Tag: definite

Part of Speech (Pronoun)

Pronoun is a word which substitutes for a noun phrase. In Jembesa, there are seven kinds of pronouns: personal, possessive, reflexive, reciprocal, demonstrative, indefinite, interrogative. A pronoun can be marked with some features which a noun can take on: number, case, and enclitic; e.g. munnattu 'to both of us, too?' [1st person dual + illative case … Continue reading Part of Speech (Pronoun) →

Part of Speech (Article)

Grammatical article is a word type which is used with noun phrases, and there are two types of articles in Jembesa: definite and indefinite/partitive articles. Definite Article (i/j') Definite article is used to refer to a particular thing which has already been mentioned, or is known commonly. In Jembesa, articles is placed initially in a … Continue reading Part of Speech (Article) →