TIAL morphemes and examples
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Note: There may be problems with the syntax of these constructions, possibly fixed using the defective monovalent verb e.
Clauses involving the identity of two noun phrase referents are usually formed simply by placing one phrase after the other; each noun phrase must be definite in some way.
me no binauto.
"I'm not a sailor."
Clauses involving the definition of some entity denoted by a subject noun phrase as being the kind of entity denoted by a complement noun phrase are usually formed by placing one phrase after the other; the subject noun phrase must be definite and the complement noun phrase must be indefinite. If the complement consists of a single noun, its ending is changed from ·o to ·e.
Faido kane.
"Fido is a dog."
Faido e kano blanko grando.
"Fido is a big white dog."
Clauses involving the existence of the kind of entity denoted by a noun phrase are usually formed by changing the ending of the last modifier of the phrase from ·o to ·e. If there are no such modifiers, the defective monovalent verb e is placed after the noun instead.
gatte.
"Cats exist."
Relational nouns are nouns that have a-forms, which can be used in definition and existence clauses. They can also take the inverse suffix -az.
Mario mama Janno.
"Mary is John's mother."
eto frata Janno.
"This is John's brother."
ci eto cikko papaze?
"Does this child have a father?"
yo cikko no mamazo "motherless children"
| frato | brother | papo | father |
| mamo | mother | soro | sister |
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