Bag nam

Classification and Dialects
This language vocabulary is similar to Vietnamese but the grammar is different.

Phonotactics
Dî and gî has the same sound. Dî is always when the word begins with. Gî is in or at the end of the word.

Nouns
Plural forming: qulo (friend) ---> sa|qulo (friends)

Articles: nga (the) and lěn (a,an) --> nga|qulo (the friend) and lěn|qulo (a friend)

Verbs
Bagnamese don't know tenses. They use adverbs to describe the tense.

Adverbs of present: - měngnîo (never), měngmu (rarely), měngxang (sometimes), qengxang (usually), qengnîo (always) Note: měng means 'no', qeng means 'yes'.

- něî (now), ngegnaî (today), sâng (morning), trong nam (before-noon), nam (noon), song nam (afternoon), trong xon [eve(ning)], xon (night), trong sâng (dawn)

Adverbs of past: - dyng (was), trong naî (yesterday), trong sâng trong (last morning), trong nam trong (last before-noon), trong song nam (last afternoon), trong xon trong [last eve(ning)], xon trong (last night), trong tîeng (last week), trong tan ngaî (last month), trong nyî (last year)

Adverbs of future: - song dy (will be), baî (then), song ngaî (tomorrow), song maî ngaî (after tomorrow), song trong sâng (next morning), song trong nam (next before-noon), song nam song (next afternoon), song trong xon [next eve(ning)], song xon (next night), song tîeng (next week), song tang ngaî (next month), song nyî (next year).

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