User:IlL/Spare pages 1/5: Difference between revisions

User:IlL/Spare pages 1/5 (view source)

282 bytes removed , 21 May 2018

m

143,244

edits

@@ Line 225: / Line 225: @@
 ===Classifiers===
-Tsjoen 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'.
+Tsjoen classifiers mark definiteness.
 The following classifiers are used:
-*''ne'', pl. ''stae'' = animates (humans, more "animate" animals like pets)
+*''ne'' = animates (humans, more "animate" animals like pets)
-*''tja'', pl. ''jes'' = honorific form of ''ne''
+*''tja'' = honorific form of ''ne''
-*''kveo'', pl. ''fli'' = organisms not viewed as sentient: plants, fungi, bacteria, "lower" animals, pests
+*''kveo'' = organisms not viewed as sentient: plants, fungi, bacteria, "lower" animals, pests
-*''mi'', pl. ''mi'' = tiny, point-like objects; mass nouns
+*''mi'' = tiny, point-like objects; mass nouns
 **Units of measurement can be used such as cups, pails, ...
-*''oets'', pl. ''al'' = long, thin objects
+*''oets'' = long, thin objects
-*''hy'', pl. ''zoe'' = flat sheets
+*''hy'' = flat sheets
-*''gi'', pl. ''kru'' = food items
+*''gi'' = food items
-*''raev'', pl. ''sja'' = abstractions; intellectual works such as art, books, ...
+*''raev'' = abstractions; intellectual works such as art, books, ...
-*''mo'', pl. ''lu'' = manmade structures: houses, buildings, cities; tools
+*''mo'' = manmade structures: houses, buildings, cities; tools
 *Units of measurement do not take classifiers with numerals.