ngwe update

a publication by a certain elizabeth dunstan, from 1967, has given some information about conjugation. dunstan confirms my suspicion that the phonemes [d], [r], and [l] are interchangeable in many situations.

here are the five different meanings of the phrase "a ze," depending on the tone. kill, know, sense, reproduce, that, his/her

it seems that the words corresponding to and, until, or, much (adjective) and not are all homophones, as are the words corresponding to them, much (adverb), and a morpheme used in certain negative constructions. much also the verb corresponding to 'to be' seems to only exist in the subjunctive mood or in cases where something must be contradicted or confirmed