• Syntax

    1) Noun phrase structure (POSS-ADJ-NOUN)

    me
    my
    ketab
    book
    my book

    me
    my
    ghashange
    beautiful
    ketab
    book
    my beautiful book

    2) Verb phrase
    The general structure is SOV, but other orders are possible

    ali
    ali
    bomo
    came
    Ali came.

    ali
    ali
    ketabo
    book
    bigifte
    got
    Ali got the book.

    3) Prepositional phrase

    ksefa
    new
    no-ni
    house-1sg
    are
    at
    at my new house

    4) Content questions

    chi
    what
    bokhord-i
    eat-2Sg
    What did you eat?

    pala
    rice
    bokhord-am
    eat-1Sg
    I ate rice.

    5) Yes/No questions

    pala
    rice
    bokhord-i?
    eat-you
    Did you eat rice?

    aha
    Yes
    (bokhord-am)
    (ate-I)
    Yes, I ate (rice).

    na
    No
    (nokhord-am)
    not.eat-I
    No, I didn’t eat (rice).

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