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Nouns in Knašta have no gender, and are all made plural by adding the suffix ''sin''. | Nouns in Knašta have no gender, and are all made plural by adding the suffix ''sin''. | ||
Nouns are inflected for three cases, nominative, genitive, and locative. The nominative form of the word is unchanged while the genitive form of the word contains the ''ins'' suffix, as seen in the below example. The locative case is formed by adding 'o' (always lowercase) to the beginning of the word, except for the words ''travekatsjon'' (work, job), and ''mazak'' (house). The locative form of these two words is ''a sé travekatsjon'' and ''a sé mazak'', respectively. | Nouns are inflected for three cases, nominative, genitive, and locative. The nominative form of the word is unchanged while the genitive form of the word contains the ''ins'' suffix, as seen in the below example. The locative case is formed by adding 'o', or 'ẁ' (pronounced /w/) if the word begins with a vowel (always lowercase) to the beginning of the word, except for the words ''travekatsjon'' (work, job), and ''mazak'' (house). The locative form of these two words is ''a sé travekatsjon'' and ''a sé mazak'', respectively. | ||
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| people || people's || at, to people | | people || people's || at, to people | ||
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|+ Inflection of ''Adoratsjon'' (Love) | |||
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! scope="col" | | |||
! scope="col" | Nominative | |||
! scope="col" | Genitive | |||
! scope="col" | Locative | |||
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! scope="row" rowspan="2" | Singular | |||
| adoratsjon || adoratsjon-ins || ẁadoratsjon | |||
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| love || love's || at, in, to love | |||
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! scope="row" rowspan="2"| Plural | |||
| adoratsjonsin || adoratsjonsin-ins || ẁadoratsjonsin | |||
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| loves || of loves || at, in, to loves | |||
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===== Locative Case ===== | |||
The locative case is sometimes referred to as the ''locative-allative'' case, because it many expressions it can be used to express motion toward: | |||
'''Gróþkatsa-link oTsyna''' | |||
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go-1PL-PRE-PROG LOC-China (We are going to China) | |||
'''Doneknés lot ẁíl''' | |||
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give-2SG 3SG LOC-3SG (Give it to him) | |||
However, where both a static location and motion are given in the same phrase, the locative case is ''only'' used for the static location, with the word ''el'' being used to describe the motion: | |||
'''Gróþkatsa-link el Beijing oTsyna''' | |||
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go-1PL-PRE-PROG to Beijing LOC-China (We are going to Beijing in China) | |||
====Pronouns==== | ====Pronouns==== | ||