Biak and English/Contrastive grammar

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Grammatical Differences

  • article comes after the noun
  • (bhw) ras anya → (eng) the sun
    (bhw) ras<n> i<prn><pers><p3><sg><spc> manger<giv> → (eng) <prn><pers><p1><sg><nom> lo<prn><pers><p3><m><acc> comer<v><tv><fut><p1><sg>
  • verb tenses
  • indicating demonstrative from ending
  • locative
  • plural
  • subject is implicit
  • possessives

bhw-eng Tests