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==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
<!-- "līzayâ mīkuredân(a) rucukayim" el vœur dì "preferissi scriv cont ona penna", rucuka- a l'è ciappaa del russ, īkure- del franzes (écrir) lī- l'è la primma persona singolara, m- -dân el infinitiv/nomm verbal, zayâ el vœur dì "preferì", l'è nativ --> | <!-- "līzayâ mīkuredân(a) rucukayim" el vœur dì "preferissi scriv cont ona penna", rucuka- a l'è ciappaa del russ, īkure- del franzes (écrir) lī- l'è la primma persona singolara, m- -dân el infinitiv/nomm verbal, zayâ el vœur dì "preferì", l'è nativ --> | ||
===Adjectives=== | |||
Tameï adjectives are much less inflected than nouns. They distinguish the three genders in the singular, only two in the plural (masculine-feminine vs. neuter), and for case they only inflect for nominative vs. oblique. In the oblique, there is only one form for the singular and one for the masculine-feminine plural, and the neuter plural is the same as in the nominative. | |||
There are four different patterns depending on the adjective's ending in the masculine singular nominative: one for those which end in consonants (incl. ''-ey'' and ''-ow''), one for those in front vowels or ''-a'' (but not ''-i''), one for those in back vowels, and one for those in ''-i'' (but not ''-ī''). | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan=3 | !! colspan=5 | Pattern 1 (consonants)<br/>''esulamur'' (Islamic) !! colspan=5 | Pattern 2 (front vowels or ''-a'')<br/>''feyza'' (red) | |||
|- | |||
! colspan=3 | Singular !! colspan=2 | Plural !! colspan=3 | Singular !! colspan=2 | Plural | |||
|- | |||
! Masculine !! Feminine !! Neuter !! Masc. & Fem. !! Neuter !! Masculine !! Feminine !! Neuter !! Masc. & Fem. !! Neuter | |||
|- | |||
! Nominative | |||
| esulamur || esulamurâ || esulamurow || esulamurye || rowspan=2 | esulamurâna || feyza || feyzeâ || feyzow || feyziwe || rowspan=2 | feyzâna | |||
|- | |||
! Oblique | |||
| colspan=3 | esulamurūn || esulamurīnya || colspan=3 | feyzūn || feyzīnya | |||
|} | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan=3 | !! colspan=5 | Pattern 3 (back vowels)<br/>''bozorugu'' (saint) !! colspan=5 | Pattern 4 (''-i'')<br/>''tamei'' (Tameï) | |||
|- | |||
! colspan=3 | Singular !! colspan=2 | Plural !! colspan=3 | Singular !! colspan=2 | Plural | |||
|- | |||
! Masculine !! Feminine !! Neuter !! Masc. & Fem. !! Neuter !! Masculine !! Feminine !! Neuter !! Masc. & Fem. !! Neuter | |||
|- | |||
! Nominative | |||
| bozorugu || bozoruguwâ || bozorugunu || bozorugunywe || rowspan=2 | bozorugowna || tamei || tameiyâ || tameiyow || tameinywe || rowspan=2 | tameinyân | |||
|- | |||
! Oblique | |||
| colspan=3 | bozorugūn || bozorugunya || colspan=3 | tameiyūn || tameinya | |||
|} | |||
The ''mâ'' genitive particle does not require the oblique form if it appears before the adjective (thus after a noun), but, if the adjective is the first word in the sentence, ''mâ'' can't be placed before it and the adjective needs to be in oblique form, e.g.: | |||
: ''kūlūnyäp′ämīnya tameinya mâ neyny purawitelisutuwo'' "Colonial-era Tameï Islands' government" | |||
: ''purawitelisutuwo mâ kūlūnyäp′ämiwe mâ tameinywe mâ neyny'' "government of the colonial-era Tameï Islands" | |||
===Numerals=== | ===Numerals=== | ||
Tameï has a base 10 numeral system with a moderate complexity given by the fact that, due to historical changes, most of the individual numbers between 1 and 100 are irregular - there are some patterns but also many numbers with unexpected forms. | Tameï has a base 10 numeral system with a moderate complexity given by the fact that, due to historical changes, most of the individual numbers between 1 and 100 are irregular - there are some patterns but also many numbers with unexpected forms. | ||