Berik/Grammar

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(further formatting later)

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 I have no idea what's going on.

  • jila<v><iv><pl> ↔ ge jalbili
  • sofwa<v><iv><pl> ↔ ge sofwabili
  • nasona<v><iv><pl> ↔ ge nasbawena
  • fina<v><iv><pl> ↔ ge fibili