Difference between revisions of "Fijian/Grammar"
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:-{{morphTest|levu{{tag|adj}}|levu}} ("big") | :-{{morphTest|levu{{tag|adj}}|levu}} ("big") | ||
*Noun {{tag|n}} | *Noun {{tag|n}} | ||
| − | **Common Noun: ( | + | **Common Noun: (article used: ''a~na'') |
**:-{{morphTest|ose{{tag|n}}|ose}} ("horse") | **:-{{morphTest|ose{{tag|n}}|ose}} ("horse") | ||
**:-{{morphTest|nu’u{{tag|n}}|nu’u}} ("garment") | **:-{{morphTest|nu’u{{tag|n}}|nu’u}} ("garment") | ||
| − | **Personal Name: | + | **Personal Name: (article used: "o"; prepositions used: "(mai)vei") |
| + | **:-{{morphTest|Jone{{tag|n}}|Jone}} ("John") | ||
| + | **:-{{morphTest|Sepo{{tag|n}}|Sepo}} ("Sepo") | ||
| + | **Place Name: (article used: "o"; prepositions used: "i/mai") | ||
| + | **:-{{morphTest|Viti{{tag|n}}|Viti}} ("Fiji") | ||
| + | **:-{{morphTest|Na’auvadra{{tag|n}}|Na’auvadra}} ("Na’auvadra mountain") | ||
===Semi-open Classes=== | ===Semi-open Classes=== | ||
===Closed Classes=== | ===Closed Classes=== | ||
Revision as of 16:55, 13 February 2018
Contents
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: (article used: a~na)
- -ose<n> ↔ ose ("horse")
- -nu’u<n> ↔ nu’u ("garment")
- Personal Name: (article used: "o"; prepositions used: "(mai)vei")
- -Jone<n> ↔ Jone ("John")
- -Sepo<n> ↔ Sepo ("Sepo")
- Place Name: (article used: "o"; prepositions used: "i/mai")
- -Viti<n> ↔ Viti ("Fiji")
- -Na’auvadra<n> ↔ Na’auvadra ("Na’auvadra mountain")
- Common Noun: (article used: a~na)
