Grammar
9 pages · 556 words
Noun Classes
Inanimate objects, shapes, non-living things, things you can see: n/e-Abstract concepts, spiritual concepts: n/a-Food: c…
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Cases
Vocative case - marked with -ǰə or -eǰə. e.g. Ỹphapa (father) vs. Ỹphapa ǰə (father-VOC)Instrumental case - marked wit…
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Nonverbial Person Agreement
AKãii has no verb “to be” so nouns, adjectives, and pronouns can be conjugated like a verb. e.g.Õlaʼa (tree) vs. Õlaʼa d…
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Evidentiality
Visual Sensory, saw it happen - -ǧö̃ or -eǧö̃ “Ep̂óʼĩ aǧǰehaa ǧö̃ wagbã”Nonvisual Sensory, heard it - -ní or -íní “Ep̂óʼ…
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Word order
AKãii is SOV as in “Ỹnduuła cã niḱỹŋiimn aǧǰeb̂ãiwagba.” “man-NOM the word-3+-INSTR perf. past-speak-she” /ɨ̃ⁿduːɬa ǀ…
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Polypersonal Agreement
Subject gets conjugated as a suffixThe direct object gets conjugated as a prefixThe indirect object gets conjugated as a…
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Adjective and Adverb Comparison
Comparative degrees: Superiority: ǥ(o)- “ ǥ aiḱ” “more big”Inferiority: n(a)- “ n aiḱ” “less big” Superlative degrees:…
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Negation
In aKãii, to negate a verb you add íbí- or íb- to the verb as in “ Íb ałekỹỹteřǝd̹e” “I heard it did not drink”
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Questioning
To ask a question, you add -m or -ëd̜ to the end of the word you are asking about. e.g. “Šó kỹỹt ëd̜ õ?” “Did you DRIN…
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