markers

Meaning

Examples

tsi⁵⁵

Marker after nouns, or subclause, to indicate a condition or a comparison.

tṽ⁵⁵ŋua⁴⁴ ɣɯ³⁵ tsi⁵⁵, mo³¹ ta⁴² mɯ⁵⁵ ɤɯ⁴² tã³¹ pi⁵⁵si⁵⁵.

Winter comes, he help him shelter the wind

“When winter comes, he shelters him from the wind.”

nɯ⁵⁵ no³³ tsi⁵⁵ ŋo³¹ ŋɯ⁵⁵ ã³¹tã⁵⁵ tã⁵⁵.

You + MARKER I address uncle

“I call you uncle.”

no³³

Marker after personal pronouns, nominal phrase, to foreground the complement

nɯ⁵⁵ no³³ ŋo³¹ ŋɯ⁵⁵ a⁵⁵sɛ²¹?

you + MARKER I call what

“How should I address you?”

ne²¹ku³¹thi⁵⁵ no³³ xɯ⁵⁵ a³¹tho⁴⁴

staircase + MARKER (I) step will not

“I will not step on the staircases.”

ŋv⁵⁵

Marker after personal pronouns, to foreground the complement

nɯ⁵⁵ ŋv⁵⁵ ŋo³¹ ŋɯ⁵⁵ a⁵⁵sɛ²¹?

you + MARKER I call what

“How should I address you?”