Vocabulary: Noun Endings    
Language in Use

There are three noun endings that can be used: we, ra, rae. The first means the one known to the listener and speaker, the second means the one already referred to, and the third means the one at some distance from the listener and speaker.

Each can take any vowel as its initial sound, depending on what noun it attaches to.

The words here illustrate this by showing how we (meaning, known to us) is preceded by a, e, i, o, or u depending on the word it is attached to—or, if all nouns end in a vowel (which we do not know with certainty), then the noun ending begins with the last letter (vowel) of that noun.

Tobian Audio Literal Translation English Contributed by/ Comments/Examples
Yahamatawe Isauro ... that you and I.... The person we know. Isauro Andrew 2006
Hatamawe Isauro   The door we know. Isauro Andrew 2006
Matawe Isauro   The eye we know. Isauro Andrew 2006
         
Imewe Isauro   The house we know. Isauro Andrew 2006
Ihewe Isauro   The fish we know. Isauro Andrew 2006
Feifirewe Isauro   The woman we know. Isauro Andrew 2006
         
Pirisiwe Isauro   The dog we know. Isauro Andrew 2006
Yafiwe Isauro   The fire we know. Isauro Andrew 2006
Fetiriwe Isauro   The grass we know. Isauro Andrew 2006
Tiriwe Isauro   The fish (tir) we know. Isauro Andrew 2006
         
Moyowe Isauro   The cat we know. Isauro Andrew 2006

Faruhowe

 Isauro   The island we know. Isauro Andrew 2006
Hochowe Isauro   The cloud we know. Isauro Andrew 2006
         
Ruwe Isauro   The coconut we know. Isauro Andrew 2006
Mangauwe Isauro   The food we know. Isauro Andrew 2006
Hauwe Isauro   The hook we know. Isauro Andrew 2006

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