Verb Conjugation
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2. Verb Conjugation
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The subject is modified on the verb by the affixes (or a blend of affixes) attaching directly to the root:
-1st person: -ni
-2nd person: -ti
-3rd person: /
-plural: na(ʻ)-
I speak: ololoni
You speak: ololoti
This/that/they speak: ololo
These/those/they speak: naʻololo
note to self: add pronouns
Now, if the object of the sentence is a pronoun or name, the verb you have just built (ie "she speaks" - ololo) is appended with additional affixes.
-1st person: -ne
-2nd person: -te
-3rd person: -kue
-unknown animate: -tei
-unknown inanimate: -lei
-plural: na- on the suffix (ie nane, nalei)
I speak to myself: ololonine
I speak to you: ololonite
I speak to them: ololonikue
I speak of (unknown animate): ololonitei
I speak of (unknown inanimate): ololonilei
I speak to us: ololoninane
I speak to you (pl): ololoninate
I speak to them (pl): ololoninakue
I speak of (pl unknown animate): ololoninatei
I speak of (pl unknown inanimate): ololoninalei
Note : add the pronouns
If the object of the sentence is simply something like "Latonahaka" or another normal noun, those additional suffixes are not added. It is only in the case of pronouns or people's names, or an animate or inanimate object to be determined.
Ahe is "un-" or "not," for the average verb as well as for transforming certain words (ie un-happy (as opposed to sad))
It directly precedes the verb in most cases, or the adjective, or the copula.
A negative noun (in its rareness) takes "pu."
In phrases that might be translated as "neither/nor," the negative "and" is used: "me"—
"not x and not y," so
"Neither gardener nor lord" would be "not gardener and not lord" or "pu wolo me pu timolo."
Arguably more likely to be phrased, less poetically, using a copula as "ahe ʻo wolo me timolo."
Sentence final particles are used for things like tense and tone. Present tense is nothing. ✎ Edit Article ✖ Delete Article
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