Exercise 1.1 Solution

  1. What marks plural nouns as plural?
    doubling the suffix (-ka -> -kaka)
  2. The key tells us that ‘red’ is translated to hruˀovaPō as _ˀomi__. What is the only line number on which we can find this letter combination? What does this tell you about how descriptive words are expressed in this language?
    ˀomi shows up on line 9. It seems to be part of a larger word.
  3. List or circle as many prefixes and suffixes as you can find. This answer will not include derivational prefixes (covered in chapter ___) or tone markers (covered in chapter ___) but including such should not be considered incorrect when grading.
    tutu, kaka, ka, ke, gi ˀi, ˀe