Feelings Happen to Me: masịrị, agụụ

Feelings Happen to Me

Level 3

feeling + verb + m: it affects me.

How It Works

In these sentences the feeling is the subject, and the person is the object.

SayMeaning
Ọ masịrị m.I like it.
Nri a masịrị m.I like this food.
Agụụ na-agụ m.I am hungry.
Ụjọ na-atụ m.I am afraid.

Learn them as set phrases and change the person: Agụụ na-agụ ya “he or she is hungry”.

The person who feels it comes after the verb as m, gị, ya, anyị, unu or ha: Ọ masịrị gị “you like it”.

Examples (4)

  1. Ọ masịrị m.

    I like it.

    Masịrị takes m.

  2. Nri a masịrị m.

    I like this food.

    A noun as subject.

  3. Agụụ na-agụ m.

    I am hungry.

    Agụụ is hunger.

  4. Ụjọ na-atụ m.

    I am afraid.

    Ụjọ is fear.

How It Connects

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Feelings Happen to Me: masịrị, agụụLevel 3Feelings Happen to Me

Learn This First

The person comes after the verb and some of these use na-, so the pronouns after a verb and na- come first.

Words in This Pattern

masịagụụụjọ