Speak to someone directly
First vowel of the noun falls away
Addressing more than one person
verb gets a -ni at the end
Only time a verb can stand alone
command
All present tense sentences contain
-ya-
When greeting, remember to
address the person
la, ya
possessive pronouns, depend on the class of the word
Na+a=
Na
Na+u=
No
Na+i=
Ne
prefix for numbers
kwa- (eg kwa-32)
General simple sentence construction
(Proper noun)+u+ya+verb
-ni only goes at the end of the plural verb if…
it is a command (no -ni if it’s a statement)