ave    be:reno:    to:leno    ena:ku    gottuka:i  1          2              3            4             5

‘I    do    not    know    whether    he    is    Byra    or    Tola’ 4         5                                   1              2              3

7.2.    Particles

The particles are not inflected for case markers and for tense markers. They perform the function of an adverb or that of an adjective in a sentence.

On the basis of their function they are classed into three groups.

1. The particles that qualify the verbs. 2. The particles that qualify the nouns. 3. The particles that occur after the relative participle form of the verb.

The particles that qualify the verbs

innu ‘still, hereafter’ bayye ‘back’ pura:tu ‘out’ mine:li ‘earlier’ ta:ge 'below' oa: 'in' me:le 'above'

{innu}    innu ‘still, hereafter’

innu qualifies the verb.

ena:ku    innu    bo:u     1         2         3

'I    still    need' 1      2       3

u:eku    innu    baraa    1         2          3

'Hereafter    do    not    come    here’      2                   3                   1