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===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
Enkesh nouns are agglutinates of basic words, a bit like how some German words are constructed(such as German ''Fernseher'', "television", lit. "far-seer"). An Enkesh example of this would be a word like ''[[Contionary:otiqaöpinád|otiqaöpinád]]'', meaning "front yard/lawn", which is comprised of the words ''[[Contionary:otiqa|otiqa]]''(green), ''[[Contionary:öpin|öpin]]''(front, front-facing), and the locative case suffix ''-ád'', so, a literal translation would be ''green-front-<small>LOC</small>''. | Enkesh nouns are agglutinates of basic words, a bit like how some German words are constructed(such as German ''Fernseher'', "television", lit. "far-seer"). An Enkesh example of this would be a word like ''[[Contionary:otiqaöpinád|otiqaöpinád]]'', meaning "front yard/lawn", which is comprised of the words ''[[Contionary:otiqa|otiqa]]''(green), ''[[Contionary:öpin|öpin]]''(front, front-facing), and the locative case suffix ''-ád'', so, a literal translation would be ''green-front-<small>LOC</small>''. | ||
====Adjectives==== | |||
Like verbs, adjectives have strong and weak forms. Weak forms end in ''-a'', and strong forms have their own irregular ending. However, one thing they all have in common is that alongside their ending, they have a case ending correlating to the noun they describe, although this rule is null in agglutinate words. They are also always placed before the noun. | |||
* ''Nawé'''iw''' Budhak'''iw''' ya.'' ("Big Buddha exists.") | |||
* ''Khána döpaz'''né''' śukullan'''né'''.'' ("I like little chocolates") | |||
====Cases==== | ====Cases==== | ||
Enkesh uses noun case declensions to describe nouns. Of these, Enkesh has six noun cases: the '''nominative''', '''ergative''', '''accusative''', '''dative''', '''genitive''' and '''locative'''. All of them, excluding the nominative, are indicated using a distinct suffix. | Enkesh uses noun case declensions to describe nouns. Of these, Enkesh has six noun cases: the '''nominative''', '''ergative''', '''accusative''', '''dative''', '''genitive''' and '''locative'''. All of them, excluding the nominative, are indicated using a distinct suffix. | ||