Grammatical Words in Neo Patwa

Personal Pronouns

1PS Mi (Eng) 1PP Mipela
2PS Yu (Eng) 2PP Yupela
3PS Ja (Man) 3PP Japela

Other Pronouns

What: was (Ger)
Who: wasjan
Where: wasna
When: waswela
How: waspanfa
Why: wasfi
How many: waspela

Affirmation and Negation

Negation marker: no
Yes: Si

Tense Markers

Anterior tense: wen (Hawaiian creole)
Nonpunctual aspect: ta (Portuguese creoles)
Irrealis mode: sa (Sranan creole)

Prepositions

In, at, on, to, from: na
For, because of, possessive: fi (Patois)
With, using: kun (Portuguese creoles)

Conjunctions

And: mo (Bislama)
But: kesi
If: sapos (Bislama)

Modification marker

Of, having an attribute: nja (Tetum)

Reverse possessive

Belonging to: lon (Tok Pisin)

Subordination

Relative pronoun: ce (Italian)


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