Van: Difference between revisions

Jump to navigation Jump to search
278 bytes added ,  2 July 2015
m
Line 113: Line 113:


===Derivational morphology===
===Derivational morphology===
====Nouns====
There are several semantically-restricted options for creating a new noun from a verb. A very common way to create an agent noun is to prefix ''li-'' to the stem of the verb. Thus, ''love'' ‘alive, living’ whose stem is ''lov-'' becomes ''lilov'' ‘being’.
====Verbs====
====Verbs====
It is quite easy to create new verbs: any noun or root can be turned into a verb by adding the appropriate mode suffix ('''-a''' for dynamic verbs or '''-e''' for stative verbs).
It is quite easy to create new verbs: any noun or root can be turned into a verb by adding the appropriate mode suffix ('''-a''' for dynamic verbs or '''-e''' for stative verbs).

Navigation menu