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====== Expressions ====== | ====== Expressions ====== | ||
- | ===== Comparisons ===== | ||
- | XXX more ... than, less ... than, ... as ... | + | ===== Time expressions ===== |
- | the most ... (of), the least ... (of) | + | (This may be called " |
- | XXX Also derive the quantifier | + | Time expressions are noun phrases or prepositional phrases that express when something takes place. Noun phrases used as time expressions don't need a preposition in front of them. |
- | ===== Time expressions | + | " |
- | (This may be called " | + | Time expressions include: |
- | Time expressions are noun phrases that are usually placed immediately before the verb. Time expressions include: | + | **den tali** – tomorrow\\ |
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- | **den depan** – tomorrow\\ | + | |
**si den** – today\\ | **si den** – today\\ | ||
**den laste** – yesterday\\ | **den laste** – yesterday\\ | ||
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XXX Give further examples and explain usage. | XXX Give further examples and explain usage. | ||
- | **Baru** 'just, recently' | + | XXX Also explain prepositional time expressions such as 'since yesterday', |
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+ | ===== Place expressions ===== | ||
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+ | Place expressions are noun phrases or prepositional phrases that express where something takes place. They are placed in the same manner as time expressions. | ||
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+ | Prepositional phrases expressing a location often start with the word **ni** 'in, at, on'. Noun phrases | ||
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+ | **aru ples** – somewhere\\ | ||
+ | **eni ples** – anywhere\\ | ||
+ | **ke ples** – where\\ | ||
+ | **no ples** – nowhere, anywhere (in negated sentences)\\ | ||
+ | **ol ples** – everywhere\\ | ||
+ | **otra ples** – somewhere else, elsewhere\\ | ||
+ | **si ples** – here\\ | ||
+ | **ta ples** – (over) there | ||
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+ | Before place expressions starting with **ni**, | ||
- | **Ya baru [arrive].** – He/She has just arrived. | + | **Mi (xi) ni London.** – I'm in London. |
- | **Kwai** 'soon, be about to' can be used to refer to the near future. | + | XXX Give some usage examples. Give some prepositional place expressions as examples and explain their usage too. |
- | **Ya kwai lai.** – He/ | + | ===== Expressing pain and other bodily feelings ===== |
- | XXX Form combinations of quantifiers with common nouns to express | + | To express |
- | | + | **Mis tobu bole.** – I have a headache. / My head hurts. |
- | * place (location, position) | + | |
- | * manner (way of performing or effecting; method or style) – used to express " | + | |
===== Addressing people ===== | ===== Addressing people ===== | ||
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salam – hello\\ | salam – hello\\ | ||
- | xukuru | + | xukur – thank (verb), thanks (noun), thank you (interjection) |
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