590
edits
Hantza: Difference between revisions
→Nouns
No edit summary |
(→Nouns) |
||
| Line 197: | Line 197: | ||
:''Main article: [[/Nouns|Hantza nouns]]'' | :''Main article: [[/Nouns|Hantza nouns]]'' | ||
The category of "noun" (more properly "nominal") in Hadza encompasses what are thought of in English as nouns, adjectives, pronouns and numerals. Nouns are not marked for case and it is usually only animate nouns that are inflected for plurality. | The category of "noun" (more properly "nominal") in Hadza encompasses what are thought of in English as nouns, attributive adjectives, pronouns and numerals. Nouns are not marked for case and it is usually only animate nouns that are inflected for plurality. | ||
Nouns are inflected for possession by prefixing. Indeed, in some cases this is mandatory (see [[/Nouns#Inalienable possession|inalienable possession]]). | Nouns are inflected for possession by prefixing. Indeed, in some cases this is mandatory (see [[/Nouns#Inalienable possession|inalienable possession]]). | ||
Some nouns are in fact verb phrases that have been nominalised by way of an enclitic. | Some nouns are in fact verb phrases that have been nominalised by way of an enclitic. | ||
What corresponds to adjectives in English - modifiers - are essentially nouns used in apposition and there is no fixed order | |||
Infixes are sometimes used to derive adjective-like nouns from noun-like nouns, e.g. "sandy" from "sand". | Infixes are sometimes used to derive adjective-like nouns from noun-like nouns, e.g. "sandy" from "sand". | ||
Hantza is a head-marking language. | |||
===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||