Grammar

There are eight (8) parts of speech;-

(1) Verbs
There are up to five forms for each verb;-                                           

 i) Root, 

ii) third-person singular, 

iii) present participle, 

iv) past,

v) past participle.

i) Root

ii) Third Person Singular 

Third Person Singular Form of a Verb in Lango are words that end with o. 

iii) Present Participle 

They are identified by the word tye a.

iv) Past 

They start with O or A. When O is used it means that it is he/she but when A is used it means I/me.

v) Past participle 

They are formed by adding ed or d to the end of the root form of the verb.

For example;

An action

An event

A situation

A change

(2) Adverbs
Adverbs in Lango are words that are repeated. 

In English, they are the words that end with -ly.

Adverbs in Lango can also be joined by the word and (kede).

(3) Adjectives 

Are words that describe the qualities or state of being of nouns.

For example: 

enormous, doglike, silly, yellow, fun, fast. 

They can also describe the quantity of nouns: 

For example:

many, few, millions, eleven.

Adjectives in the past.

Adjectives in present continuous.

(4) Nouns
A noun is a word that names something: either a person, place, or thing.

a) Singular nouns.

b) Plural nouns.

c) Countable nouns.
Countable nouns are added with;- gi, me, and joo to it to sound many. 

In English,it is adding words like a, an, and some. 

d) Uncountable nouns.

(5) Pronouns.
Pronouns are used in place of nouns.

a) Personal pronouns.

b) Possessive pronouns.

c) Relative pronouns.

d) Demonstrative pronouns.

e) Emphatic pronouns.

f) Reflexive pronouns.

g) Indefinite pronouns.

h) Interrogative pronouns.

i) Reciprical pronouns.

(6) Articles
Articles are words that define a noun as specific or unspecific. There are two types of Articles e.g. definite and indefinite.

The articles

a) Definite article
The definite article is the word the (en,me,a in Lango).

The definite article can be used with singular, plural, or uncountable nouns.

Using article the in sentence

b) Indefinite Article
The indefinite article takes two forms. 

It's the word a when it precedes a word that begins with a consonant. It's the word an when it precedes a word that begins with a vowel. 

In Lango,the indefinite words are a and an and they are used interchangeably.

Using article a or an in sentence

b) Article with uncountable noun.

For example

Some is moro in Lango language.
Uncountable nouns are nouns not so easy to count for instance sand, water, light. 

Uncountable nouns use the word some in place of the, a and an. In Lango, some is translated as moro.

(6) Conjunctions/ Junctions
A conjunction is a part of speech that is used to connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences.

For example; And, As, Because, But, For, Just as, Or, Neither, Nor, Not only, So, Whether and Yet.

Constructing sentences

(7) Interjections
An interjection is a word that you throw in between sentences or thoughts to express a sudden feeling. 

These words include;- 

wow!, what? ooh! etc. 

Interjection words in Lango include;- 

eeeee!, Wudoo!, ito! Acoo bee, enooo, kur kong,oidooo etc.

(8) Prepositions
Words that join sentences together.

Preposition
Preposition are; in, on, at, under in English.

They are; i, i ceng, ikare,i te in Lango language.
 

In (i).

On (i ceng).

At (i kare)

Under (i te)