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*weil = then, so, therefore | *weil = then, so, therefore | ||
*bloß = because | *bloß = because | ||
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===Nouns=== | |||
Hmooby-Doo nouns do not inflect for number but take possessive prefixes for ''inalienable'' possession. Hmooby-Doo nouns can take classifiers which serve many functions. Classifiers with possessive prefixes mark ''alienable'' possession. | |||
Inalienable possession is most commonly used for family members ('the boy's mother'), body parts ('my arm') and inherent properties ('the prime factorization of 760') but may used for other nuances as well. As an example, ''vae-raev eotijin'' (with alienable possession) would be the usual way of saying 'my proof' (i.e. the proof that I devised of a mathematical statement), while ''vae-eotijin'' (using inalienable possession) suggests a more special or unique relationship, e.g. I am the one who originally proved the theorem. | |||
Hmooby-Doo uses a possessive prefix, either on a classifier placed before the possessum (classifiers are also used as definite articles) for alienable possession or directly on the possessum for inalienable possession. | |||
Examples: | |||
:''Teuk sju-raev hundeofin'' = the man's song (e.g. a song that he is singing) | |||
:''Teuk sju-hundeofin'' = the man's song (i.e. a song authored by him) | |||
:''Xi-ne zjeosm'' = my wife | |||
:''*Xi-zjeosm'' | |||
:''Xi-bjaeng'' = my father | |||
:''?Xi-ne bjaeng'' = the father assigned to me (?) | |||
The possessive prefixes are as follows (they're always hyphenated): | |||
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style=" text-align: center;" | |||
|+ Possessive prefixes | |||
|- | |||
!| | |||
!style="width: 125px; "|Singular | |||
!style="width: 125px; "|Plural | |||
|- | |||
!|1 (informal) | |||
|''xjeo-'' | |||
|''tseo-'' | |||
|- | |||
!|1 (formal) | |||
|colspan="2"|''vae-'' | |||
|- | |||
!|2 (informal) | |||
|''lju-'' | |||
|''krjeo-'' | |||
|- | |||
!|2 (formal) | |||
|colspan="2"|''za-'' | |||
|- | |||
!|3 (animate) | |||
|colspan="2"|''sju-'' | |||
|- | |||
!|3 (inanimate) | |||
|colspan="2"|''reo-'' | |||
|} | |||
===Classifiers=== | |||
Hmooby-Doo classifiers inflect for number. They often have suppletive plural forms. For example, ''zjog'' means either 'a person' or 'people'; ''ne zjog'' means 'the person'; ''stae zjog'' means 'the people'. | |||
The following classifiers are used: | |||
*''ne'', pl. ''stae'' = animates (humans, more "animate" animals like pets) | |||
*''tja'', pl. ''jes'' = honorific form of ''ne'' | |||
*''kveo'', pl. ''fli'' = organisms not viewed as sentient: plants, fungi, bacteria, "lower" animals, pests | |||
*''mae'', pl. ''mae'' = tiny, point-like objects; mass nouns | |||
**Units of measurement can be used such as cups, pails, ... | |||
*''oets'', pl. ''al'' = long, thin objects | |||
*''hy'', pl. ''zoe'' = flat sheets | |||
*''gi'', pl. ''kru'' = food items | |||
*''raev'', pl. ''sja'' = abstractions; intellectual works such as art, books, ... | |||
*''mo'', pl. ''lu'' = manmade structures: houses, buildings, cities; tools | |||
*Units of measurement do not take classifiers with numerals. | |||
===Numerals=== | |||
1-10: seots, kljeo, sko, moe, fah, ex, tjeot, hjaet, kvjaet, tsju | |||
Ordinals are marked with ''-pae''. | |||
===Derivational morphology=== | |||
*Compound nouns are head-final and are always hyphenated | |||
*''-al'' = agentive | |||
*''ri-'' = non- | |||
==Tower of Babel== | ==Tower of Babel== | ||