Grammatical Words in Dunia Patwa

Personal Pronouns

1PS Mi (Eng) 1PP Mila

2PS Ni (Man) 2PP Nila

3PS Xe (Ban) 3PP Xela

Other Pronouns

What: was (Ger)

This: dis (Eng)

That: das (Ger)

Who: wasjan

This person: disjan

That person: dasjan

Where: wasli

Here: disli

There: dasli

When: waswela

Now: diswela

Then: daswela

How:

Why: wasfi

Negation

Negation marker: no

Tense Markers

Anterior tense: bin

Nonpunctual aspect: na

Irrealis mode: sa

Prepositions

In, at, on: in

For: fi

To:ke

From: li

Conjunctions

And: dan

But: kexi

If: sapos

Plural marker

Plural: la