Language
Fe'efe'e
Anaphoric markers
| Name | Description | Answerset | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BODY POSS | Fe'efe'e | Details | |
| 2 | HEAD-BODY POSS | Body anaphor | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 3 | mbɒ̀wɒ̄lɒ̄ | Reciprocal argument | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 4 | Pronoun | Fe'efe'e | Details | |
| 5 | RCM | Verb affix reciprocal | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 6 | RFM | Reflexive marker affix | Fe'efe'e | Details |
Predicate Types
71 records found.
| Name | Description | Answerset | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bά | bά 'present' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 2 | cáʼsī | cáʼsī 'rejoice' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 3 | cēh | cēh 'read' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 4 | cə̄h | cə̄h 'regret' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 5 | cómsī | cómsī 'remember', 'remind' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 6 | cwī | cwī 'yell' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 7 | ēn | ēn 'say', 'consider', 'tell' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 8 | fák | fák 'discuss' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 9 | fōh | fōh 'seem', 'appear' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 10 | fʉ́ά | fʉ́ά 'persuade' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 11 | ghǎtsī | ghǎtsī 'bother' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 12 | ghə̌sī | ghə̌sī 'mumble', 'say' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 13 | ghʉ̌ | ghʉ̌ 'ought', 'need', 'make' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 14 | kē | kē 'resist', 'deny', 'prevent', 'stop' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 15 | kó | kó 'fall' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 16 | kūʼ | kūʼ 'be able' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 17 | kwát | kwát 'force' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 18 | kwáʼ | kwáʼ 'think', 'imagine', 'hope' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 19 | kweʼ | kweʼ 'want', 'like' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 20 | kαtóʼ | kαtóʼ 'begin' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 21 | láh fʉαʼ | láh fʉαʼ 'take measure' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 22 | lēh | lēh 'be clear' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 23 | lén | lén 'ask' (non-interrogative), 'suggest', 'tell', 'claim' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 24 | līī | līī 'reward' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 25 | lōh mα caʼsi | lōh mα caʼsi 'full with happiness' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 26 | mbīᾱᾱ | mbīᾱᾱ 'expect', 'hope' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 27 | m̄bōh | m̄bōh 'afraid' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 28 | mēh | mēh 'finish' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 29 | mə́hsī | mə́hsī 'suspect', 'think' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 30 | mə́hsí tα n̄zhī | mə́hsí tα n̄zhī 'guess' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 31 | mα | mα 'plan', 'prepare' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 32 | n̄cāk | n̄cāk 'want', 'prefer', 'look for' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 33 | ndíndē | ndíndē ' be true' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 34 | n̄dάh | n̄dάh 'look' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 35 | n̄dάʼsí | n̄dάʼsí 'show' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 36 | n̄gátsī | n̄gátsī 'embarrass' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 37 | nīαα mbʉ́ά | nīαα mbʉ́ά 'propose' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 38 | n̄jāʼ nthʉ̄ | n̄jāʼ nthʉ̄ 'whine' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 39 | n̄jīī | n̄jīī 'appear' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 40 | n̄kō yōh | n̄kō yōh 'ashamed' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 41 | n̄kōʼ | n̄kōʼ 'yell' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 42 | n̄kwāʼsī | n̄kwāʼsī 'hope' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 43 | n̄kwé | n̄kwé 'like' | Fe'efe'e | Sections: Properties(12)
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| 44 | n̄nák nā a | n̄nák nā a 'feel' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 45 | n̄sōk | n̄sōk 'tell', 'warn' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 46 | ntěn | ntěn 'hard', 'difficult' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 47 | n̄téʼsí | n̄téʼsí 'ask' (interrogative), 'claim' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 48 | n̄tūᾱ | n̄tūᾱ 'proud' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 49 | ŋāā | ŋāā 'try' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 50 | páásī | páásī 'persuade' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 51 | pē | pē 'hate' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 52 | pēn | pēn 'accept' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 53 | pén | pén 'promise', 'allow' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 54 | peʼ | peʼ 'be good' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 55 | pěʼ | pěʼ 'worth' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 56 | pə̄ | pə̄ 'avoid' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 57 | píʼ | píʼ 'reveal' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 58 | shʉ́ά | shʉ́ά 'surprise', 'warn' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 59 | si-kúʼsí | si-kúʼsí 'failed' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 60 | sīé | sīé 'prove' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 61 | sie | sie 'announce' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 62 | síʼsī | síʼsī 'require' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 63 | tén | tén 'stop' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 64 | tə̄h | tə̄h 'advise' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 65 | tīē | tīē 'write' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 66 | vāʼsī | vāʼsī 'upset' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 67 | yíí | yíí 'see' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 68 | yúʼ | yúʼ 'understand', 'hear' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 69 | zhī | zhī 'know' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 70 | zhíé | zhíé 'become' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 71 | ʼntieʼ | ʼntieʼ 'probable' | Fe'efe'e | Details |
Clause Types
| Name | Description | Answerset | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 'lah' infinitive | 'lah' infinitive | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 2 | C-less interrogative | C-less interrogative | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 3 | Indicative | Fe'efe'e | Sections: Properties(18)
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| 4 | mvak subordination | mvak subordinate clause | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 5 | pαʼ infinitive | pαʼ infinitive | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 6 | pάʼ interrogative | pάʼ interrogative | Fe'efe'e | Details |
C Types
| Name | Description | Answerset | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lah | Infinitival marker | Fe'efe'e | Sections: Properties(4)
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| 2 | mά | mά 'that' | Fe'efe'e | Sections: Properties(3)
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| 3 | null C | null C | Fe'efe'e | Details |
| 4 | pάʼ | pάʼ | Fe'efe'e | Details |
Example Sentences
There are 998 example sentences.
Language Properties
Some syntactic properties of the language
Word order
| Consistently SVO |
General information about the language
Language name
| Fe'efe'e |
Dialect/variety reported
| Fe'efe'e is a Grassfield language spoken in the Upper Nkam Division, Western Region, Cameroon. |
Genetic classification (Ethnologue)
| Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Wide Grassfields, Narrow Grassfields, Mbam-Nkam, Bamileke |
Language group (Ethnologue top level)
| Niger-Congo |
Language consultant information
Consultant name
| Djomeni, Gabriel Delmon |
Level of education
| Graduate Student (Linguistics) |
Language biography
| Fe’efe’e is the native language of the consultant. The parents of the consultant only spoke Fe’efe’e at home, and were themselves native speakers of that language. The consultant received school instruction first in French and then English. |
Learned language at age
| Mother tongue. |
Familiarity with the language
| native speaker |
Formal knowledge of the grammar
| specialized knowledge, e.g., as language teacher or linguist |
Who participated in the elicitation?
| Gabriel Delmon Djomeni and Ken Safir using the Anaphora Questionnaire and the Clausal Complementation Questionnaire. Also Djomeni and Sylvester Ron Simango using the Tense and Aspect Questionnaire and Djomeni and Vicki Carstens using the DP Positions Questionnaire. |
Status of data in database
Is the information for the sentences entered complete?
| Data for entered sentences is complete |
Is the data for markers in this language complete?
| Data for markers incomplete |
Is the sentence data likely to change soon?
| No new sentence data will be entered in the near future |