Morphology

TAM markers:
(past tense, first person verb)

Today
emru
I
(nen)
came
hartma
here
lera
to tell –
singular plural
1st person [mԑn hatʰem] [ima hatɪn]
2nd person [tↄ hati:] [iwa hatԑn]
3rd person [awa hat] [awan hatԑn]
to tell past tense
1st person I told  men wɪtʰem we told ima wɪtʰman
2nd person you told  tↄ wɪtʰid you (all) told  iwa wɪtdan
3rd person s/he told  awa wɪtʰi they told  awana wɪtʰian
I should tell them aʃe biʒm
He should tell aʃe biʒe
They should tell aʃe biʒen
one story two stories
jeidamə dastʰan dↄ dastʰan

 

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