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=== Number === | === Number === | ||
=== Case === | === Case === | ||
Nahónda distinguishes two core cases, agent and patient, and one oblique case, the genitive. The Patient case is unmarked and serves as the direct object of most transitive verbs, and the subject of stative verbs. The Genitive serves not only to mark possessors, but as the recipient with donor verbs (e.g. ''wíkhaŋ nitsa'' | |||
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" | {| class="bluetable lightbluebg" | ||
|+ ''' | |+ '''Nahónda Case Markers''' | ||
! | ! | ||
! colspan="2"| | ! colspan="2"|Suffix | ||
! colspan="2"| | ! colspan="2"|Sample Paradigm | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! | ||
! Singular | ! Singular | ||
! Plural | ! Plural | ||
! | ! Singular | ||
! | ! Plural | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Agent | ! Agent | ||
| -hi | | -hi | ||
| -hipi | | -hipi | ||
| | | šúnkawakáne-hi | ||
| | | šúnkawakáne-hipi | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Patient | ! Patient | ||
| -∅ | | -∅ | ||
| -pi | | -pi | ||
| | | šúnkawakáne | ||
| | | šúnkawakáne-pi | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Genitive | ! Genitive | ||
| -da | | -da | ||
| -dapi | | -dapi | ||
| | | šúnkawakáneda | ||
| | | šúnkawakáne-dapi | ||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||