| Plural Masculine Feminine Neutral nominative boni bonae bona genitive bonarum bonarum bonarum dative bonis bonis bonis accusative bonos bonas bona vocative boni bonae bona ablative bonis bonis bonis In Italian: I speak : parlo You speak : parli He speaks : parla We speak : parliamo You speak : parlate (plural) They speak : parlano Some other languages have cross?reference are Ormu, Key, Kamoro, etc. Other examples in Spanish: yo vivo 'I live' tu vives 'You live' ella vive 'she lives' nosotras vivimos 'we live' vosotras vivis 'you live' ellas viven 'they live' Notice that the form of the verb changes depending on the person of the subject. References: Elson & Pickett (1976), Thomas (1988), Thomas (1975), Chaer (1994), Hockett (1958) Ramlan (1993), Parera (1991), Gatherer (1986) Samsuri (1978), Warriner (1977), Gleason (1961) THIS IS THE END OF CHAPTER 4 |