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=====Agent and patient nouns===== | =====Agent and patient nouns===== | ||
Agent nouns are formed with the following suffixes: | Agent nouns are formed with the following suffixes: | ||
*''-a'' (prefix conjugation: ''y-a'') (''m.''), ''-tu'' (prefix conjugation: ''t-u'') (''f./pl.'') - e.g. ''sheena/sheentu'' "giver", ''yarka/tarku'' "seer", ''casa/castu'' "red person/thing" | *''-a'' (prefix conjugation: ''y-a'') (''m.''), ''-tu'' (prefix conjugation: ''t-u'') (''f./pl.'') - e.g. ''sheena/sheentu'' "giver", ''yarka/tarku'' "seer", ''casa/castu'' "red person/thing". The verbs ''(sh)e'' "to be" and ''le'' "to have" are irregular in this regard: they attach to the previous word and use the suffix ''-e'' (for both genders) - e.g. ''bidaar(a) le'' "he/she is bald" (literally: "he/she has baldness") → ''bidaarle'' "bald person"; ''miskiina e'' "he/she is a poor person" → ''miskiine'' "person who is a poor person" | ||
*''-eeya'' (''unmarked/collective''), ''-eesha'' (''m., sg.''), ''-eeti'' (''f., sg.'') - e.g. ''sheeneesha'' "giver (''m.'')", ''arkeeti'' "seer (''f.'')", ''caseeya'' "red people/things" | *''-eeya'' (''unmarked/collective''), ''-eesha'' (''m., sg.''), ''-eeti'' (''f., sg.'') - e.g. ''sheeneesha'' "giver (''m.'')", ''arkeeti'' "seer (''f.'')", ''caseeya'' "red people/things" | ||