xwata

Simplex verb

Verb meaning: HEAR [hear]

Comment: hear = listen

Examples: see at the bottom

Basic coding frame

Schema: 1 > V 2

# Microrole Coding set Argument type
1 hearer Ø A
2 heard sound Ø P
Examples for basic coding frame:
(125)

Xwata kèè-sööté rè apaa tö nuö!
xwata
hear
kèè-sööté
NMLZ-make.noise
rè
POSS
apaa
Daddy
tö
in
nuö
forest
Listen to the noise that Daddy makes in the forest!
(226)

È xwata kéé-tapö rè chaa döu.
è
3SG
xwata
hear
kèè-tapö
NMLZ-burst
rè
POSS
chaa
one
döu
thing
He hears something bursting.

See Moyse-Faurie and Néchérö-Jorédié 1988.0: [166]

Alternations

Alternation Derived coding frame Alternation class Occurs Comment # Ex.

Examples

(123)

Pwââxwâ xô mè xwata wîrî!
pwââxwâ
very
xô
sing
mè
that
xwata
hear
wîrî
2PL
Sing louder so that we can hear you!
(287)

È wâ ché nämè: "wèi, jööpè nä, jè faxwata?"
è
3SG
wâ
PFV
ché
say
nämè
that
wèi
you.VOC
jööpè
what
nä
DEM
jè
what
fa-xwata
CAUS-hear
He said: "eh you! What is this, what is the news?"