NOTE: Click on any image to listen to its audio clip.
Notes
Present and
past indefinite construction
The present and past indefinite constructions are
f.mp3ed by adding the suffix -a:n to the main verb, and by using the f.mp3s
of present or past auxiliary verbs agreeing with the subject in person, gender
and number.
Adverbs of
place
The locative case markers -I
and -i are added to the consonant ending
adverbs of place for indicating the location. E.g.
A zero suffix
is added to the -a: ending adverbs of place:
Adverbs of
time
The suffix -i is added to all the constituents of
adverbs of time phrases to indicate the definiteness. E.g.
Notice that certain morphophonemic changes take
place after these suffixes are added: The semi-vowel /y/ is added after the
final vowel of monosyllabic roots, and the final vowel of the disyllabic words
is elided before the suffix -i is added to it.
Coordinate
conjunction morpheme
'and'
The coordinate conjunction morpheme
'and' is used to conjoin two or more than two noun phrases, verb phrases or
sentences which are of the similar structure. E.g.
|