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Revision as of 12:09, 13 February 2018
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Nouns
Nouns as suffixes
Nouns occurring as the subject of a sentence typically receive the suffix «-na». However, not every noun receives this inflection.
- Consider the following examples where subjects receive the suffix «-na»
- bangge<n><subj> ↔ banggena
Verbs
Number
Intransitive verbs agree with the subject for dual number by adding the pluralizer word «ge» before the verb.
- jila<v><iv><du> ↔ ge jila
- sofwa<v><iv><du> ↔ ge sofwa
- nasona<v><iv><du> ↔ ge nasona
- fina<v><iv><du> ↔ ge fina
For plurals 4 examples are given, but the pattern isn't clear.
- jila<v><iv><pl> ↔ ge jalbili
- sofwa<v><iv><pl> ↔ ge sofwabili
- nasona<v><iv><pl> ↔ ge nasbawena
- fina<v><iv><pl> ↔ ge fibili
Transitive verbs mark the number of the object.
In dual, the ending appears to be «-sona» for verbs ending in «-(b)ana», which is sometimes accompanied by a vowel change in the stem. There is not enough data to find a pattern for other types of verbs.
- damtana<v><tv><du> ↔ domsona
- saftana<v><tv><du> ↔ sofsona
- nasbana<v><tv><du> ↔ nasona
- telbese<v><tv><du> ↔ telmisi
- wirusu<v><tv><du> ↔ wirsosa
Plural is again difficult to make out.
- damtana<v><tv><pl> ↔ damtabili
- saftana<v><tv><pl> ↔ saftabana
- nasbana<v><tv><pl> ↔ nasbabili
- telbese<v><tv><pl> ↔ telbebesi
- wirusu<v><tv><pl> ↔ wirtababisi
Gender
Many verbs agree with the gender of the object. Some these have a regular suffix alteration between -bana and -bili