Haoli/Nouns

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Gender

Gender in Haoli pertains to how nouns are declined and gender agreement for articles. Gender of a noun is defined by the vowel of the final syllable.

Neuter Feminine Masculine
i, o e a, u

Root Form

The definition of the Haoli "root form" is the nominative singular form.

Plural Forms

Regular Plurals

Regular plural formation is used for the majority of words in Haoli and is used for all words who have multiple syllables in their root form. The -c suffix is used for nouns ending in vowels and the -Vc suffix is used for nouns ending in consonants. For the -Vc suffix, the vowel depends on the gender of the noun.

-Vc Vowels:

  • Neuter "i"
  • Feminine "e"
  • Masculine "a"

Examples:
fujak "animal" > fujakec "animals"
arin "star" > arinic "stars"
anat "gift" > anatac "gifts"
aga "eye" > agac "eyes"
eski "cube" > eskic "cubes"

Ablaut Plurals

Ablaut plurals are a much smaller subset of nouns. All ablaut plurals have a single syllable in their root form but not all single syllable root nouns are ablaut plurals.

  • o > e
  • a > i
  • e > ej
  • u > aj

Examples:
sar "island" > sir "islands"
ðeg "book" > ðejg "books"
ghoþ "scripture" > gheþ "scriptures"
kuk "place" > kajk "places"

Article Agreement
Note that the gender of the plural form is the same as the root form.

Mass Plurals

Mass plurals are formed by adding the -fen suffix to the root form of the noun.

Examples:
vatas "body of water" -> vatasfen "waters"
tul "wind gust" -> tulfen "wind"

Pronouns

Pronouns
Person Neuter Feminine Masculine
First Person iani iane iana
Second Person kasi kase kasa
Third Person edi ede eda

Cases

Basic Cases

Class of Case Case English Approximation Neuter Feminine Common
Neuter I Neuter II Feminine I Feminine II Common I Common II
Grammatical Nominative cat hao tor ðule kes eldu vatas
Accusative cat haōr toror ðulēr keser eldūr vatasur
Non-Grammatical Dative for/because of the cat haōs toros ðulēs keses eldūs vatasus
Malefactive against/opposed to the cat haomo tormo ðuleme kesme eldumu vatasmu
Adverbial cattily haoko torko ðuleke keske eldku vatasku
Vocative O Cat haogho torgho ðuleghe kesghe eldghu vatasghu
Contrastive as compared to the cat haoto torto ðulete keste eldtu vatastu
Genitive of cat/about cat/cat's haōð toroð ðulēð keseð eldūð vatasuð

Oblique

Class of Case Case English Approximation Neuter Feminine Common
Neuter I Neuter II Feminine I Feminine II Common I Common II
Oblique Translative to being a cat haotos tortos ðuletes kestes eldutus vatastus
Exessive from being a cat haotoso tortoso ðuletese kestese eldutusu vatastusu
Essive as being a cat/like a cat haotosso tortosso ðuletesse kestesse eldutussu vatastussu
Instrumental by use of the cat/with cat haogho torgho ðuleghe kesghe eldughu vatasghu
Prolative by way of the cat haolog torlog ðuleleg kesleg eldulug vataslug

Locative

Class of Case Case English Approximation Neuter Feminine Common
Neuter I Neuter II Feminine I Feminine II Common I Common II
Internal Locative Inessive inside the cat haōlo torolo ðulēle kesele eldūlu vatasulu
Hyperessive deep inside the cat haōllo torollo ðulēlle keselle eldūllu vatasullu
Illative into the cat haōno torono ðulēne kesene eldūnu vatasunu
Hyperlative deep into the cat haōnno toronno ðulēnne kesenne eldūnnu vatasunnu
Elative from inside the cat haōlon torolon ðulēlen keselen eldūlun vatasulun
Hyper-elative from deep inside the cat haōllon torollon ðulēllen kesellen eldūllun vatasullun
Supraperlative throughout the cat haōpo toropo ðulēpe kesepe eldūpu vatasupu
Hyperlative all throughout the cat haōppo toroppo ðulēppe keseppe eldūppu vatasuppu
Perlative through the cat haopo torpo ðulepe kespe eldupu vataspu
Traversal Locative Lative towards the cat, catbound haofon torfon ðulefen kesfen eldufun vatasfun
Superlative onto the cat haojo torjo ðuleje kesje elduju vatasju
Prosecutive along the cat haovon torvon ðuleven kesven elduvun vatasvun
Terminative until the cat (is reached) haoþo torþo ðuleþe kesþe elduþu vatasþu
Exodal Locative Ablative away from the cat haodoþ tordoþ ðuledeþ kesdeþ elduduþ vatasduþ
Antessive far from the cat haonho tornho ðulenhe kesnhe eldunhu vatasnhu
Delative off/down from the cat haolho torlho ðulelhe keslhe eldulhu vataslhu
Eblative (sourced) from the cat haovot torvot ðulevet kesvet elduvut vatasvut
Relational Locative Superessive on (top of) the cat haoho torho ðulehe keshe elduhu vatashu
Supraessive above/over the cat haonot tornot ðulenet kesnet eldunut vatasnut
Comitative (together) with the cat haosot torsot ðuleset kesset eldusut vatassut
Pertingent touching/adjacent to the cat haomho tormho ðulemhme kesmhe eldumhu vatasmhu
Apudessive next to/beside the cat haoðod torðod ðuleðed kesðed elduðud vatasðud
Enclosive on either side of the cat haoþor torþor ðuleþer kesþer elduþur vatasþur
Forbative in front of the cat haoþo torþo ðuleþe kesþe elduþu vatasþu
Locative nearby/not far from the cat haonoþ tornoþ ðuleneþ kesneþ eldunuþ vatasnuþ
Bative behind the cat haovok torvok ðulevek kesvek elduvuk vatasvuk
Transversive beyond the cat haovoj torvoj ðulevej kesvej elduvuj vatasvuj
Circumfrentive surrounded by cat haojor torjor ðulejer kesjer eldujur vatasjur
Situative wrapped in cat haorok torrok ðulerek kesrek elduruk vatasruk
Abessive without the cat haolor torlor ðuleler kesler eldulur vataslur
Intrative between the cat haocok torcok ðulecek kescek elducuk vatascuk
Subessive under the cat haolom torlom ðulelem keslem eldulum vataslum

Temporal

Class of Case Case English Approximation Neuter Feminine Common
Neuter I Neuter II Feminine I Feminine II Common I Common II
Temporal Temporal at the time of the cat haobo torbo ðulebe kesbe eldubu vatasbu
Temporal-Lative since the time of the cat haobon torbon ðuleben kesben eldubun vatasbun
Temporal-Hyper-Transversive long after the time of the cat haoboj torboj ðulebej kesbej eldubuj vatasbuj
Temporal-Terminative up until the time of the cat haobot torbot ðulebet kesbet eldubut vatasbut
Temporal-Hyperbative long before the time of the cat haobor torbor ðuleber kesber eldubur vatasbur