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** When compounding a verb with an adjective, the order is the same as with a noun (verb then adjective), but ''[[Contionary: -ng#Brooding|-ng]]'' is added to the end of the word to satisfy the verb form. | ** When compounding a verb with an adjective, the order is the same as with a noun (verb then adjective), but ''[[Contionary: -ng#Brooding|-ng]]'' is added to the end of the word to satisfy the verb form. | ||
=== Special | === Special Compound Noun Forms === | ||
There are a few special compound forms with specific meanings that work with noun-noun compounds. | There are a few special compound forms with specific meanings that work with noun-noun compounds. | ||
==== Possessive | ==== Possessive Compounds ==== | ||
To make compounds that indicate a noun in possession of a noun, you compound the core word with the possessive form of the possessor noun. For example, “cow’s foot” would be ''[[Contionary: foolshem#Brooding|foolshem]]'' (possessive form of ''[[Contionary: foos#Brooding|foos]]'': ''[[Contionary: fools#Brooding|fools]]'' + ''[[Contionary: hem#Brooding|hem]]''). Note that the word is pronounced ''fools-hem'', not ''fool-shem''. | To make compounds that indicate a noun in possession of a noun, you compound the core word with the possessive form of the possessor noun. For example, “cow’s foot” would be ''[[Contionary: foolshem#Brooding|foolshem]]'' (possessive form of ''[[Contionary: foos#Brooding|foos]]'': ''[[Contionary: fools#Brooding|fools]]'' + ''[[Contionary: hem#Brooding|hem]]''). Note that the word is pronounced ''fools-hem'', not ''fool-shem''. | ||
==== Conjunctive | ==== Attributive Noun Compounds ==== | ||
Similarly, two nouns may be joined together if one of them is converted to an adjective. For instance, ''[[Contionary: foolshem#Brooding|foolshem]]'', above, may also be rendered as ''[[Contionary: foos#Brooding|foos]]'' + ''[[Contionary: -ee#Brooding|-ee]]'' + ''[[Contionary: hem#Brooding|hem]]'': ‘“cow-ish” or bovine foot’. (This isn't always an alternative to the possessive form, so use with care!). | |||
Another common example of attributive compounds is the word for ‘moonlight’: In this case, the word for ‘light’ or ‘brightness’, ''[[Contionary: spaad#Brooding|spaad]]'', is already derived from an adjective, ''[[Contionary: spaa#Brooding|spaa]]'', so you only need to remove the nominalizer '''d''' to adjectivize it: ''[[Contionary: spaazool#Brooding|spaazool]]''; rather than adding an additional adjectivizer **''spaadeezool''. Don’t worry, though: Although it is not the most efficient or concise form, and it might not be “technically” (the best kind of) correct, it is not going to change the meaning or lead to any kind of confusion. It is not very different from back-forming verbs like “orientate” or “conversate” in English. All manner of things will be okay. | |||
It is also technically correct to render ‘moonlight’ as ''zoolil-spaad'' using the possessive compounding formula above, but frequent combinations usually have set forms and may sound odd, just as “moon’s-light” sounds a bit strange in English compared to “moonlight”. | |||
==== Conjunctive Compounds ==== | |||
There is a special way of compounding nouns to mean x and y. It’s similar to English constructions like ‘salt and pepper’, but packing it into a single word. You connect the words with the i sound. You can use regular conjunctions, of course. However, by building a single compound word, the two concepts are tied very tightly. | There is a special way of compounding nouns to mean x and y. It’s similar to English constructions like ‘salt and pepper’, but packing it into a single word. You connect the words with the i sound. You can use regular conjunctions, of course. However, by building a single compound word, the two concepts are tied very tightly. | ||