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: ...