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===Morphophonology=== | ===Morphophonology=== | ||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
===Nouns=== | |||
Arnic nouns are inflected by number, animacy and case. | |||
< | ====Animacy==== | ||
All nouns are categorised by animacy: either animate or inanimate. Case markings for nouns and pronouns change based on the animacy of a noun. As an example, take the noun ''meshal''("man"). ''Meshal'' is animate, so the surrounding case markings change as so: | |||
: '''''Yach''' meshal damoch'''elin''' madai.'' | |||
: <small>DEM</small>.<small>APUD</small>.<small>SG</small>.<small>ANIM</small> man-<small>NOM</small> food-<small>ANIM</small>-<small>ACC</small> eat-<small>PRES</small>. | |||
: This man eats food. | |||
If ''meshal'' were an inanimate word, the noun case would be as so: | |||
: '''''Reh''' meshal damoch'''arin''' madai.'' | |||
: <small>DEM</small>.<small>APUD</small>.<small>SG</small>.<small>INAN</small> man-<small>NOM</small> food-<small>INAN</small>-<small>ACC</small> eat-<small>PRES</small>. | |||
: This man(inanimate) eats food. | |||
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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== |
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