Gramatika pa inglish
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- ''Me (I) sta hao (good, well). – I'm well.'' | - ''Me (I) sta hao (good, well). – I'm well.'' | ||
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1.1. The last word is the main one in a sequence: | 1.1. The last word is the main one in a sequence: | ||
− | + | - ''gun (to work) + taim (time) = guntaim (action time)'' | |
− | + | - ''surya (sun) + flor (flower) = suryaflor (sunflower)'' | |
− | + | - ''maus (mouse) + kapter (catcher) = mauskapter (mouse trap)'' | |
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− | + | a) '''jen''' (person), '''man''' (man), '''gina''' (woman): ''jadu (sorcery) – jadujen (sorcerer/sorceress) – jadugina (sorceress) – jaduman (sorcerer)'' | |
− | + | b) '''yuan''' (employee): ''polis (police) – polisyuan (policeman)'' | |
− | + | c) '''guan''' (institution): ''kitaba (book) – kitabaguan (library)'' | |
− | + | d) '''lok(o)''' (place): ''habitilok (habitation)'' | |
− | + | e) '''menga''' (great amount): ''jenmenga (crowd)'' | |
− | + | f) '''fin''' (end): ''lekti (to read) – finlekti (to read completely)'' | |
− | + | g) '''swa''' (oneself): ''swa-luba (self-love), swa-kontrola (self-control)'' | |
− | + | h) '''for''' (ahead): ''for-gunsa (work continuation)'' | |
− | + | i) '''kontra''' (against): ''kontratoxin (antidote); kontrapon (to oppose)'' | |
+ | j) '''sin''' (without): ''sinsensu-ney (meaningless)'' | ||
+ | k) '''tra''' (through): ''go (to go) – trago (to go through)'' | ||
== Interchange of one part of speech for another == | == Interchange of one part of speech for another == |