A DICTIONARY GBARI LANGUAGE - Roger Blench

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A Dictionary of the Gbari Language Trial Edition Roger Blench and Musa Doma Full form Abbreviation Adjective a. Adverb adv. Auxiliary aux. Conjunction conj. Demonstrative dem. Exclamation excl. Interrogative int. Noun n. Numeral num. Particle part. Proper Name p.n. Preposition prep. Pronoun pron. Verb v. Intransitive Verb v.i. Transitive verb v.t. The following table provides a working definition of the parts of speech Part of Speech Adjective Adverb Auxiliary Conjunction Demonstrative Exclamation Interrogative Noun Numeral Particle Preposition Pronoun Verb Intransitive Verb Transitive verb Explanation Describes a noun Qualifies a verb Added to a verb to modify it, such as a tense-marker A word used to join two or more nouns, verbs or clauses Words used to point out something. 'this', 'that' etc. Greetings or expressions that do not form part of an ordinary sentence Question words Refers to things, objects etc. Number Short words added to complete the sentence A word positioning or expressing relations of nouns or verbs in time or space A word that stands for a noun Expresses action A verb with no object A verb with an object These are set out in alphabetical order for the purposes of reference, but they are treated below in order of importance (if that makes sense). Possessives There are no special forms for the possessives. The appropriate pronoun is inserted with the word for 'thing'. epa hni yi mi nya n book this is me thing not `This is not my book' emwi hni yi Musa nya n Dog this is Musa thing poss. 'This dog belongs to Musa' 8
A Dictionary of the Gbari Language Trial Edition Roger Blench and Musa Doma Optional repetition of the pronoun with a plural subject amwi hni yi ba Musa nya n dogs these are they Musa thing poss. these dogs belong to Musa Conditionals ndye aBulolo gá Îo 'fa, a gá sun rikici If Ful∫e will enter farm it will make trouble If the Ful∫e enter the farms there will be trouble The Verb Phrase Tense There are two particles that mark the future tense according to whether the subject of the noun is present. gá is used when there is no indication of the location of the subject ∫á is used when the subject is not present Future nyigo gá tsu nufu the woman will pound sesame wo ∫a tsun mi eki he (not present) will inject me Present nyigo tsu nufu the woman is pounding sesame Completed Past nyigo á nufu tsú the woman pounded sesame Some of the longer forms may be 'split verbs' i.e. those that bracket a noun or object. These seem to be common throughout Nupoid and probably originally derive from verb + noun sequences. Examples of 'split' verbs Verb Gloss Example knyi..∫e to add to (countable objects) knyi etsi ∫e ego he added some yams to the pile dye..wye to see (s.t.) he dye mi epa wye m? Did you not see my book? Plurality in Verbs Some of the most common verbs have different forms according to whether the subject is singular or plural. This is discussed also above in relation to nouns without marked plurals. Examples; Gloss Singular Plural Governing to be in dna fi Subject to take la ku Object to add to tu kpe Object to bring out bmi kna Subject Examples in use; bmi/kna 9
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