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===Modes=== | ===Modes=== | ||
Tũka has two "modes": the '''agglutinative''' and '''isolating''' mode. | Tũka has two "modes": the '''agglutinative''' and '''isolating''' mode. | ||
===Isolating=== | |||
The isolating mode is the most commonly used mode in Tũka. It is a mode where information such as grammatical number, noun case and/or verb tense are represented by independent particles, like ''i'' or ''ũ''. | |||
====Agglutinative==== | ====Agglutinative==== | ||
The agglutinative mode is when instead of noun case and verb tense being inferred through preceding particles, such as ''i'' or ''lu'', verb tense and noun case are inferred via suffixes to the verb or noun in question. This is less used than the isolating mode, but it can still be used and is often used to characterise a polite way of talking. Thus, it is often called the equivalent of a "polite register" in Tũka. | The agglutinative mode is when instead of noun case and verb tense being inferred through preceding particles, such as ''i'' or ''lu'', verb tense and noun case are inferred via suffixes to the verb or noun in question. This is less used than the isolating mode, but it can still be used and is often used to characterise a polite way of talking. Thus, it is often called the equivalent of a "polite register" in Tũka. | ||
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|+ Agglutinative suffixes for genitive, dative & locative | |+ Agglutinative suffixes for genitive, dative & locative | ||
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! !! | ! rowspan=2 colspan=2 | !! colspan=3 | Case | ||
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! Genitive !! Dative !! Locative | |||
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! rowspan=3 | Number | |||
! Singular | ! Singular | ||
| ''-il'' || ''-yã'' || ''-ĩtu'' | | ''-il'' || ''-yã'' || ''-ĩtu'' | ||
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|+ Tũka grammatical number particles | |+ Tũka grammatical number particles | ||
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! rowspan=2 colspan=2 | !! colspan=3 | | ! rowspan=2 colspan=2 | !! colspan=3 | Number | ||
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! Singular !! Dual !! Plural | ! Singular !! Dual !! Plural | ||