Illustrations
(using the Infinitives
to come = bo,
to dance = sẹkị,
to sweep = ọfịn
to defecate = bịyẹ
to eat = ye fị
and the adjectives:
big = duba
tall = gele
good = ibi
NB: The auxiliaries are given in red
(1) do! : Sweep it now = mọkụ anị ọfịin
(2) do not! : Do not dance
again = Barị sin sẹkị ma
Do not defecate here = Mịanga bịyẹ ma
(3) do / does
For interrogative tone
Does
he come here? = Mịanga O bo bo?
Do they eat well? = In ibima ye fị fị?
For affirmative tone
He
comes here everyday = Enegoyegoye mịanga O bo bom
They
eat well = In ibima ye fịar'
(4)
do not / does not
For interrogative tone
Doesn't she come today? = Mịmgba A bo bo wa?
Doesn't he sweep well? = Or ibima ọfịn 'fin
yaa?
For affirmative tone
She does not dance well = Ar ibima sẹkị
sẹkị yaa
They
don't come on Sundays = Sọsị ene In bo bo waa
(5) am, is, are: I am dancing = A sẹkịar'
They are coming = In boar'
He is asleep = O mono wrar'
Boma is a wise child = Boma ow' yenimi tụbọ
They are in the house = In warị bio emii
(6) am not, is not, are not
For interrogative
tone
Am
I not tall? = A gele wa? (contracted: gele'a?)
Is Dein not dancing? = Dein (ma) A sẹkị ya?
For affirmative
tone
☼ Home work: make sentences for the affirmative tone
(7) has / have
For interrogative
tone: Has she come? = A bo tẹ?
For affirmative
tone: We have swept = Wa ọfịn tẹẹ
(8) has not / have not
For
interrogative tone
Has she not come?=
M' A bo wa?
Have you not swept the house? = Warị
mẹ m' I ọfịn ya?
☼ Home work: make sentences for the affirmative tone
(9) did
For interrogative tone
Leave
the main verb in its Infinitive form:
Did you come? = I bo?
Did you sweep the floor? = Kiri mẹ I ọfịn?
For affirmative
tone
Add
m as suffix to the main verb:
Did you come? Yes, I came = I bo? Iin,
A bom
... to continue
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