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=== Nouns === | === Nouns === | ||
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Poereim /'pojim/ "Open" nouns - roots ending in a vowel | |||
Gandrom "Closed" nouns | |||
Strong-N Nouns: roots with final -n in all conjugations | |||
Weak-N Nouns: roots where -n surfaces in some conjugations | |||
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==== Gender ==== | ==== Gender ==== | ||
Modern Tarkandamonian does not distinguish gender, although a masculine-feminine distinction existed up until the 15th century. Masculine nouns were marked with the suffix -e-, whilst feminine nouns were marked with the suffix -i. Traces of the old gender system in Modern Tarkandamonian survive as irregularities in the number system, particularly in words indicating body parts and a few high-frequency or culturally significant words, where the original ''-I'' feminine marker surfaces (c.f. ''karan -> karandokon'' /'kangon/ “hammers”, vs. ''baralt -> baraldokin'' /'baʒgin/ “ears”). | Modern Tarkandamonian does not distinguish gender, although a masculine-feminine distinction existed up until the 15th century. Masculine nouns were marked with the suffix -e-, whilst feminine nouns were marked with the suffix -i. Traces of the old gender system in Modern Tarkandamonian survive as irregularities in the number system, particularly in words indicating body parts and a few high-frequency or culturally significant words, where the original ''-I'' feminine marker surfaces (c.f. ''karan -> karandokon'' /'kangon/ “hammers”, vs. ''baralt -> baraldokin'' /'baʒgin/ “ears”). | ||
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==== Case ==== | ==== Case ==== | ||
Tarkandamonian has only two formal cases, a direct case and a construct case. The direct case represents both the subject and the object, differentiated by word order. The construct case marks the dependent noun argument in possessive phrases. | Tarkandamonian has only two formal cases, a direct case and a construct case. The direct case represents both the subject and the object, differentiated by word order. The construct case marks the dependent noun argument in possessive phrases, and serve as the dependents of prepositions. | ||
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| -dokon | | -dokon | ||
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*bori - bori | *bori - bori<u>dokon</u> /'boʒgon/ | ||
*zugum /'d͡ʒɛm/ - zegum | *zugum /'d͡ʒɛm/ - zegum<u>dokon</u> /'d͡ʒɛnkon/ | ||
*ravarn /ɾa'van/ - ravarn | *ravarn /ɾa'van/ - ravarn<u>dokon</u> /ɾa'vankon/ | ||
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*temple - temples | *temple - temples | ||
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| -don | | -don | ||
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*bori | *bori<u>na</u> /boɾn/ - bori<u>don</u> /'boʒon/ | ||
*zuge | *zuge<u>na</u> /d͡ʒɛn/ - zuge<u>don</u> /'d͡ʒɛndon/ | ||
*ravarn | *ravarn<u>a</u> /ɾa'vana/ - ravarn<u>don</u> /ɾa'vandon/ | ||
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* of/belonging to the temple - of/belonging to the temples | * of/belonging to the temple - of/belonging to the temples | ||