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1 online resource |
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Routledge revivals |
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Routledge revivals.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I.-USEFUL PHRASES; i. One-word phrases; ii. Two-word phrases; iii. Three-word phrases; iv. Travelling; v. Salutations; vi. Saying, talking, etc; vii. Buying and selling; viii. Giving; ix. Going; x. Dewe = cut, pass, beat, etc; xi. Ln = heart; xii. Gu = can; xiii. Want, like; xiv. See, look; xv. To have; xvi. Sickness; PART II.-GRAMMAR; CHAPTER I.-GENERAL REMARKS ON PRONUNCIATION, ETC; i. Structure; ii. Absence of meaning to root forms; iii. Pronunciation-general; iv. Pronunciation of consonants |
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v. Pronunciation of vowelsvi. Contractions; vii. Changes of consonants; viii. Changes of vowels; ix. List of words much alike; CHAPTER II.-SUBSTANTIVES; i. Definite and indefinite forms; ii. Gender; iii. Number; iv. Case; v. Compound nouns; vi. Substantives formed by addition of suffixes, etc; CHAPTER III.-ADJECTIVES; i. Inflection; ii. Syntax; iii. Adjectives ending in ngo; iv. Comparison-Comparative; Superlative; v. Numeral Adjectives : (1) Cardinal; (2) Ordinal; (3) Distributive; (4) Multiplicative; (5) Predicative; CHAPTER IV.-PRONOUNS; i. Personal; ii. Demonstrative; iii. Relative |
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Iv. InterrogativeCHAPTER V.-THE YERB TO BE; i. Lo; Lo a; ii. Mia; iii. Le; iv. Ye; v. Yele; vi. Ya; vii. To be omitted; CHAPTER VI.-THE VERB; i, Division-Voices; ii. Moods-Imperative; Infinitive; Indicative and Subjunctive; Continuous; iii. Tenses-Conjugation of tenses in Positive and Negative; Aorist; Present; Past, I; Past, II; Past, III; Perfect; Pluperfect in three forms; Future; Future and Conditional Negative; Future perfect; Imperative-Present; Continuous-Aorist; Present; Past; Future, I; Future, II; Ngo Form-Present; Past; Future; iv. Examples of uses of various tenses |
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v. Conjugation of ngē, I sayvi. Negative construction; CHAPTER VII.-ADVERBS; i. Adverbs of place; (1) Pure adverbs of place; (2) Adverbs being also prepositions; (3) Adverbial expressions; Examples of uses of above; ii. Adverbs of time; (1) Adverbs of time; (2) Adverbial expressions; Examples of uses of above; (3) Before, Mende expressions for; (4) Miscellaneous expressions relating to time; iii. Adverbs of affirmation and negation; iv. Adverbs of manner, intensitives, etc; v. How? Mende expressions for; CHAPTER VIII.-PREPOSITIONS; General remarks; (1) Pure prepositions; (2) Postpositions |
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(3) Nouns, etc., used as postpositionsExamples of above uses; From, out, without, about, Mende expressions for; CHAPTER IX.-CONJUNCTIONS; CHAPTER X.-INTERJECTIONS; PART III.-VOCABULARIES; i. Furniture, utensils, etc; ii. Implements; iii. Colours; iv. Metals; v. Parts of the body; vi. Diseases; vii. Relationships, titles; viii. Seasons; ix. House, and its parts; x. Games, dances, music; xi. Plants; xii. Animals; xiii. Birds; xiv. Reptiles, fish, etc; xv. Insects; xvi. Stars; xvii. Spiritual terms; xviii. Natural features; xix. Personal names; xx. Mende-English, general |
| Summary |
First published in 1908, this volume emerged in the midst of the British Protectorate of Sierra Leone. The author, F.W.H. Migeod, studied the Mende nation in eastern Sierra Leone and followed the example of the grammar (1882) and vocabulary (1884) published by Dr. Schoen in using the southern form of the Mende language. Beginning with an introduction to the recent history, culture and characteristics of the Mende nation and Sierra Leone, this volume covers useful phrases, grammar, vocabulary and example reading materials including stories and songs collected from native speakers |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 19, 2018) |
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Mende language.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- African Languages.
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Mende language
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429460081 |
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0429460082 |
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