Tele-teaching course for Proto-Drem - Lesson 2

 

 

XXX - Second Exercise

 

Test your knowledge:

 

These are either true or false…

 

1. ŋi- and èŋi- are interchangeable, but ŋi- would be used more often.

 

2. ŋgù- is a possessive pronoun to watch for since its meaning is generally unclear as to specifically who is the owner.

 

3. -sì- is used as a locative meaning (down) and a personal pronoun meaning (we)

 

4. mbàndàzâ would mean “scaring” as something is scaring someone.

 

5. úfà. would mean “he/she is close by”.

 

6. mbùrodisìsò. could mean “Our creek is behind us”.

 

7. Ŋiwâ ufà. could mean “I wish you (were) close by”.

 

8. bàdáŋúhe. could mean “they just ate”.

 

9. wa ma nà. could mean “Yes or no”.

 

10. The recent past deals with generally time of up to a ‘few days ago’.

 

Self exercises:

 

Write some simple sentences using moods using verbs seen in the first two lessons.

 

Write some sentences using the basic locatives to become comfortable with their use. Use ideas from both lessons so far.  

 

See if you can write a few sentences using locatives, pronouns and moods while using words from both lessons.

 

 

Compare your answers

 

Are you ready to see how you’ve done? If you think you’ve done well, click on the link and see how you did. If you feel you didn’t do too well, redo the exercise and try again.