Tchiroe/Lesson 2

Nouns

-oe nouns
	Singular -'oe	Plural -'oeve	Dual -'oene	None -'oebe
Subject	-'oe	-'oeve	-'oene	-'oebe
Object -ai	-'oeai	-'oeaive	-'oeaine	-'oeaibe
Object of "To Be" Sentence -i	-'oei	-'oeive	-'oeine	-'oeibe
To _____ -tù	-'oetù	-'oetùve	-'oetùne	-'oetùbe
For ______ -ti	-'oeti	-'oetive	-'oetine	-'oetibe
In, at, on ______ -vi	-'oevi	-'oevje	-'oevine	-'oevibe
With _____ -kóen	-'oekóen	-'oekóenvè	-'oekóenè	-'oekóenbè
Object of Preposition -bì	-'oebì	-'oebìve	-'oebìne	-'oebì'e
Object of Postposition Bì-	Bì- -'oe	Bì- -'oeve	Bì- -'oene	Bì- -'oebe

-a nouns
	Singular -'a	Plural -'ave	Dual -'ane	None -'abe
Subject	-'a	-'ave	-'ane	-'abe
Object -ai	-hai	-haive	-haine	-haibe
Object of "To Be" Sentence -i	-'ai	-'aive	-'aine	-'aibe
To _____ -tu	-'atù	-'atùve	-'atùne	-'atùbe
For ______ -tì	-'atì	-'atìve	-'atìne	-'atìbe
In, at, on ______ -vi	-'avi	-'avje	-'avine	-'avibe
With _____ -kóen	-'akóen	-'akóenvè	-'akóennè	-'akóenbè
Object of Preposition -bì	-'abì	-'abìve	-'abìne	-'abì'e
Object of Postposition Bì-	Bì- -'a	Bì- -'ave	Bì- -'ane	Bì- -'abe

• Possessive De-
• The is Lì-, cancels stress on the following syllable

Adjectives and adverbs

• Noun to adjective is -v
• Adjective to adverb is Kai-

Verbs

• Infinitive ends in -tòei
• Stem is present tense

Pronouns

All stems have `

• Stem is:

• 1st person- Mi-
• 2nd person- Tu-
• 3rd person:

• Masculine- Li-
• Feminine- La-
• Neuter- Ta-

• Add noun affixes
• Cannot use "None" Number
• Change -e to -a to make exclusive pronouns

Sentence structure

Word order is:

Time–place–subject–object–with ___–for ___–to ___–other words–verb

Adjectives follow nouns

Vocab

• Dìa- Day
• Nòekta- Night
• Rynùoe- Person
• Dòema- Home, house
• Gàtoe- Cat
• Bòena(v)- Wellness/Good
• Ectòei- To be
• Havìtoei- To have (note where the stress is)
• Questions start Dher...

Examples

• I have a cat. Mi gàtoeai havì.
• My cat is in my house. Demìvi dòemavi demì gàtoe ec.