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Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Foreword ix
  4. Introduction xi
  5. Abbreviations and Symbols xiii
  6. Lesson 1 The K’ichee’ Alphabet 3
  7. Lesson 2 The Nonverbal Sentence 12
  8. Lesson 3 Pluralization of Nonverbal Sentences 15
  9. Lesson 4 Personal Pronouns and the Nonverbal Sentence 19
  10. Lesson 5 Adjectives Modifying Nouns 22
  11. Lesson 6 Converting Affirmative Sentences into Questions 26
  12. Lesson 7 Possessive Pronouns 30
  13. Lesson 8 Possessive Pronouns (Continued) 33
  14. Lesson 9 Simple Intransitive Verbs in Incomplete Aspect 36
  15. Lesson 10 Simple Intransitive Verbs in Completed Aspect; Declension of the Prepositions -umaal and -uuk’ 42
  16. Lesson 11 Simple Intransitive Verbs Whose Roots Begin with Vowels 46
  17. Lesson 12 Imperative Mood for the Simple Intransitive Verbs 49
  18. Lesson 13 Negatives 53
  19. Lesson 14 The Particle wi (u, wu) with Direction and Location Words 57
  20. Lesson 15 Derived Transitive Verbs in Incomplete Aspect and Active Voice with Roots Beginning with Consonants 60
  21. Lesson 16 Derived Transitive Verbs in Completed Aspect and Active Voice with Roots Beginning with Consonants 68
  22. Lesson 17 Derived Transitive Verbs in Active Voice Whose Roots Begin with a Vowel 71
  23. Lesson 18 Imperatives of Derived Transitive Verbs in Active Voice and the Reflexives 75
  24. Lesson 19 Derived Transitive Verbs in Simple Passive Voice 80
  25. Lesson 20 Derived Transitive Verbs in Completed Passive Voice 86
  26. Lesson 21 Derived Transitive Verbs in Absolutive Antipassive Voice 91
  27. Lesson 22 Derived Transitive Verbs in Agent-Focus Antipassive Voice 98
  28. Lesson 23 Special Subclasses of Derived Transitive Verbs and the Use of Independent Personal Pronouns for Emphasis 107
  29. Lesson 24 The Demonstrative Articles and Relative Pronouns: we, le, ri 113
  30. Lesson 25 The Demonstrative Pronouns: wa’, la’, ri’ 118
  31. Lesson 26 Radical Transitive Verbs in Active Voice in Incomplete and Completed Aspects and Intensification of Adjectives with –alaj 123
  32. Lesson 27 The Imperatives of Radical Transitive Verbs in Active Voice and Use of the Progressive Aspect Marker katajinik 130
  33. Lesson 28 Radical Transitive Verbs in Simple Passive Voice 137
  34. Lesson 29 Radical Transitive Verbs in Completed Passive and Absolutive Antipassive Voices 143
  35. Lesson 30 Radical Transitive Verbs in Agent-Focus Antipassive Voice and Uses of b’anik with Spanish Verbs 150
  36. Lesson 31 The Negative Imperative and Other Negative Forms 156
  37. Lesson 32 Perfect Aspect of Radical and Derived Transitive Verbs in Active and Simple Passive Voices and the Special Case of eta’maxik 162
  38. Lesson 33 Perfect Aspect of Simple Intransitive Verbs and Radical and Derived Transitive Verbs in Completed Passive, Absolutive Antipassive, and Agent-Focus Antipassive Voices 170
  39. Lesson 34 Positional Intransitive Verbs in Incomplete, Completed, Perfect, and Positional Aspects and in the Imperative Mood 179
  40. Lesson 35 Nominalized Forms of Simple and Positional Intransitive Verbs and of Radical and Derived Transitive Verbs in Simple Passive and Absolutive Antipassive Voices 188
  41. Lesson 36 Formation of Person Agents with Simple Intransitive Verbs and with Radical and Derived Transitive Verbs in the Absolutive Antipassive Voice and the Use of Familiar Prefixes a- and al- with Proper Names 197
  42. Lesson 37 Formation of Nouns from Adjectives and Unpossessed Forms of Obligatorily Possessed Nouns 204
  43. Lesson 38 Directional and Locational Adverbs loq, b’iik, and kanoq and Conjugation of Irregular Derived Transitive Verb ajawaxik and Use of Auxiliary Verbs kowinem and ajawaxik 210
  44. K’ichee’ to English Vocabulary 221
  45. Story 250
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