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===Nominal Morphology===
===Nominal Morphology===
Nouns are formed with the following structure: (1) personal prefix - (2) case prefix - (3) base.
Nouns are formed with the following structure: <code>[personal prefix]-[case prefix]-[base]</code>. The presence of a case prefix instead of a predicative prefix distinguishes nouns from verbs.  


The following examples show how a change of personal prefix can be used to indicate definiteness.
Other traditionally nominal categories such as number (plural and singular) are indicated by inflections of the base itself and thus apply equally to verbal morphology. These will be handled in the [[{{PAGENAME}}#bases|section on bases]].
 
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg"
|-
! Personal Prefix !! Case Prefix !! Base
|-
| '''ng-'''<br />SPECIFIC- || '''-e-'''<br />-ABSOLUTIVE- || '''-mbuda'''<br />-house
|-
| colspan="20" | '''''ngembuda''''' "a house / houses"
|}
 
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg"
|-
! Personal Prefix !! Case Prefix !! Base
|-
| '''t-'''<br />3E- || '''-e-'''<br />-ABSOLUTIVE- || '''-mbuda'''<br />-house
|-
| colspan="20" | '''''tembuda''''' "the house(s)"
|}
 
Changing the case prefix results in a noun form with a different role in the sentence, for example:
 
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg"
|-
! Personal Prefix !! Case Prefix !! Base
|-
| '''t-'''<br />3E.DEFINITE- || '''-ua-'''<br />-DATIVE- || '''-mbuda'''<br />-house
|-
| colspan="20" | '''''tuambuda''''' "to the house(s)"
|}


====Case Prefixes====
====Case Prefixes====
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