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epana lan asona, tatono (5)
Possessive, Questions
lo ako-v akala
the man's fish
ako ken-etoki: "i-v akala?"
the man asks: "my fish?"
ako ken-etoki se kaka-ako: "lo akasi mo akata?"
[the] man asks to the woman: "[is] that [a] plant or [an] animal?"
kaka-ako etoki se ako: "lo akasi"
[the] woman says to the man: "that [is a] plant"
ako ken-etoki se kaka-ako: "iti-v akasi?"
[the] man asks to the woman: "[is] that your plant?"
kaka-ako etoki se ako: "si, i-v akasi"
[the] woman says to the man: "yes, [it is] my plant"
taso!
but!
i > i-v
ip > ip-iv
atono > atono-s
lan > lan-os
If a word ends in a consonant and gets a suffix, you had a i before the possessive "v" and/or a o before the plural "s"
Summary
| -(i)v | possessive (use -iv when following consonant) |
| ken | can (marks a question, can be prefix) |
| se | to |
| mo | or |
| akasi | plant |
| akata | animal |
| si | yes |
| na | no |
Total vocabulary: 41 out of 104
Exercises
Translate the following phrases:
1. si, ip-iv akasi-s
Yes, our plants
2. ken akata etoki?
Can animals talk?
Translate the following phrases:
1. Is that a female bird or a male bird?
lo kaka-akali mo koko-akali?
2. No, I don't go to the mountain
na, i na-etava se anena