Amis/Grammar
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Amis Grammar
Contents
Forms of a Verb
Regular Verbs
Irregular verbs
Instrumental Applicative
Locative Applicative
Factual Mood
Irrealis Mood
Imperative Mood
Clause Structures
Sentence Structure
- Amis is a predicate-initial language.
Noun Phrase Structure
Nouns
Case Markings
Numeral Modifier
Numeral modifier
the numeral modifier is usually reduplicated when manifesting the plural quantity of human nouns and certain animal nouns. The reduplication takes the form of Ca-reduplication.
tusa tatusa "two"
tulu tatulu "three"
lima lalima "five"
pina papina "how many/how much"
