Irregular Grammar of Compound Words
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Irregular patterns of compound words originating from this compounding
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[comments] spxtgrammarirregular akawìsexata [ˌä.kä.ˌwi:.se.ˈxä.tä] : important
Etymology: literally "first knowledge"
Noun described as "being important" is in the genitive case. This is explained by the fact that before saying X is important, the saying was X is something of first knowledge (inducing "first knowledge" to be in the genitive case), and then shortened to X is of first knowledge, retroactively changing "X" from the absolutive case to the genitive case to be coherent with this previous genitive case in the phrase.
| Esè akaiso xapàna akawìsexata | Equality is important |
| Ferika wa loku xapàna akawìsexata | I work in an important place Note that here you would expect the locative instead of the genitive |
| Terewi esè akawìsexata kuyo xapàna? | What is important? |
esèxemu [e.ˌse:.ˈxe.mu] : live (make residence)
Etymology: literally "be home"
Due to etymology, the pronoun is infixed between "esè" et "xemu". This is explained by the earlier form of the verb esè xemu, which was treated as two seperate words, thus having the pronoun following the verb esè and then later being infixed.
(present tense, indicative mood)
| esèwaxemu: I live | esèyaxemu: we live (general) | esèlaxemu: we live (specific) |
| esèhlexemu: you live (singular) | esètlexemu: you live (plural, general) | esèmexemu : you live (plural, specific) |
| esènixemu: they live (singular) | esèsixemu: they live (plural, general) | esèfixemu: they live (plural, specific) |
This is as of today the sole verb in First Speak with an infixed conjugation pattern.
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