We’ve done 25 sentences, so I thought I would summarize the vocabulary used so far.
There’ve been 16 nouns in various inflections:
| MTsg | MTpl | SSsg | SSpl | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| person | N.1 | ɛlɛ | ɛlɛna | ||
| animal | N.2 | paki | pakina | ||
| cat | N.2 | idɛl | |||
| eye(s) | N.2 | doŋi | |||
| kitten | N.2 | iddɨse | |||
| raindrop, rain | N.2 | tadan | tadna | tadava | tadnavi |
| sun | N.2 | loho | |||
| game | N.3 | gyɛdɛ | |||
| home | N.3 | ko | |||
| plain | N.3 | mesɨdɛn | mese | ||
| settlement | N.3 | dɛspɛdan | dɛspi | ||
| table | N.3 | tɛbɛ | |||
| hope | N.4 | kyɛsi | |||
| light | N.4 | logɨdiya | logatan | ||
| place | N.4 | soteya | sota | ||
| shout | N.4 | umɨdiya | ume |
Class 1 and 2 nouns have their citation form as the motile singular (MTsg). Class 3 and 4 nouns use the sessile singular (SSsg) for their citation forms. The citation forms are in bold.
As a reminder, nouns are inflected for motility as well as number. Subjects are generally motile. Sources are motile when animate or agentive. Destinations are always sessile. OK? There are exceptions of course, but I don’t think we’ve seen any so far.
We’ve also seen 6 verbs, out of a total of 11.
| eyaŋi | AF+V | in+aŋi.IMP |
| mɛhaŋi | AF+V | out+aŋi.IMP |
| mɛhonnɨt | AF+V | out+aŋi.PRF |
| evi | V | evi.IMP |
| evna | V | evi.ITR |
| tavi | V | evi.PRF |
| tono | V | ono.PRF |
| pɛstɛ | V | pɛsi.PRF |
| sɛdɛ | V | sɛdɛ.IMP |
| tɨŋi | V | tɨŋi.IMP |
| otni | V | tɨŋi.PRF |
| tattɨŋi | AF+V | down+tɨŋi |
Other words we have seen so far:
| ala | ADV | now |
| amba | ADJ | some |
| andabalna | ADJ | happy.MTpl |
| aŋo | ADJ | many |
| bala | EVI | non-visual/sensory evidential |
| bodna | ADJ | finished.MTpl |
| deya | PN | N4.MTsg |
| dɛga | MDL | future marker |
| dɛstɛ | EVI | reported evidential |
| galaba | ADV | soon |
| gyɛttaɬna | ADJ | wild.MTpl |
| iyɛ iyɛ | ADV | again |
| iyɛnɛ | ADV | twice |
| ɨnavi | ADV | often |
| ɨsa | ADJ | little.2MTsg |
| lannal | ADV | tomorrow |
| lene | PN | 1P.MTsg |
| leneya | PN | 1P.SSsg |
| lo | ADJ | bright.2MTsg |
| loya | ADV | brightly |
| ma | PN | 3P inalienable possessive |
| nadna | ADJ | all.1MTpl |
| nɛn | CNJ | with |
| olaya | ADV | upwards |
| tadya | ADV | downwards |
| tɛlɛ | EVI | inference evidential |
| tilɛnya | ADV | once long ago |
| tosi | ADV | slowly |
| tto | AF | agentive/causative marker |
Questions?