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== | ==Grammar== | ||
===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
Alvinian inflects nouns for '''number''' (''singular, dual, plural''), '''gender''' (''masculine, feminine, neuter'') and '''case''' (''nominative, genitive, accusative, dative''). The declensions are divided into '''masculine''', '''feminine''' and '''neuter'''. | Alvinian inflects nouns for '''number''' (''singular, dual, plural''), '''gender''' (''masculine, feminine, neuter'') and '''case''' (''nominative, genitive, accusative, dative''). The declensions are divided into '''masculine''', '''feminine''' and '''neuter'''. | ||
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In a sentence with a full pronominal subject or with a referential nominal subject, Subject Clitic has to be realised as well. | In a sentence with a full pronominal subject or with a referential nominal subject, Subject Clitic has to be realised as well. | ||
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!Subject Clitic + Verb | !Subject Clitic + Verb | ||
!Full Pronoun + Subject Clitic + Verb | !Full Pronoun + Subject Clitic + Verb | ||
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|Ela '''''la''''' že | |Ela '''''la''''' že | ||
|Lara '''''la''''' že | |Lara '''''la''''' že | ||
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!Translation | |||
|'''''She''''' is | |||
|She '''''she''''' is | |||
|Lara '''''she''''' is | |||
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In questions the order is inverted: the verb comes before the Subject Clitics and they are written as a single word. | |||
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!Declarative | |||
!Interrogative | |||
!Translation | !Translation | ||
|''''' | |- | ||
| | |'''''La''''' že | ||
| | |Že'''''la'''''? | ||
|'''''She''''' is. --> Is '''''she'''''? | |||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
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