Miskito/Syllabus

Proposed syllabus Method Lexicon 100% 1 sentences with sa: proper noun, indefinite common noun, adjective / subjects - noun, witin, demonstrative pronouns articles ba (mention na), kum100% 2 postpositional predicates plural (nani): common noun/demonstrative pronoun/witin + nani yawan inclusive “we” pronoun negation of sa: apia sa100% 3 existence: bara sa questions (1): yes-no (particle ki; yes and no answers) questions (2): wh-type (dia, yâ)100% 4 present progressive, third-person: -isa general negative: -ras SOV order100% 5 (simple) postpositions: ra, wina, kat, wal, ni direct objects (with or without ra)100% 6 aorist, third-person: -an future, third-person: -aisa100% 7 first and second person SINGULAR of kaia (present), present continuous (-isa), future (-aisa) personal pronouns (singular)100% 8 present of waia & balaia want/nu kaia general negative (-ras + kaia) -i + kaia100% 9 ligature in -ka: (1) after demonstratives and preposed adjectives (2) after possessive NPs and ai, wan (3) used alone infinitive (some uses)100% 10 other ligature forms a-verbs and i-verbs plural personal pronouns use of verb forms with plural the banghwaia construction00% 11 infinitive uses: want, sip relationals (3P) suffixed possessive forms00% 12 infixed ligature infinitive uses: -aia sa numerals, quantifiers00% 13 infixed possessive forms relationals (1/2P) negative ability construction00% 14 full conjugation of aorist (regular, vowel stems, kaia) impersonal construction inalienable nouns00% 15 object particles imperative (2P affirmative) (regular, vowel stems, kaia) sentence mood particles ([ki], ni, bika)00% 16 more questions (full range of wh-words) imperative (other than 2P affirmative) (regular, vowel stems, kaia) brih waia, brih balaia00% 17 compound verbs (various types, including i-participle ones) irregular verb: yabaia attributive adjectives00% 18 coordination periphrastic tenses: -i kapri, -ri kan passive participle00% 19 future II (-amna, -ma, -bia) various uses future negation (-ras; FUTURE + apia)00% 20 same-subject participle (-i): form and introduction to uses circumstantial clauses complement clauses00% 21 present I tense adverbs (time…) word order (heavy constituents)00% 22 conditions subject markers anterior participle: -isi00% 23 perfect tense valency derivations (-w-, -k-, -b-) passive voice (-an kapri)00% 24 reflexives (ai) different-subject construction (non-future) (aorist + present/aorist) relative clauses (first type)00% 25 focus and topic markers different subject (future) relative clauses (second type type) other lexical derivation