Basic K'ichee' grammar : thirty-eight lessons / James L. Mondloch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mondloch, James L., author.

Series:

Institute for Mesoamerican studies monograph series.

Institute for Mesoamerican studies monograph series

Language:

English

Mayan languages

Subjects (All):

Quiché language--Grammar.

Quiché language.

Physical Description:

xiv, 251 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Edition:

Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2017]

Language Note:

English and Quiché.

Summary:

"A pedagogical rather than reference grammar, the book is a thorough presentation of the basics of the K'ichee'-Maya language organized around graded grammatical lessons accompanied by drills and exercises. K'ichee'an languages occupy a prominent place among indigenous languages of the Americas, both in speakers and historical significance"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Lesson 1 The K'ichee' Alphabet 3

Lesson 2 The Nonverbal Sentence 12

Lesson 3 Pluralization of Nonverbal Sentences 15

Lesson 4 Personal Pronouns and the Nonverbal Sentence 19

Lesson 5 Adjectives Modifying Nouns 22

Lesson 6 Converting Affirmative Sentences into Questions 26

Lesson 7 Possessive Pronouns 30

Lesson 8 Possessive Pronouns (Continued) 33

Lesson 9 Simple Intransitive Verbs in Incomplete Aspect 36

Lesson 10 Simple Intransitive Verbs in Completed Aspect; Declension of the Prepositions -umaal and -uuk' 42

Lesson 11 Simple Intransitive Verbs Whose Roots Begin with Vowels 46

Lesson 12 Imperative Mood for Simple Intransitive Verbs 49

Lesson 13 Negatives 53

Lesson 14 The Particle wi (u, wu) with Direction and Location Words 57

Lesson 15 Derived Transitive Verbs in Incomplete Aspect and Active Voice with Roots Beginning with Consonants 60

Lesson 16 Derived Transitive Verbs in Completed Aspect and Active Voice with Roots Beginning with Consonants 68

Lesson 17 Derived Transitive Verbs in Active Voice Whose Roots Begin with a Vowel 71

Lesson 18 Imperatives of Derived Transitive Verbs in Active Voice and the Reflexives 75

Lesson 19 Derived Transitive Verbs in the Simple Passive Voice 80

Lesson 20 Derived Transitive Verbs in Completed Passive Voice 86

Lesson 21 Derived Transitive Verbs in the Absolutive Antipassive Voice 91

Lesson 22 Derived Transitive Verbs in the Agent-Focus Antipassive Voice 98

Lesson 23 Special Subclasses of Derived Transitive Verbs and the Use of Independent Personal Pronouns for Emphasis 107

Lesson 24 The Demonstrative Articles and Relative Pronouns: we, le, ri 113

Lesson 25 The Demonstrative Pronouns: wa', la', ri' 118

Lesson 26 Radical Transitive Verbs in the Active Voice in Incomplete and Completed Aspects and Intensification of Adjectives with -alaj 123

Lesson 27 The Imperatives of Radical Transitive Verbs in Active Voice and Use of the Progressive Aspect Marker katajinik 130

Lesson 28 Radical Transitive Verbs in Simple Passive Voice 137

Lesson 29 Radical Transitive Verbs in the Completed Passive and Absolutive Antipassive Voices 143

Lesson 30 Radical Transitive Verbs in Agent-Focus Antipassive Voice and Use of b'anik with Spanish Verbs 150

Lesson 31 The Negative Imperative and Other Negative Forms 156

Lesson 32 Perfect Aspect of Radical and Derived Transitive Verbs in Active and Simple Passive Voices and the Special Case of eta'maxik 162

Lesson 33 Perfect Aspect of Simple Intransitive Verbs and Radical and Derived Transitive Verbs in Completed Passive, Absolutive Antipassive, and Agent-Focus Antipassive Voices 170

Lesson 34 Positional Intransitive Verbs in Incomplete, Completed, Perfect, and Positional Aspects and in the Imperative Mood 179

Lesson 35 Nominalized Forms of Simple and Positional Intransitive Verbs and of Radical and Derived Transitive Verbs in Simple Passive and Absolute Antipassive Voices 188

Lesson 36 Formation of Person Agents with Simple Intransitive Verbs and with Radical and Derived Transitive Verbs in the Absolutive Antipassive Voices and the Use of Familiar Prefixes a- and al- with Proper Names 197

Lesson 37 Formation of Nouns from Adjectives and Unpossessed Forms of Obligatorily Possessed Nouns 204

Lesson 38 Directional and Locational Adverbs loq, b'iik, and kanoq and Conjugation of Irregular Derived Transitive Verb ajawaxik and Use of Auxiliary Verbs kowinem and ajawaxik 210.

ISBN:

9781607323891

1607323893

9781607325307

1607325306

OCLC:

930059077