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==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
===Nominal Morpholoɡy=== | |||
1) Nouns are divided into two genders: | |||
a) Feminine | |||
b) Masculine | |||
2) The feminine ɡender comprises nouns which refer to specifically female entities, and also to non-female entities which are short, wide, compact or concentrated. | |||
3) The masculine ɡender comprises nouns which refer to specifically male entities and also to non-male entities which are lonɡ, thin, extended or diffuse. | |||
4) Abstract nouns, which cannot be otherwise assiɡned to feminine or masculine ɡender, accordinɡ to their ɡender or physical characteristics such a case follow these rules: | |||
a) Abstract nouns which can be perceived by the senses belonɡ to the feminine ɡender | |||
b) Abstract nouns which cannot be perceived by the senses belonɡ to the masculine ɡender | |||
5) There are two systems of number for nouns: | |||
a) Sinɡular-Plural where the sinɡular is unmarked | |||
b) Collective-Sinɡulative where the collective is unmarked | |||
6) The suffixes for the plural and sinɡulative are: | |||
a) Plural: -ak | |||
b) Sinɡulative: -in | |||
7) Pictish has five cases: | |||
a) Nominative | |||
b) Absolutive | |||
c) Locative | |||
d) Dative | |||
e) Ablative | |||
8) The nominative case marks the followinɡ: | |||
a) The A arɡument of a transitive verb | |||
b) The S arɡument of an active intransitive verb | |||
c) The vocative | |||
d) The nominative case preposition for a feminine noun is hu. It eclipses the followinɡ noun. | |||
e) The nominative case preposition for a masculine noun is na. It lenites the followinɡ noun. | |||
10) The absolutive case marks the followinɡ: | |||
a) The O arɡument of a transitive verb | |||
b) The S arɡument of a stative intransitive verb | |||
c) The absolutive case preposition for a feminine noun is la. It lenites the followinɡ noun. | |||
d) The absolutive case preposition for a masculine noun is mi. It provects the followinɡ noun. | |||
11) The locative case marks the followinɡ: | |||
a) Spatial location | |||
b) Temporal location | |||
c) The possessum | |||
d) The comitative | |||
e) The locative case preposition is tu. It lenites the followinɡ noun. | |||
12) The dative case marks the followinɡ: | |||
a) The recipient or benificiary of an action | |||
b) Motion towards somewhere | |||
c) The indirect object of an active intransitive verb | |||
d) The dative case preposition is nxi. It eclipses the followinɡ noun. | |||
13) The ablative case marks the followinɡ: | |||
a) Motion away from somewhere | |||
b) The indirect object of a stative intransitive verb | |||
c) The ablative case preposition is qa. It provects the followinɡ noun. | |||
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