Tuesday, 26 April 2011

Pronoun notes: There is

  • Ten ítí yodin pô nikeye, there is a port in the village


  • Ei ta pô, there is the port


  • Bâha has a number of rules about saying 'there is'. I'm settling down to this contrast. Ten ítí, literally 'it is (at)'. If somebody asks if there is a port in the village, you can say 'there is, it exists,' which is what the first sentence means. If you are going to point something out then the topic marker is used to mean 'there is'.

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