Dhivehi (Maldivian)

activity addition adjectives adverbial function aharen aspect Atoll basic causative child close common Compare complements consist consonant constructions contrast dative derived determined Dhivehi dialect difference distinction double causatives Dravidian equational example final finite fish focus Friend Gair gemination Gerund give given Hassan Historical human illustrate IN-verbs indefinite indicate Indo-Aryan Indo-Aryan languages inflected initial intransitive involitive island Jaffna languages letter locative look Maldives Maldivian Malé marked marker matrix meaning morpheme mouth neutral nominal Note noun phrases numeral objects occur participle particle past pattern person plural polite preceding predicate present progressive pronouns question referents relation relative clauses require respectively result s)he sentences Sinhala speech Sri Lanka stem striking suffix syllable Table teeth temporal tense Thaana thing transitive various verbal verbs vowel writing