Donald MacDonald
South Sea Languages; A Series of Studies on the Languages of the New Hebrides and Other South Sea Islands, Volume II Tangoan-Santo, Malo, Malekula, Ep
Paperback
(RareBooksClub.com May 8, 2012)
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 Excerpt: ... 1st „ ex. mai our 2nd „ munu your 3rd „ la their Of things that are really one's own property--1st singular siagku my 2nd „ siama thy 3rd „ siana his, her, its 1st plural in. siara our 1st „ ex. siamai our 2nd „ siamunu your 3rd „ sia their Demonstrative.--tenegkia--this; teneha--that. Relative.--ga--that, which, who. ADJECTIVES Follow the noun. They are frequently reduplicated to increase or intensify the quality or quantity expressed. In such cases, the final syllable of the first one is usually elided. and so it is multiplied up to 10000--lualima baka lualima, ata lualima baka lualima MULTIPLICATIVES. batagketu--once, onetime; bakaua--twice; bakatou-thrice; bakavase--4 times, &c. THE VERB Goes on the same lines as the Baki verb, but the negative is se after the verb in past tenses, and a se before the verb in verbal pronouns in the future tenses. The verb takes its future tense with a negative. Nearly all Bierian verbs take m before them to express the past tense, as mlogo--he hears: the dropping of this m is often the only sign of the future. Exceptions to this rule are--1st., verbs beginning with b or mb, which make f in the future tenses. 2nd., verbs beginning with ma, me, mi, mo, mu and accented on the first syllable; these suffer no change in the future. 3rd., md generally softens to t in the future, as mdolu--future tolu; but sometimes it makes r in the future, as mdom--he loves, future rom. The causative is mdolu. The verb to be is mbe. There is a curious usage (euphonic) in the past tense of verbs beginning in mh, viz., that (except in the 3rd person singular) the h is pronounced before the m, and is guttural as well as aspirate. ADVERBS. Adverbs of Manner agree with the tense of the verb they ...
- ISBN
- 1231059362 / 9781231059364
- Pages
- 40
- Weight
- 3.2 oz.
- Dimensions
- 7.4 x 0.1 in.
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