Biak and English/Contrastive grammar
From LING073
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