Maasai/Final Project

Transducer for Maasai

Transducer Repo: https://github.com/kdandy1/ling073-mas

Classes/Tenses Added

• Nouns: nominative, accusative, vocative
• Adjectives
• Verbs: present, imperfect, past

Morphtests

Nouns

Note: all of the grammar books just say that there is no set rule to form the plural of nouns (or adjectives), so just memorize, so we're gonna do that too.

Nominative

Feminine: en prefix in the singular and in in the plural

• ayioni<n><f><sg><nom> ↔ olayioni
• ayioni<n><f><pl><nom> ↔ ilayiok
• payian<n><f><sg><nom> ↔ olpayian
• payian<n><f><pl><nom> ↔ ilpayiani
• lee<n><f><sg><nom> ↔ olee
• lee<n><f><pl><nom> ↔ ilee
• soit<n><f><sg><nom> ↔ osoit
• soit<n><f><pl><nom> ↔ isoit
• reyiet<n><f><sg><nom> ↔ oreyiet
• reyiet<n><f><pl><nom> ↔ ireyieta

Masculine: ol prefix in the singular and il in the plural

• ayioni<n><m><sg><nom> ↔ olayioni
• ayioni<n><m><pl><nom> ↔ ilayiok
• payian<n><m><sg><nom> ↔ olpayian
• payian<n><m><pl><nom> ↔ ilpayiani
• lee<n><m><sg><nom> ↔ olee
• lee<n><m><pl><nom> ↔ ilee
• soit<n><m><sg><nom> ↔ osoit
• soit<n><m><pl><nom> ↔ isoit
• reyiet<n><m><sg><nom> ↔ oreyiet
• reyiet<n><m><pl><nom> ↔ ireyieta

Neuter: only one noun is neuter haha, prefixes are e in the singular and i in the plural

• wueji<n><nt><pl><nom> ↔ ewueji

Adjectives

• arriyia<adj><sg> ↔ arriyia
• arriyia<adj><pl> ↔ arriyak
• bioto<adj><sg> ↔ bioto
• bioto<adj><pl> ↔ biot
• dalut<adj><sg> ↔ dalut
• dalut<adj><pl> ↔ daluti
• asipani<adj><sg> ↔ asipani
• asipani<adj><pl> ↔ asipak
• kitok<adj><sg> ↔ kitok
• kitok<adj><pl> ↔ kituaak

Verbs

Present Tense

prefix + root "to follow"

• suj<vblex><prs><p1><sg> ↔ asuj
• suj<vblex><prs><p1><pl> ↔ kisuj
• suj<vblex><prs><p2><sg> ↔ isuj
• suj<vblex><prs><p2><pl> ↔ isujusuju
• suj<vblex><prs><p3><sg> ↔ esuj
• suj<vblex><prs><p3><pl> ↔ esuj

"to wash"

• isuj<vblex><prs><p1><sg> ↔ aisuj
• isuj<vblex><prs><p1><pl> ↔ kisuj
• isuj<vblex><prs><p2><sg> ↔ iisuj
• isuj<vblex><prs><p2><pl> ↔ iisujusuju
• isuj<vblex><prs><p3><sg> ↔ eisuj
• isuj<vblex><prs><p3><pl> ↔ eisuj

Imperfect Progressive

prefix + root + suffix "to follow"

• suj<vblex><prs_impf><p1><sg> ↔ asujita
• suj<vblex><prs_impf><p1><pl> ↔ kisujita
• suj<vblex><prs_impf><p2><sg> ↔ isujita
• suj<vblex><prs_impf><p2><pl> ↔ isujitata
• suj<vblex><prs_impf><p3><sg> ↔ esujita
• suj<vblex><prs_impf><p3><pl> ↔ esujita

Past

a + (t vowel) + root + suffix

various changes based on root vowel being open and closed

• yer<vblex><past><p1><sg> ↔ ateyera
• gil<vblex><past><p1><sg> ↔ atigila
• suj<vblex><past><p1><sg> ↔ atusuja
• iyam<vblex><past><p1><sg> ↔ aiyama
• iken<vblex><past><p1><sg> ↔ aikena
• inos<vblex><past><p1><sg> ↔ ainosa
• isuj<vblex><past><p1><sg> ↔ aisuja

Narrative

n + vowel + root

• suj<vblex><narr><p1><sg> ↔ nasuj
• suj<vblex><narr><p1><pl> ↔ nikisuj
• suj<vblex><narr><p2><sg> ↔ nisuj
• suj<vblex><narr><p2><pl> ↔ nisujisuji
• suj<vblex><narr><p3><sg> ↔ nesuj
• suj<vblex><narr><p3><pl> ↔ nesuj

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