Lesson 13 - Names

Aaniin ezhinikaazoyan? - What is your name?
Paul nindizhinikaaz - Paul is my name.
Charley na gidizhnikaaz? - Is Charley your name?
Aaniin ezhinikaazod awe inini? - What is that man’s name?
Aaniin ezhinikaazod? - What is his/her name?
Trudeau izhinikaazo - Trudeau is his name.
Aaniin ezinikaazod gimaamaa? - What is your mother’s name?
Ann izhinikaazo nimaamaa. - Ann is my mother’s name.
Gaawiin Agnes izhinikaazosii - Her name is not Agnes.
Gaawiin John nindizhinikaazosii - My name is not John.
 
 

New Words:

izhinikaazo - his name is; he is called
 
 

Note.

Verbs in wh-questions (also called conjunct, or supplementary questions), questions with words: what, when, where, why, who, how, require personal affixes, which are absolutely different from those we've faced before. We will call affixes we used before in simple statements and yes/no questions - A form (of a verb). And affixes, used in wh-questions - B form.

Affixes of B form are just suffixes. These are some of them:

-yan - for 'you'
-d - for 'he' or 'she'

aaniin ezhinikaazoyan? - what is your name?
aaniin ezhinikaazod? - what is his/her name?

In wh-question if a verb starts in i- or a-, these sounds are changed into e-:

izhinikaazo (his/her name is) - aaniin ezhinikaazod? (what is his/her name?)

In answers to these questions usual A form is used. Because these answers are simple statements:

Paul nindizhinikaaz. - My name is Paul.

A name is usually placed before a verb in these statements.
 
 

---

Grammar note.

B form. In most cases before we faced whith A form of a verb (independent form), which is used in simple sentences and in main clauses of complex sentences.
In subordinate clauses of complex sentences and in wh-questions B form is used. B form has only suffixes:

I, me	(verb)-yaan/-aan
you singl	(verb)-yan/-an
s/he	(verb)-d/-g
we (exc)	(verb)-yaang/-aang
we (inc)	(verb)-yang/-ang
you pl	(verb)-yeg/-eg
they	(verb)-waaad/-owaad

Note. Two variants of suffixes are shown, divided by "/". The first suffix is used with verbs, ending with a vowel, but the second is used with verbs, ending with a consonant.

 

lesson 12 | lessons | lesson 14