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=== Nouns and pronouns === | ===Nouns and pronouns=== | ||
Nouns fall into five classes which are unmarked directly on the noun but trigger agreement in verbs and some particles. In informal speech class-2 marking is often used for class-1 nouns. | Nouns fall into five classes which are unmarked directly on the noun but trigger agreement in verbs and some particles. In informal speech class-2 marking is often used for class-1 nouns. | ||
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More specific adpositions, when needed, are formed with ''{location} ... {postposition}'' constructions (for example ''m'e ... eý'' "on" from ''m'e'' "top"). | More specific adpositions, when needed, are formed with ''{location} ... {postposition}'' constructions (for example ''m'e ... eý'' "on" from ''m'e'' "top"). | ||
=== Derivational morphology === | ===Derivational morphology=== | ||
====Reduplication==== | ====Reduplication==== | ||
Most words (other than nouns and conjunctions, but including some particles) can be fully reduplicated after the word for augmented or intensified meaning. In verbs this can also mark an iterative or contrastive meaning, and in adjectives and adverbs it can also mark a comparative or superlative meaning when the thing being compared to is absent in the sentence. | Most words (other than nouns and conjunctions, but including some particles) can be fully reduplicated after the word for augmented or intensified meaning. In verbs this can also mark an iterative or contrastive meaning, and in adjectives and adverbs it can also mark a comparative or superlative meaning when the thing being compared to is absent in the sentence. | ||