A Comparative Grammar of the South African Bantu Language: Comprising Those of Zanzibar, Mozambique, the Zambesi, Kafirland, Benguela, Angola, the Congo, the Ogowe, the Cameroons, the Lake Region, Etc
A Comparative Grammar of the South African Bantu Language: Comprising Those of Zanzibar, Mozambique, the Zambesi, Kafirland, Benguela, Angola, the Congo, the Ogowe, the Cameroons, the Lake Region, Etc
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 edition. Excerpt: ...position of the Sun. Cf. 421, and 800, 808. Most of those prepositions which are not classifiers (569-578) seem to have been originally verbal forms related to the auxiliaries ya " to go " (911), enda " to go " (cf. 918 and 939), kala " to sit" (cf. 941 and 944), nga " to be inclined to... " (cf. 995), ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 edition. Excerpt: ...position of the Sun. Cf. 421, and 800, 808. Most of those prepositions which are not classifiers (569-578) seem to have been originally verbal forms related to the auxiliaries ya " to go " (911), enda " to go " (cf. 918 and 939), kala " to sit" (cf. 941 and 944), nga " to be inclined to... " (cf. 995), etc. XII.--Copulative Brefi'res defotc Substantives. 582.--Among the numerous manners of expressing the copula in the Bantu languages, most of which will be studied together in another chapter, there is one which is to be noted here, because in some languages it is a mere modification of the prefixes of the substantives. Its proper effect seems to be that of verbalizing nouns, i. e. changing them into expressions which have more of the nature of verbs than of that of substantives, as if we should say in English "this bleeds," instead of " this (is) blood ." Its proper form in Tonga, and some other languages of the interior, is a mere nasal sound, m or n nasal, prefixed to classifiers. In some cases it is a full nasal syllable, viz. nga, or ngu, or ni. In Kafir its form varies as the classifiers themselves. In Senna, Chwana, Swahili, etc., it has the same form before all sorts of nouns, etc. 584t.--N. B. In general, mere nasals which precede hard consonants or m are practically not heard, unless they be immediately preceded by a vowel which supports them. Hence it is that in the above Tonga examples n or m are in some cases put between brackets, because at the beginning of a sentence, or after a pause, they would not be perceived. 585.--It is impossible to make out to what extent the copulative prefixes of Tonga are used in the languages of the interior, because nobody that I know...
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Very Good. No Jacket. From the collection of Ex Libris Africanis-G. Carleton Jones with their book plate. Signed by previous owner. Excellent condition, Large Book. There is gilt on the spine and the front of the book. The boards have shelving and handling wear. The pages are 'browned' and there are minor marks. There is age-related foxing on the first and last pages, all pages remain intact, neat and complete. The binding is excellent. GK.
