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Facts About the World's Languages: An Encyclopedia of the World's Major Languages, Past and Present: Cebuano PDF
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2001
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EnglishPreview Facts About the World's Languages: An Encyclopedia of the World's Major Languages, Past and Present: Cebuano
Cebuano 123 Table 3: Primary Affixes Voice (case) 124 Cebuano jectivalconstructionsthereisnosetorder,anditisimpossible to say which of the two or more forms in the phrase is the head. For example, in a phrase meaning *the big house', the formmeaning 'big'cancomefirstorsecond:?ar}dakurjbaldy 'thebigthingthatis ahouse'or?arj baldyrjdaku?'thehouse that is big.' Another example: for 'the book I asked him to buy', thephrasemeaning 'Iaskedhim tobuy' cancome first orsecond: ?af]gipapalitndku?niyaylibru'thethingwhichI hadhimbuywhichwasabook'or?arjlibrurjgipapalitndku? niya 'thebookwhichI askedhimtobuy.' Numeralsmustprecedethewordstheymodify,however.In thefollowingphrasethewordfor'two'duhdmustcomefirst: duhdka libru/twolinkerbook/ 'twobooks.' Negation,Therearetwonegatives:wald?(past,presentverbs and location) and J/7/7 (future verbs, adjectives, and nouns). Sincewald?withverbsindicatespasttime,thetenselessform ofthe verb follows all verbs modified with wald?, as forex- ampletheformpalitd 'buy' which is tenseless in the follow- ingexample:wald?palitdniHuwdn?arjlibru(neg-pastbuy- itGENJohnNOMbook) 'Johndidn'tbuy thebook.' Wolff,John. 2001. Cebuano. In: Garry,Jane and CarlRubino (eds.) FactsAbouttheWorld'sLanguages: AnEncyclopediaof theWorld's MajorLanguages, W PastandPresent: NewYork: H. Wilson.
