 Using
the table below, answer the following questions:
1. Determine all of the morphemes.
2. Write a grammar using all of the notations/conventions we
have been using in class. Make sure your grammar shows all of the
syntactic relationships.
| MENDE |
ENGLISH |
| nyaa lima |
I am going |
| biaa lima |
you (sg) are going |
| taa lima |
he/she is going |
| muaa lima |
we are going |
| wuaa lima |
you (pl) are going |
| tiaa lima |
they are going |
| ngi lila |
I went |
| bi lila |
you (sg) went |
| i lila |
she/he went |
| mu lila |
we went |
| wu lila |
you (pl) went |
| ti lila |
they went |
| nga lilo |
I will go |
| ba lilo |
you (sg) will go |
| a lilo |
he/she will go |
| ma lilo |
we will go |
| wa lilo |
you (pl) will go |
| ta lilo |
they will go |
| nyaa mema |
I am eating |
| ngi yengela |
I worked |
| ta pielo |
They will do it |
| tiaa yepema |
They are talking |
3.
Explain how the following sentences are generated by your grammar.
| nyaa yengema |
| a yepelo |
| ta pielo |
| wa yengelo |
| tiaa piema |
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