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====Nouns==== | ====Nouns==== | ||
Nouns are relatively simple, being marked for possession and number. The only major difference between animate and inanimate nouns is that only animate nouns may be pluralised. Inanimate nouns need to use a periphrastic construction to express plurality. | Nouns are relatively simple, being marked for possession and number. The only major difference between animate and inanimate nouns is that only animate nouns may be pluralised. Inanimate nouns need to use a periphrastic construction to express plurality. | ||
'''Number''' | |||
Animate nouns are pluralised simply by affixing the correct prefix or circumfix, which in turn varies depending on whether the noun refers to a human or not, on whether the noun is respected by the speaker. | |||
For all parts where a V is written, replace this with the same vowel that is found in the word. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
! | |||
!human | |||
!non-human | |||
|- | |||
|{{sc|neutral}}||-míít||-ta | |||
|- | |||
|{{sc|respective}}||Vz-_-t||Vr-_-ta | |||
|- | |||
|{{sc|disrespective}}||Vl-_-t||Vm-_-ta | |||
|} | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|||''tak'' chief|| ''ḡààj'' elk | |||
|- | |||
! | |||
!human | |||
!non-human | |||
|- | |||
|{{sc|neutral}}||tagmíít ''rulers''||ḡààt́a ''elks'' | |||
|- | |||
|{{sc|respective}}||assaht ''just rulers''||àrkààt́a ''noble elks'' | |||
|- | |||
|{{sc|disrespective}}||allaht ''treacherous rulers''||àmḡààt́a ''wretched elks'' | |||
|} | |||
'''Possession''' | '''Possession''' | ||