Grammar Notes

Lessons 3, 4, and 5

Sentences with Verbs

Common Sentence Structure:

Subject + Verb + Object.

Example: I WANT MONEY. I want money.

GIRL SEES HER FRIEND. The girl sees her friend.

Topicalization Structure

• Commonly known as Topic-Comment

Object + Subject + Verb

Example: MONEY, I WANT. I want money.

HER FRIEND, GIRL SEES. The girl sees her friend.

Pronoun and Nouns

Pronouns used with nouns and can function like the English word, the.

Example: MAN HE MY FATHER.

The man is my father.

Adjectives and Nouns

Adjectives appear either before or after the noun.

Example: I WANT BLUE CAR.

I WANT CAR BLUE.

I want a blue car.

Descriptive Adjectives

These are known as classifiers.

They are used to represent size and shape of an object.

CL:F

Small, flat, round object

CL:`L``L`

Flat and round objects – small and large.

CL:C

Container-like object – small, one handed.

CL:CC

Container-like object – small and large, use two hands.

CL:BB

Objects with a flat surface – short and long.

Finish

It is used to show that an action has been complete. Appears before or after the verb.

Example: I FINISH SEE MOVIE.

I saw the movie.

I READ FINISH BOOK.

I read the book.

Establishing the Tense Context

Once the context is established through the use of a tense indicator, it is not necessary to repeat the tense indicator in later sentences until a change in tense is desired.

LAST-WEEK…..

IN-TWO-MONTHS….

DURING THANSGIVING VACATION…