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||da- || davaláak || of sth. || genitive (partitive) || davlená || a friend/no friend (usage cf. partitive in Basque and Finnish in neg. sentences) | ||da- || davaláak || of sth. || genitive (partitive) || davlená || a friend/no friend (usage cf. partitive in Basque and Finnish in neg. sentences) | ||
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''Determiners'' | ''Determiners'' | ||
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Determiners are used to specify a noun. In Volapȕük nulíik they follow the noun immidiately but in contrast to derivational suffixes they do never take the stress of the word which reminds before or after the determiner. | Determiners are used to specify a noun. In Volapȕük nulíik they follow the noun immidiately but in contrast to derivational suffixes they do never take the stress of the word which reminds before or after the determiner. | ||
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! Suffix !! Etymology !! Meaning !! Example !! Person !! Translation !! Place !! Translation | |||
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|-ak || ak < *at || this || dóomak "this house" || pösóodak || this one / this man || tóopak || this place / the place here | |||
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||-ek || ek < *et || that || dóomek "that house" || pösóodek || that one / that man || tóopek || that place / the place there | |||
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||-al || al < *al, alik || every || dóomal "every house" || pösóodal || every person / everyone || tóopal || every place, everywhere | |||
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||-Cal || Cal < *val, valik || all || dóommal "all houses" (coll. dóommals) || pösóoddal || all people, everyone || tóoppal || all the places | |||
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||-an || an < *anik || some || dóoman "some house(s)" (coll. dóomans) || pösóoddan || some persons / people || tóopan || some places | |||
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||-on || on < *no || no || dóomon "no house" || pösóodon || no one / nobody || tóopon || no place, nowhere | |||
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||-em || em < *seimik || any || dóomem "any house" || pösóodem || any person, anyone || tóopem || any place, anywhere | |||
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||-om || om < *somik || such || dóomom "such a house" || pösóodom || such a person || tóopom || such a place | |||
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||-ot || ot < *ot || same || dóomot "the same house" || pösóodot || the same person || tóopot || the same place | |||
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