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====Cases==== | ====Cases==== | ||
Kaikiwan noun cases are distinguished by a hyphen before the case suffix. This does not appear phonetically- it is entirely an orthographic convention. | Kaikiwan noun cases are distinguished by a hyphen before the case suffix. This does not appear phonetically- it is entirely an orthographic convention. | ||
There are four noun cases: '''nominative''', '''accusative''', '''genitive''' and '''dative'''. Specifically the '''accusative''' suffix varies in tone based on the previous noun's tone, e.g. ''sámo-tó'' or ''hùwui-tò''. | |||
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | {| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | ||
|+ Noun cases | |+ Noun cases | ||
|- | |- | ||
! rowspan=2 | Tone !! colspan=4 | Case | |||
|- class=small | |||
! Nominative !! Accusative !! Genitive !! Dative | ! Nominative !! Accusative !! Genitive !! Dative | ||
|- | |- | ||
| || ''- | ! No tone | ||
| || ''-to'' || rowspan=3 | ''-na'' || rowspan=3 | ''-ō'' | |||
|- | |||
! Rising | |||
| || ''-tó'' | |||
|- | |||
! Falling | |||
| || ''-tò'' | |||
|} | |} | ||
====Noun phrase==== | ====Noun phrase==== | ||
===Verb phrase=== | ===Verb phrase=== | ||