Tone: Difference between revisions

#The '''falling tone''' {{done|1}} is used for verbs, predicatizers, and adjectives. ({{Derani||fa}} “goes”, {{Derani| |kúe gı}} “the good book”, {{Derani|—  |… po káto}} “… of the cat”)

#The '''rising tone''' {{done|2}} is used for nouns, [[determiners]], and pronouns. ({{Derani||káto}} “the cat”, {{Derani| |sá kato}} “some cat(s)”, {{Derani||jí}} “I/me”)

#The '''low glottal tone''' {{done|3}} is used for complementizers and clause-initiating words. ({{Derani| |ꝡä gı}} “that it’s good”)

#The '''rising-falling tone''' {{done|4}} is for adverbial adjuncts. ({{Derani||fêı}} “angrily”, {{Derani| |nîe tíaı}} “inside the box”)

| colspan=4 | Lexical tone (i.e. {{Derani||da}} and {{Derani||dâ}} are simply different lexemes)