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-ĩte
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Appendix:Variations of "ite"
Kikuyu
Pronunciation 1
ki /etɛ̀/
Suffix
ki suffix ite
Perfect_(grammar) Perfect aspect marker for hodiernal and hesternal past
ki ki ndũ- Ndũki -ra- raki -mũ- mwki ĩra ĩrĩte? Had you not told her so (yesterday)?Robert Englebretson (2015). "A Basic Sketch Grammar of Gĩkũyũ.
Pronunciation 2
ki /etɛ́/
Suffix
ki suffix ite
Perfect_(grammar) Perfect aspect marker for pre-hesternal past
ki ki twana Twana ki -rĩa tũrĩa ki -ĩrĩ twĩrĩ ki nini tũnini ki -tũ- twki -a- aki tiga tigĩtki -wo wo. Those two small boys had been left (before yesterday).Robert Englebretson (2015). "A Basic Sketch Grammar of Gĩkũyũ.
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