Noun Classes in Fulfulde (Fulah) Language

Adjectival stem: Look at these words:

Tagaaɗo-'o (This man)

Tagaaɓe-ɓe (These people)

Go'ooto-oyaa (That person)

Wo'oɓɓe-ɓeya (Those people)

Verbal stem: Examples are:

Kuugal-ngal  (This job/work)

Kuuɗe-ɗe'e   (These jobs/works)

Kulngel-ngel (This fearful little one)

Kulkoy-koya (Those fearful little ones)

Noun stem: Look at these examples:

Kulol-ngol  (This fear)

Saare-nde (This house)

Sarde-nden (The time)

Laɓal-ngal   (The knife)

The formula = stem + class suffix

The class suffixes vary from one another.

By

Jingi Abdullahi

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