Bikol and Chamorro/Contrastive Grammar

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Contrastive grammar between Bikol and Chamorro

Differences

Chamorro

  • Mana'lo yo' lepblo (I returned a book)
    • constructed verb form from root and rules
  • Manaitai yo' lepblo (I read a book)

Bikol

  • Iinulíʼ ko an libró (I returned a book)
  • <enter read form here>

Chamorro indicates indefinite object with a prefix on the verb but Bikol includes the determiner as a separate word.

bcl-cha tests

cha-bcl tests

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