-'ñojo
See also: nojo
Ye'kwana
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-'ñojo
- Forms the rogative mood, expressing an indirect request to the interlocutor in order to obtain some kind of permission to perform the action described by the verb: if you don’t mind…, …if that’s all right.
Usage notes
[edit]This suffix can be used with all persons except the second person when it is the agent of a transitive verb or the sole argument of an intransitive. It takes series I person markers.
References
[edit]- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, page 232