Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Fijian adjectives to verbs using 'Vaka' and 'taka'

A lot of Fijian language adjectives can be converted to verbs by adding the prefix 'Vaka' and the 'suffix' taka to the adjective. Below are some examples
               English                                                      Fijian 
Adjectives        Verbs                                  Adjectives                Verb
Wet                    Wet                                    Suasua               Vakasuasuataka
Dry                     Dry                                   Mamaca             Vakamamacataka
Cold                   Cool                                  Batabata             Vakabatabatataka
Clean                 Clean                                 Savasava            Vakasavasavataka
Hot                     Heat                                  Katakata             Vakakatakatataka (vakatakatataka)
Soft                    Soften                                Malumalumu     Vakamalumalumutaka


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