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==== Declension ==== | ==== Declension ==== | ||
Nouns are declined in four cases, which are found in a subordinate and a coordinate form each. The total number of cases is therefore eight. | Nouns are declined in four cases, which are found in a subordinate and a coordinate form each. The total number of cases is therefore eight. | ||
The case suffixes and their exemplary application to the noun '' | The case suffixes and their exemplary application to the noun ''fales'' (tongue) are given in the following table: | ||
{|class="wikitable" | {|class="wikitable" | ||
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!Absolutive | !Absolutive | ||
|style="text-align:center;"|∅ | |style="text-align:center;"|∅ | ||
| | |fales | ||
|style="text-align:center;"|*ħ | |style="text-align:center;"|*ħ | ||
| | |falsi | ||
|- | |- | ||
!Dative | !Dative | ||
|style="text-align:center;"|a | |style="text-align:center;"|a | ||
| | |falesa | ||
|style="text-align:center;"|ä | |style="text-align:center;"|ä | ||
| | |falesä | ||
|- | |- | ||
!Locative | !Locative | ||
|style="text-align:center;"|e | |style="text-align:center;"|e | ||
| | |falese | ||
|style="text-align:center;"|i | |style="text-align:center;"|i | ||
| | |falesi | ||
|- | |- | ||
!Ablative | !Ablative | ||
|style="text-align:center;"|o | |style="text-align:center;"|o | ||
| | |faleso | ||
|style="text-align:center;"|u | |style="text-align:center;"|u | ||
| | |falesu | ||
|} | |} | ||
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Some nouns undergo vowel changes when taking the case suffixes. The origin of this vowel change is explained in [[#Old Katäfalsen|Old Katäfalsen]]. | Some nouns undergo vowel changes when taking the case suffixes. The origin of this vowel change is explained in [[#Old Katäfalsen|Old Katäfalsen]]. | ||
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==== Postpositions ==== | ==== Postpositions ==== | ||