Interrogatives

ngesha

ngä (ngë ngä ngë ngï ngai ngä) what, basic open ended interrogative word.

ngësha (ngësho ngësha ngëshe ngëshi ngëshai ngësha) who

ngëhai when

ngïde where

ngëli how

ngïpa why

ngëla (ngëla ngëlan ngëlas ngëlal ngëla) which, referring to this/that.

ngëses how many

ngëse how much

Postpositions (Particles)

Particles line up with 3 scopes: noun, verb, and clause.

Verb particles take one full noun phrase marked to the particular case. These particles are highly specific, and there are many (similar to English with its above, under, within, amongst, etc.), compared to Spanish or Japanese (with a use of a location noun + particle, like の上に、の前に、etc.) This leads to a low amount of overlap in the meanings and uses of each particle.

tan

Location/time postposition, equivalent to en in Spanish. Denotes where or when something happened.

dau

The direction/destination of something, equivalent to a in Spanish. It can also be used for explicit daitive marking.