Difference between revisions of "Dhivehi and English"
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| from a house || ? || |
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| to a house || ? || |
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| of a house || ? || |
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| in a house || ? || |
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| by a house || ? || |
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| from the house || gewinq || ablative? |
| from the house || gewinq || ablative? |
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Revision as of 12:01, 8 March 2009
Examples
- 'i see a child' -> aharen (I) _nah_ feney(see) kujja(child) [ waharenqnaSq fenE kuwqjA ]
- 'he sees a child' -> eyna (that person) _ah_ feney(see) kujja(child) [ wEnawaSq fenE kuwqjA ]
- 'we see a child' -> aharumen (we) _nah_ feney(see) kujja(child) [ waharumenqnaSq fenE kuwqjA ]
- 'the dog sees a child' -> kuththa(dog-the) _ah_ feney(see) kujja(child) [ wemIhunqnaSq fenE kuwqjA ]
Nouns
| English | Dhivehi | Comments |
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| house | ge | seems to be same as definite form |
| houses | gEge | |
| a house | geyewq | |
| some houses | bawewq gEge | bawewq = some |
| the house | ge | |
| the houses | getawq | |
| from a house | ? | |
| to a house | ? | |
| of a house | ? | |
| in a house | ? | |
| by a house | ? | |
| from the house | gewinq | ablative? |
| to the house | gewaSq | dative? |
| of the house | gEge | genitive is same form as plural? |
| in the house | gEgawi | locative? |
| by the house | gewAwi | instrumental? |
- Examples
- He came from the house ->
- Take it to the house ->
- The roof of the house ->
- The child is in the house ->
- The