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The definite article is a suffix ''-me'' for nouns ending in a V and ''-ime'' for nouns ending in a C: ''duuvooŋ'' 'a teacher', ''duuvooŋime'', 'the teacher'. | The definite article is a suffix ''-me'' for nouns ending in a V and ''-ime'' for nouns ending in a C: ''duuvooŋ'' 'a teacher', ''duuvooŋime'', 'the teacher'. | ||
Feminine nouns must undergo lenition in the singular: ''k: | Feminine nouns must undergo lenition in the singular: ''k:xuuþ'' 'an animal', ''k:xuuþime'' 'the animal'. | ||
The plural suffix marked as follows: | The plural suffix marked as follows: | ||
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===Copula=== | ===Copula=== | ||
Äivö has a copula '' | Äivö has a copula ''läð'' which inflects regularly in the present tense. | ||
As in Welsh, the copula is also used with progressive verbs: '' | As in Welsh, the copula is also used with progressive verbs: ''Läð duuvooŋime de ientäx.'' "The teacher (male) is sleeping." | ||
===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||
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The verbal noun is much more regular than in Tíogall, and is consistently marked with ''- | The verbal noun is much more regular than in Tíogall, and is consistently marked with ''-ax''/''-äx''. | ||
Äivö is not split-ergative, unlike Tíogall. | Äivö is not split-ergative, unlike Tíogall. | ||