9,172
edits
Bpnjohnson (talk | contribs) |
Bpnjohnson (talk | contribs) |
||
Line 244: | Line 244: | ||
* Genitive phrases tend to be adjectival (E.g. Eo. ''La libro de la infano'' (‘The child’s book’) Fo. ''La libro de lla kindu'' '''or''' ''La libro kinda''). | * Genitive phrases tend to be adjectival (E.g. Eo. ''La libro de la infano'' (‘The child’s book’) Fo. ''La libro de lla kindu'' '''or''' ''La libro kinda''). | ||
* Adjectives follow nouns. (E.g. Eo. ''La nigra hundo'' (‘The black dog’) Fo. ''La kanu nera''). | * Adjectives follow nouns. (E.g. Eo. ''La nigra hundo'' (‘The black dog’) Fo. ''La kanu nera''). | ||
* Nouns are neutral by default, and require suffixes to be made masculine or feminine. (E.g. ''vatru'' ‘parent’ → ''vatrinu'' ‘mother’, ''vatrotcu'' ‘father’) | |||
* Deixis has a two-way distinction indicated by particles ''tci'' (analogous to Eo. ''ĉi'' or Fr. ''-ci'') and ''li'' (analogous to Eo. default ''t-''stems or Fr. ''-là''). |