rawa{{tag|vaux}}|rawa}} ("can") | ||
| + | *Adjective {{tag|adj}} | ||
| + | :-{{morphTest|lo’alo’a{{tag|adj}}|lo’alo’a}} ("purple") | ||
| + | :-{{morphTest|levu{{tag|adj}}|levu}} ("big") | ||
| + | *Noun {{tag|n}} | ||
| + | **Common Noun: (preceded by the article ''a~na'') | ||
| + | **:-{{morphTest|ose{{tag|n}}|ose}} ("horse") | ||
| + | **:-{{morphTest|nu’u{{tag|n}}|nu’u}} ("garment") | ||
| + | **Personal Name: | ||
===Semi-open Classes=== | ===Semi-open Classes=== | ||
===Closed Classes=== | ===Closed Classes=== | ||
Revision as of 16:22, 13 February 2018
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Main Part of Speech
The main parts of speech in Fijian include 3 open lexical classes, 2 semi-open classes, and 10 closed classes, which are further categorised into shifters and grammatical systems.
Open Classes
Open classes include Verb, tagged as <v>, Adjective, tagged as <adj>, and Noun, tagged as <n>. Furthermore, nouns have several subclasses: Personal Name, Place Name, and Common Noun, which is further divided into free and bound nouns).
- Verb <v> (including a subset of semi-auxiliary verbs)
- -la’o<v> ↔ la’o ("go")
- -dree<v> ↔ dree ("pull")
- Semi-auxiliaries <vaux>
- -sega<vaux> ↔ sega ("not")
- -rawa<vaux> ↔ rawa ("can")
- Adjective <adj>
- -lo’alo’a<adj> ↔ lo’alo’a ("purple")
- -levu<adj> ↔ levu ("big")
- Noun <n>
- Common Noun: (preceded by the article a~na)
- -ose<n> ↔ ose ("horse")
- -nu’u<n> ↔ nu’u ("garment")
- Personal Name:
- Common Noun: (preceded by the article a~na)
