| Question word: bpon-maan |
Bpon-maan is placed at the end of a statement to ask “How many?” and “How much?”. bpon-maan is also used to ask for a person’s age. For example:
- Neak mian koon bpon-maan neak? “How many children do you have?”
- Neak aa-yu bpon-maan? “How old are you?”
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| The classifier “Neak” |
The classifier “Neak” is used for people with the question bpon-maan. However, when Muay (one) is used with a classifier, it is contracted to M’neak. For example:
- Koat mian koon-bproh m’neak. “He has a son.”
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| Possessive adjective “roo-bɔh” |
The word for “of” is Roo-bɔh and possession can be expressed using the pattern: noun+roo-bɔh+ possessor. The word roo-bɔh is frequently omitted in spoken language. |
