a/-e/-ọ/-o
Inflectional suffixNdebe script
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Meanings
(-a after a ị ụ; -e after e i u; -ọ after ọ; -o after o) completive or open vowel suffix, used with most verbs in the imperative, the subjunctive, and the sequential forms Lùa ọlū Do the work: Kà ànyị jee Let us go ... ò wèe nalue ụnò wèe fụ yā ... and then he got home and found it
Inflectional suffix
Dialect & variants
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Examples
Lùa ọlū gị, rie nri gị.
— Do your work, eat your food.
Ọ wèe zụọ azụ, wèe too ya.
— He then bought fish and then roasted it.
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