A DICTIONARY GBARI LANGUAGE - Roger Blench
A DICTIONARY GBARI LANGUAGE - Roger Blench
A DICTIONARY GBARI LANGUAGE - Roger Blench
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A Dictionary of the Gbari Language Trial Edition <strong>Roger</strong> <strong>Blench</strong> and Musa Doma<br />
u bmi epa zhige e mato<br />
bring the book out of the car<br />
yi kna<br />
let's go out<br />
Serial Verbs<br />
l'a mici're<br />
lie it flat on the ground<br />
Adjectives<br />
Adjectives usually follow the verb;<br />
pata logologo smooth skin<br />
Adverbs<br />
Adverbs usually are placed at the end of the sentence;<br />
wa Îo kate bebe<br />
he entered the room first<br />
Ideophonic adverbs<br />
Some can be derived from the reduplication of a related verb. So;<br />
fya to go gently, softly<br />
fyafya secretly<br />
Numerals<br />
Numerals in Gbari always go after the nouns they qualify. There is no trace of agreement -nonetheless, their<br />
phonological shape is unusual as the lower numerals are prefixed by syllabic nasals.<br />
Ordinals<br />
Cardinals<br />
gbmari one first ∫e∫e<br />
mba two second ∫a∫ari<br />
nca three third cari<br />
nnyi four fourth nyiri<br />
ntnu or gnuaatnu five fifth tnuri<br />
tnunwi six etc. tnunwiri<br />
tnaba seven tnabari<br />
tnaca eight tnacari<br />
tnanyi nine tnanyiri<br />
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