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| ==Morphology== | | ==Morphology== |
| ===Nouns===
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| Nouns have 6 cases: nominative, accusative, genitive, dative, instrumental, and locative.
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| ===Verbs===
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| The present, past and future tenses are ''be-'', ''ki-'' and ''sa-'' respectively. The present tense is also used as a timeless tense.
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| '''''Kimežov ma-šmer la-detkvisi.'''''
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| PAST-find NOM.DEF-man ACC.DEF limestone
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| ''The man who found the limestone.''
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| Verbs do not inflect for person but they do inflect for number (except for the copula): the plural suffix is ''-eba''.
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| The negative suffix is ''-tso'', and when fused with the plural it becomes ''-sa''. The negative form of the copula is ''tso'', which is the same in the plural.
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| Participial forms are used in the perfect and progressive aspects.
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| ==Syntax== | | ==Syntax== |