Somali Reference Grammar |
Common terms and phrases
adding adjectives adverbial agreement aspect auxiliary bàa basic becomes bring brought Cáli causative classifier combination common complement constructions containing created Declension definite article derived described determiners distinction earlier element ending English example FALLING feminine final focus focused gender give given GLOSS grammatical Habitual head HIGH imperative important keenay kéeni language lexical affixes marked masculine meaning modifiers mood negative nín Note noun phrase object occur Past Simple person plural position possessive preceded preposition present progressive pronouns question reduced reference relative clauses restricted root rule seen sentence short shown single singular Somali sóo sound changes speaker subject marking subordinate clauses suffix suffix verbs syllable tense third tion tive tone types usually verb verbal piece vowel word yahay