A for F-Word and T-Words
The A, together with the placeholder-noun “fì’u” (“this thing”), forms a conjunction, which allows you to add subordinate clauses before or after main clauses. These subordinate clauses can either contain just a single verb or more, basically entire sentences on their own.Let’s first break that Futa down to look at it’s structure. Futa => Fì’ut a, so basically “The thing which is”. And again, you can see the little A pointing into the direction of the undefined noun. And the same structure is used for all possible F- and T-Words. A little list:
With these word you’re able to create complex sub sentences. If you wanted to say “I like to eat” you couldn’t do it before, now you can! 🙂
You were able to say “I like the process of eating” which would translate to “Sunu oeru tìyusom”, but if you really want to say “I like to eat” you need one of these words, because it doesn’t only describe one noun but is an entire new sentence, including a new noun, verb, maybe even an adjective.
Sunu oeru fwa yom would mean “I like to eat”, or literally “I like this thing which is to eat”. Broken down it is “Sunu oeru fì’u a yom”. Same thing for all these Word.
Some examples:
You can also put that sub sentence in front of the fì’u, but then the futa wouldn’t work, because the a points in the wrong direction, so you’ve got to use the “normal version” the “a fì’u” Version.
Exercises
Exercise 1: Please translate the following sentences:
- I know that this hunter is good
- You think that you know that I know
- Oel fpìl futa na’rìng lor lu
- Fula oel ke omum tsat oet srätx
