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Prepositions
Demonstrative pronouns
Adverbial phrases
Diminutives
Gender
Verb : wiz
Verb : yawi
Verb : neki + verb
Verb : yawi + verb
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| Prepositions |
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Usually, the prepositions go before the noun. |
Explanation
| kaitan ne qawit | preposition + ne + noun (underneath the tree) |
| inakastan | beside |
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Examples
| nemi tec ne apan | it's near the river |
| nemi ipan ne tyupan | it's to the left of the church |
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| Demonstrative pronouns |
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The demonstrative pronouns are: |
Explanation
| ini | this |
| uni | that |
| yaha né | that one over there |
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Examples
| nikneki ini | I want this (one) |
| tikneki yaha né | you want that one (over there) |
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Note
There are other demonstrative pronouns, but these are the most common.
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| Adverbial phrases |
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Adverbial phrases go after the verb.
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Explanation
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Examples
| nemi ka nikan | it's over here |
| nemi ka né | it's over there |
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Note
Note the accent on the word "né" to distinguish it from the word "ne"
(the article).
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| Diminutives |
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The word "cin" is added at the end of a word to make it diminitive.
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Explanation
| tututcin | noun + "cin" (little bird) |
| mistuncin | kitten |
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Examples
| kalancin mututucin! | your little bird is lovely! |
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| Gender |
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If you wist to specifiy that something is female, you can use the word "siwat"
before the verb.
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Explanation
| siwatmistun | siwat + noun (female cat) |
| siwatpelu | female dog |
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Examples
| tumawak musiwatmistun! | your female cat is fat! |
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| Verb : wiz |
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"wis" means "to come". |
(naha) metniwiz
(taha) mettiwiz
(yaha) mettiwiz
(tehemet) tiwizet
(anhemet) anwizet
(yehemet) tiwizet
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Note that the verb "wiz" is a little irregular. |
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| Verb : yawi |
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"yawi" means "to go". |
(naha) metniyaw
(taha) mettiyaw
(yaha) mettiyawi
(tehemet) tiyawit
(anhemet) anyawit
(yehemet) tiyawit
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Note
Note that the verb "yawi" is a little irregular".
Also, there are shortened forms. For example, sometimes "niyaw" becomes "niw" in
conversation.
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| Verb : neki + verb |
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"neki" + "verb" means "to want to do something".
Let's look at an example with "qa" (to eat) (in other words, to want to eat).
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(naha) metnikneki niqa
(taha) mettikneki tiqa
(yaha) mettineki qa
(tehemet) tiknekit tiqat
(anhemet) ankineki anqat
(yehemet) tinekit qat
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| Verb : yawi + verb |
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"yawi" + "verb" means "to be going to do something".
Let's look at an example with "qa" (to eat) (in other words, to be going to eat)
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(naha) metniyaw niqa
(taha) mettiyaw tiqa
(yaha) mettiyawi qa
(tehemet) tiyawit tiqat
(anhemet) anyawit anqat
(yehemet) tiyawit qat
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