rese’
English: Translation
root word describing forcibly crowding, pushing away, or taking over someone's space or property
Example Sentence
Rinese' yo baxey ko nyo boldosir.
English: Example Sentence
My house was pushed over by the bulldozer.
Bikol: Example Sentence
- Rinese' (was pushed over) - yo (the) - baxey (house) - ko (my) - nyo (by) - boldosir (bulldozer)
Notes
see: be-se’
Rinese': past tense of rese', meaning "was pushed over" or "was taken over".
- Infix "-in-" indicates past tense.
Mangrese': active voice form of rese', meaning "to take over" or "to crowd out".
- Prefix "mang-" marks active voice.
Example Sentences:\
- Rinese': (see example above)\
- Mangrese’: Di' ika mangrese' nya ke'saimo: "Don't take over what's not yours."
- Breakdown:
- Di' (don't)
- ika (you)
- mangrese' (take over)
- nya (that)
- ke'saimo (not yours, ke- = negative prefix + saimo = yours)
Notes:
The Boie'nen language use a combination of infixes and prefixes to convey grammatical information like tense and voice.