#sanwi

[themichaeljacksonhistorian]

from the February 13, 1995 issue of Jet magazine

[dozatling]

Articles, Complementizers

i:  definite article "the", complementizer "that" é:  contrastive topic, positive polarity "so" ui:  negative quantifier "no/not", negative polarity "not" ai:   universal quantifier "every", necessary modality "must" nai:   existential article "a/some", possible modality "may" qui:  indefinite article "any", interrogative polarity "if" ma:  interrogative article "which", content interrogative "what"

[dozatling]

Subjunctive

Subjunctive modal verb na (not ná), similar in use to ua:

Únenyes   carita:  not.past.I.it   do Uanyes   cárë:   not.I.it   did Ui,   istanyë   ui   cáretyas:   neg.interject,   know.I   not.that   did.you.it

Nanenyes   carita:   may.past.I.it   do Nanyes   cárë:   may.I.it   did Nai,   hartanyë   nai   cáretyas:   opt.interject,   hope.I   may.that   did.you.it

[dozatling]

Sanwi Car-quetti Raicis

Present tenses of irregular verbs:

Ná (na + a): na+ëa --> néa --> nëa

Ua (ú + a): ú+ëa --> úëa --> uëa

Ëa (é + a): é+ëa --> ëa

[dozatling]

É Ambi Sanwi i Quenyas Lossero

Determiners/Complementizers

I    quen:   the   person <Ø   man.te-tyë:   Ø   ate-you> Ista-nyë   i   man.te-tyë.:   know-I   that   ate-you

Ui    quen:   no   person <Ua   man.te-tyë:   isn't   ate-you> Ista-nyë   ui   man.te-tyë.:   know-I   that.not   ate-you

qui   quen:   any   person Qui   man.te-tyë?:   Ø   if   ate-you? Ista-nyë   qui   man.te-tyë.:   know-I   if   ate-you

Ma   quen:   which   person Ma   man.te-tyë?:   What   ate-you? Ista-nyë   ma   man.te-tyë.:   know-I   what   ate-you.

[dozatling]

Ambi Sanwi i Quenyas Lossero:

===Imperative===

Polarity: + Á   tulya   më:   imp   lead   us Á+më    tulya:   imp+us    lead

Polarity: - Authoritative: + Á-la   tulya   më!:   imp-not   lead   us   (I forbid you) Á-la+më   tulya!:   imp-not+us   lead   (I forbid you) La-nyë   tulya:   not-I   lead   (I am forbidden) Lá   tulya-nyë-l:   not   lead-I-you   (I am forbidden) Authoritative: - Á-va   tulya   më!:   imp-not   lead   us   (I cannot forbid you) Á-va+më   tulya!:   imp-not+us   lead   (I cannot forbid you) Va-nyë   tulya:   not-I   lead   (I am permitted but refuse) Vá   tulya-nyë-l:   not   lead-I-you   (I am permitted but refuse)

The "A" in ava was lost by being reanalyzed as the imperative: Á-ává (imp)--> Á-vá (imp)--> Vá (decl) Vá as a negative adverbial particle and áva- as the independent verb "refuse" (from the root AWA3) thus co-exist.

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Sanwi i Quenyas Lossero:

Polarity: 0 Tir-i-nye-t:   see-pres-I-you Tir-i-nyë:   see-pres-I Na-Ø-nyë   mára:   cop-pres-I   good Nyë tir-ë tyë:   I    see-pres   you Tyë tir-i-nyë:   you   see-pres-I

Polarity: + E-a-nyë   tir-ë:   emph-pres-I   see-pres E-a   tir-i-nye-t:   emph-pres   see-pres-I-you E-a-nyë   mára:   emph.cop-pres-I   good I-nyë   tir-ë   tyë:   emph-I   see-pres   you E-tyë   tir-i-nyë:   emph-you   see-pres-I

Polarity: - U-a-nyë   tir-ë:   neg-pres-I   see-pres U-a   tir-i-nye-t:   neg-pres   see-pres-I-you U-a-nyë   mára:   neg.cop-pres-I   good U-nyë   tir-ë   tyë:   neg-I   see-pres you U-tyë   tir-i-nyë:    neg-you   see-pres-I

Ëa and the emphatic adverbial particle é both come from the root EÑE

[abidjanaise-blog]

Sud-Comoé is one of the 19 regions of Côte d'Ivoire. The region's capital is Aboisso. Covering 6,250 km², its population (2002 est.) is 536,500.

The region is divided into four departments: Aboisso, Adiaké, Grand-Bassam and Tiapoum.

The region is virtually the same as the territory of the pre-colonial kingdom of Sanwi which as late as 1969 attempted to break away from Côte d'Ivoire and form an independent state. Which occurred only 9 years after the Independence of  Côte d'Ivoire from former colonial power France. The current King of Sanwi is Nana Amon Ndoufou V (since 2002).