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possessive prefix + nominal or verbal root + postbase + number suffix or demonstrative suffix + case suffix + vector suffix
possessive prefix + nominal or verbal root + postbase + number suffix or demonstrative suffix + case suffix + vector suffix
====Gender====
Tecklovian has two genders: animate and inanimate. The animate refers to people, mammals, birds, reptiles and large predatory fish. All other organisms and all objects belong to the inanimate gender. Nouns have no morphological marker for gender but there is gender concord with third person pronouns, third person possessive prefixes and third person pronominal markers on verbs.


====Number====
====Number====
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4) Indicates the comparative
4) Indicates the comparative
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| Comitative || COM || -dme||1) Marks physical proximity or social connection to someone
| Comitative || COM || -dwe||1) Marks physical proximity or social connection to someone


2) Indicates collaborative effort with someone in a joint activity
2) Indicates collaborative effort with someone in a joint activity
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3) Marks reciprocicity
3) Marks reciprocicity
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| Locative || LOC || -ted||1) Indicates place where
| Locative || LOC || -tla||1) Indicates place where


2) Marks time when
2) Marks time when
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3) The nominative case suffix for all pronouns is -m(e).




4) Forms with a parenthesised final vowel drop that vowel if preceded by a vowel.
3) Forms with a parenthesised final vowel drop that vowel if preceded by a vowel.


====Pronouns====
====Pronouns====