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There are a multitude of declensional classes in the Hrasic languages, below are the four most common ones. These decline with either a marked dual-collective or a marked singulative number. | There are a multitude of declensional classes in the Hrasic languages, below are the four most common ones. These decline with either a marked dual-collective or a marked singulative number. | ||
===== | =====Animate unmarked collective===== | ||
In the animate gender ({{sc|an}}), most of the times the collective goes unmarked. | In the animate gender ({{sc|an}}), most of the times the collective goes unmarked. Nouns in this class are called "animate unmarked collectives" ({{sc|unm.an}}). | ||
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|pig.{{sc| | |pig.{{sc|unm.an}} | ||
| -{{sc|nom.sg.}} | | -{{sc|nom.sg.}} | ||
! | ! | ||
|pig.{{sc| | |pig.{{sc|unm.an}} | ||
| -{{sc|nom.dc.}} | | -{{sc|nom.dc.}} | ||
! | ! | ||
|pig.{{sc| | |pig.{{sc|unm.an}} | ||
| -{{sc|nom.pl.}} | | -{{sc|nom.pl.}} | ||
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===== | =====Animate marked collective===== | ||
Not all animates have a marked singulative, however. The second class of animate nouns ({{sc| | Not all animates have a marked singulative, however. The second class of animate nouns ({{sc|ma.an}}) has a marked collective instead. | ||
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| colspan="2"|/ | | colspan="2"|/ˈtɪænʊ/ | ||
! | ! | ||
| colspan="2"|/ | | colspan="2"|/əˈtɪænʊ/ | ||
! | ! | ||
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|man.{{sc| | |man.{{sc|ma.an}} | ||
| -{{sc|nom.sg.}} | | -{{sc|nom.sg.}} | ||
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| {{sc|nom.dc.}}- | | {{sc|nom.dc.}}- | ||
|man.{{sc| | |man.{{sc|ma.an}} | ||
! | ! | ||
|man.{{sc| | |man.{{sc|ma.an}} | ||
| -{{sc|nom.pl}} | | -{{sc|nom.pl}} | ||
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===== | =====Inanimate unmarked collective===== | ||
The first class of inanimates ({{sc| | The first class of inanimates ({{sc|unm.inan}}) has an unmarked collective. Nouns in this class are often [[w:collective nouns|collective nouns]]. | ||
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|wheat.{{sc| | |wheat.{{sc|unm.inan}} | ||
| -{{sc|nom.sg.}} | | -{{sc|nom.sg.}} | ||
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|wheat.{{sc| | |wheat.{{sc|unm.inan}} | ||
| -{{sc|nom.dc.}} | | -{{sc|nom.dc.}} | ||
! | ! | ||
|wheat.{{sc| | |wheat.{{sc|unm.inan}} | ||
| -{{sc|nom.pl}} | | -{{sc|nom.pl}} | ||
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===== | =====Inanimate marked collective===== | ||
Amongst the second class of inanimate nouns ({{sc|ma.inan}}), the singulative most often goes unmarked, just like the second class of animates. | |||
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|box.{{sc| | |box.{{sc|ma.inan}} | ||
| -{{sc|nom.sg.}} | | -{{sc|nom.sg.}} | ||
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| {{sc|nom.dc.}}- | | {{sc|nom.dc.}}- | ||
|box.{{sc| | |box.{{sc|ma.inan}} | ||
! | ! | ||
|box.{{sc| | |box.{{sc|ma.inan}} | ||
| -{{sc|nom.pl}} | | -{{sc|nom.pl}} | ||