Adjectives and Adverbs
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Adjectives
Nouns with adjectival modifiers and articles
-------------Gloss------------- | Unmodified Art-N (sg.) | Unmodified Art-N (pl.) | Modified singular | Modified plural | Session | Sound 1 | Sound 2 |
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tall/long fence | a ding a ciig a le | a ding a ciig a ke | OAD_074 | ||||
iron fence | a ding jelem a le | a ding a celem a ke | OAD_074 | ||||
wooden fence | a ding a tex a le | a ding a tex a ke | OAD_047 | ||||
fat pig | ruul ke | a tuul a ke | ruul mak le, ruul mak nu le |
atuul a mak a ke | OAD_047 | ||
pretty insect | jejet ne | jejet ke | jejet o mosu le jejet farj'u le |
jejet mosu ke jejet parj'u ke |
OAD_047 | ||
vicious rumor | o nan o le | xa nan a xe | o nan o farj'u le | xa nan xa pardu xe | OAD_047 | ||
bright light | leer le | xa leer a xe | leer leru le | xa leer xa leeru xe | OAD_047 | ||
delicious fruit | ? | ? | oɓii o felu | ? | OAD_028 | ||
disgusting fruit | ? | ? | oɓii o feler oɓii o la feleer na |
? | OAD_028 | ||
delicious pig | ? | ? | ruul felu | ? | OAD_028 |
Possessive Paradigms
Gloss | Bare | -------------My------------ | ------------Your----------- | ------------His/her/its------------ | ------------Our------------ | ------------Your.pl------------ | ------------Their------------ | Session | |
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Pig | ruul a tuul |
ruul es le a tuul es (ke?) |
ruul lof le a tuul of a ke |
ruul lum le a tuul lum a ke |
ruul in le a tull in a ke |
ruul den le a tuul den a ke |
OAD_047 |
Nouns with adjectival modifiers and possessors
Comparatives and Superlatives
Adverbs
Manner, Frequency, etc.
vej'am apax
I swim well
wa gam a vej' apax
I can swim well
nan gam vej'a leg leg
I swim from time to time / often.
nan gam jawa leg leg
I cook from time to time / often.
nan gam jawa ondik
I cook a little / sometimes.
a jala apax || a jala amaak || a jala tok
He laughs loudly. || He laughs loudly (lit. big). || He laughs loudly (lit. up)
degam noofu opaak o le
I cut the rope swiftly.
gefam ofalanteer o le fop
I broke the window completely / thoroughly.
Resultatives
hicin botelet
pull tight
Adverbs with imperatives
veji noofu!
Swim fast!
noofi vej!
Hurry up and swim!