Walloon/Grammar

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Part-of-speech Categories

Symbol Gloss Notes Universal POS
n Noun see 'np' for proper noun NOUN
vblex Standard ("lexical") verb see also: vbser, vbhaver, vbmod, vaux, vbdo VERB
v Standard verb shortened form of vblex, often used in agglutinative languages VERB
vbmod Modal verb VERB
vbser Verb "to be" from ser (to be) VERB or AUX
vbhaver Verb "to have" from haver (to have) VERB or AUX
vbdo Verb "to do" "to do" includes all eleven tenses and forms of to do, can also be an auxiliary verb VERB or AUX
vaux Auxiliary verb wikipedia AUX
cop Copula wikipedia; sometimes verb-like, sometimes not AUX
adj Adjective ADJ
adv Adverb ADV
preadv Pre-adverb ADV
postadv Post-adverb ADV
mod Modal word [1] PART
det Determiner wikipedia DET
prn Pronoun wikipedia PRON
pr Preposition wikipedia ADP
post Postposition ADP
num Numeral NUM
np Proper noun From nom propi wikipedia PROPN
ij Interjection wikipedia INTJ
cnjcoo Co-ordinating conjunction wikipedia CCONJ
cnjsub Sub-ordinating conjunction SCONJ
cnjadv Conjunctive adverb wikipedia SCONJ, ADV
atp Attachable prefix In German, zusammen-
ideo Ideophone
clt Clitic

Parts of Speech

Noun

Sometimes mark gender (masculine/feminine) and number (singular/plural), either in article or certain suffixes.

Examples:

  • Masculine (singular): tchvå<n><m><sg> ↔ tchvå ("horse")
  • Masculine (plural): tchvå<n><m><pl> ↔ tchvås ("horses")
  • Feminine (singular): båshele<n><f><sg> ↔ båshele

Pronoun

Personal pronouns vary by person, number, gender, and function syntactically (subject, reflexive, object, etc.)

Adjective

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Determinant

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Verb

Present, Future, Imperfect, Simple Past, Present Subjunctive, "Le subjonctif imparfait", Present Conditional,

Adverb

Time Adverbs: a l' åbitude, ådjoûrdu, dierinn'mint Place Adverbs (change meaning, like Germanic separable particles): å d' foû, avårci, droci Quantity, Intensity Adverbs: carapmint, hute di, etîrmint Exclamatory, Interrogative Adverbs: k' il est bea!, come vos tchantez bén!

Preposition

a deus eures, å raploû, a l' awousse, a pårti d' oûy, å dbout d' troes djoûs, å coron d' troes djoûs, a m' toûr

Conjunction

Coordinating: ...

Subordinating: ...