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The direct case is used for nouns in both agent and patient roles. The construct case principally marks the possessum of a possessive noun phrase, although certain prepositions that can be etymologically traced to body part and location nouns also require the construct case. The oblique case appears in nouns preceded by prepositions, although the oblique case also marks subjects of a closed set of verbs indicating cognition, emotion, and perception. | The direct case is used for nouns in both agent and patient roles. The construct case principally marks the possessum of a possessive noun phrase, although certain prepositions that can be etymologically traced to body part and location nouns also require the construct case. The oblique case appears in nouns preceded by prepositions, although the oblique case also marks subjects of a closed set of verbs indicating cognition, emotion, and perception. | ||
Indeclinable nouns make a number distinction only. Number marking can be either a singular-plural distinction, as in ''cambis'' "idea", or a singulative-collective one, as in ''rena'' "grain". | |||
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" | |||
|- | |||
! | |||
! Default | |||
! Marked | |||
|- | |||
! Consonant-Final | |||
| cambis (sg) | |||
| cambisa (pl) | |||
|- | |||
! Vowel-Final | |||
| rena (collective) | |||
| renaia (singulative) | |||
|} | |||
== Verbs == | == Verbs == | ||