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Nouns inflect for definiteness, number and case. The definite suffix is ''-ide'' or ''-id-'' when followed by another suffix. | Nouns inflect for definiteness, number and case. The definite suffix is ''-ide'' or ''-id-'' when followed by another suffix. | ||
There is a distinction between inalienable and alienable possession: the former uses ''-yl'' and the latter uses ''-ol''. | |||
There are three tenses in Phormatolidin: past, non-past and gnomic. The non-past ending is ''-phen'' (related to the Clofabosin agentive ''-fen''), and the past ending is ''-zole''. The gnomic ending is ''-til'', cognate to the gnomic attributive ending ''-tril'' in Clofabosin. | |||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||