Notes from the Komo Language Discover Your Grammar Workshop

Edition: 
First
Issue Date: 
2014
Publisher: 
Benishangul-Gumuz Language Development and Multilingual Education Project
Publisher Place: 
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Extent: 
37 pages
Description: 
These notes were developed and written during a workshop held in August, 2014 in Asosa. The purpose of this book is to make the Komo community aware of the wealth and variation found in the Komo language. Languages possess intricate systems of forms and rules, which all speakers use in their daily lives, often without being consciously aware of them. Many of these forms and rules are presented in this little book. It also needs to be pointed out that the purpose of this book is not to present a full and comprehensive description of the Komo language. This would be beyond the scope of this work, and it would require a different approach. Many forms of the Komo language are not even mentioned in here, and some areas of the Komo grammar have been omitted altogether. Also, this book attempts to use terminology which is understandable by a wide audience. The hope is even that it can be translated into the Komo language to make it fully accessible to all Komo speakers.
Publication Status: 
Published
Table of Contents: 
Table of Contents -- 0 Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Noun (Zaga) -- 3 Modifying the noun phrase -- 4 Pronouns and Possessives -- 5 Simple Sentences -- 6 Verbs (Kam Yay) -- 7 Transitive and Intransitive Verbs -- 8 Complex Sentences and Verbal Derivation -- 9 Other ways to use noun phrases -- 10 Story: Donkey, Dog and Goat
Country: 
Ethiopia
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Entry Number: 
60383