Sebat Bet Gurage/Grammar
From LING073
Parts of Speech
| PoS | Example | PoS Tag |
|---|---|---|
| Noun | ቭራ | <n> |
| Verb | በናነም | <v> |
| Adverb | ኽመጋ | <adv> |
| Adjectives | ወኼ | <adj> |
| Pronouns | እያ | <prn> |
| Interjection | ወግ | <ij> |
Prefixes
i may combine this one; i want to talk about prefixes and their multiple purposes
«የ»
The prefix «የ» marks accusative case, genitive case, lative case and benefactive case of the sentence.
| case name | ~meaning | tag | possible forms | TK"TK" | TK"TK" |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| accusative | definite direct object | <acc> | TK | TK<n><acc> ↔ TK | TK<n><acc> ↔ TK |
| genitive | possessor | <gen> | TK | алма<n><gen> ↔ алманын | гүл<n><gen> ↔ гүлдүн |
| lative | direction | <lat> | TK | алма<n><dat> ↔ алмага | гүл<n><lat> ↔ гүлгө |
| benefactive | "for" | <ben> | TK | TK<n><ben> ↔ TEK | TK<n><ben> ↔ TK |
| manner | "from" | <man> | TK | алма<n><abl> ↔ алмадан | TK<n><man> ↔ TK |
