Biak and English/Contrastive grammar
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Grammatical Differences
article comes after the noun
- (bhw) ras anya → (eng) the day
- (bhw) ras<n> i<prn><pers><p3><sg><spc> → (eng) the<det><def><sp> day<n><sg>
- (bhw) rum nane → (eng) the houses
- (bhw) rum<n> na<prn><pers><p3><pl><inan><spc> → (eng) the<det><def><sp> house<n><pl>
verb tenses
indicating demonstrative from ending
- (bhw) mnu ine → (eng) this village
- (bhw) mnu<n> i<prn><pers><p3><sg><spc>+ne<det><dem> → (eng) this<det><dem><sg> village<n><sg>