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==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||
===Nouns=== | |||
Tulvan is a mostly analytical language, but some remnants of an older case system still remain, for example, in the accusative of nouns. Both pronouns and nouns are inflected for accusative, there's also an adjectival prefix i- to form adjectives from nouns and pronouns. In the case of pronouns they serve to create the possessive adjectives for each person. | Tulvan is a mostly analytical language, but some remnants of an older case system still remain, for example, in the accusative of nouns. Both pronouns and nouns are inflected for accusative, there's also an adjectival prefix i- to form adjectives from nouns and pronouns. In the case of pronouns they serve to create the possessive adjectives for each person. | ||
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A distinction between "look" and "see" may be made by altering the pronoun. ''See below''. | A distinction between "look" and "see" may be made by altering the pronoun. ''See below''. | ||
===Adjectives=== | ===Adjectives=== | ||
Adjectives in Tulvan are invariable in number, declension or gender. They follow their respective nouns and they are divided into two main groups: ''full adjectives'' and ''derived adjectives'', the latter are marked by an attributive prefix '''i-'''. One will notice that sometimes an English adjective doesn't have a full adjective in Tulvan. Even though this could be fixed by the attributive making it a derived adjective, sometimes this can give an awkward expression for native Tulvan speakers. | Adjectives in Tulvan are invariable in number, declension or gender. They follow their respective nouns and they are divided into two main groups: ''full adjectives'' and ''derived adjectives'', the latter are marked by an attributive prefix '''i-'''. One will notice that sometimes an English adjective doesn't have a full adjective in Tulvan. Even though this could be fixed by the attributive making it a derived adjective, sometimes this can give an awkward expression for native Tulvan speakers. | ||