Morphology class exercises
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Some exercises in which you practice the morphology of two languages
![Morphology – Exercises
Task 1:
Consider the following data from Isleta, a dialecto of South Tiwa, a Native American
Language spoken in New Mexico:
I. Match:
1. She went ____ [tewanwe]
2. You were coming ____ [amihi]
3. You Will go ____ [mimiban]
4. You came ____ [miwanhi]
5. I am coming ____ [awanaj]
6. She will come ____ [awanban]
II. Choose the correct Isleta translation for the following English sentences.
1. I was comming a) tewanbaj b) miwanaj c) tewanaj
2. She came a) miwanban b) miwabhi c) miwanaj
3. She Will go a) mimiaj b) miwanaj c) mimihi
III. What’s the order os Isleta morpheme (in terms of Subject, verb, auxiliary
verb).
IV. What morpheme are used to express the present and past form of the
verb to be.
Isleta English
[temiban] I went
[amiban] you went
[tewanban] I came
[miwanban] She came
[temiwe] I am going
[amiwe] You are going
[miwanaj] He was coming
[mimiaj] she was going
[tewanhi] I will come
[temihi] I will go
[awanhi] You will come](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/morphologyclassexercises-210323193538/85/Morphology-class-exercises-1-320.jpg)
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- 2. Task 2: Consider the following data from Turkish answer the following questions: Turkish English Turkish English fil ‘elephant’ kaplan ‘tiger’ file ‘to an/the elephant’ kaplanlar ‘tigers’ filden ‘from an/the elephant’ cambaz ‘acrobat’ sirke ‘to a/the circus’ cambazımız ‘our acrobat’ sirkler ‘circuses’ Kaplanın ‘of at/the tiger’ sirkin ‘of a/the circus’ cambazlarım ‘my acrobats’ fillerim ‘my elephants’ kaplanıma ‘to my tiger’ sirklerimizin ‘of our circuses’ cambazdan ‘from an/the acrobat’ I. Classify the Turkish morphemes in: Nouns Pronouns Prepositions Singular Plural (marker) II. Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentence: • to my circus: ‘sirk _________’ a) ime b) ima c) ine • Acrobats of the circus: ‘cambaz__________’ a) lersirkin b) lerime c) larsirkin • of our tigers: ‘kaplan______________’ a) lerimizin b) larimizin c) larimiziden • to my circuses: ‘sirk________’ a) lerime b) lerimiz c) larim • from my elephant: ‘fil_______’ a) imdan b) imden c) inden
- 3. Answers: Task 1: I. II. 1. C; 2. A ; 3. C III. Subject + Verb + Auxiliary verb IV. Plural: aj Task 2: Nouns Pronouns Prepositions Singular Plural (marker) circus: sirk elephant: fil tiger: kaplan acrobat: cambaz ler my: im our: imiz to: e from: den of: in III. 1. A 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. B __5__ [tewanwe] __3__ [amihi] __1__ [mimiban] __6__ [miwanhi] __2__ [awanaj] __4__ [awanban]