Grammar of literary Swahili / Jan Knappert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Knappert, Jan.

Series:

Studies in Swahili language and literature ; v. 2.

Studies in Swahili language and literature ; v. 2

Language:

English

Swahili

Subjects (All):

Swahili language--Grammar.

Swahili language.

Swahili language--Style.

Physical Description:

vi, 121 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lewiston, N.Y. : E. Mellen Press, 1999.

Contents:

II. What is Swahili Like? 5

III. Spelling Variations in Traditional Swahili Poetry 8

IV. The Noun 14

V. The Relative 33

VI. The Adoption of Arabic Nouns into the Swahili Class System 34

VII. The Adjective 38

VIII. The Pronominal System 42

A. The Connective 43

B. Personal Pronouns 44

C. The Demonstrative Pronouns 45

IX. The Numeral 50

X. Adverbs and Adverbial Phrases 52

Arabic Expressions 60

XI. Prepositions 63

XII. Conjunctions 69

XIII. The Common Interjections in Swahili Poetry 78

XIV. The Verb 81

A. The Copula 81

B. The Processive Verb 86

1. The Imperative 86

2. The Infinitive 87

3. The Optative 88

4. The Finite Forms 90

C. Auxiliary Verbs 114

Table 1 The Swahili Noun Classes 116

Table 2 The Complete Swahili Pronouns 118

Some Editions of Long Swahili Poems and Prose Texts 120.

ISBN:

0773478825

OCLC:

42428693