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

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