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==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
===Number=== | |||
Unlike in English, where only sgular and plural declensions exist, Tũka uses three declensions: '''sgular''', '''dual''' and '''plural''', in this case "plural" meaning three or more of an item, and all words have to be distinguished by a number particle, such as ''i tũka''("Tũka language"), lit. {{sc|sg}}.{{sc|nom}}, though ''i'' is only in nominative. In accusative, ''ũ'' is used and in absolutive ''ī'' is used. | |||
====Example==== | |||
: ''I lã ī tũka en sikuĩ.'' | |||
: {{sc|sg}}.{{sc|nom}} {{sc|1}}.{{sc|sg}} {{sc|sg}}.{{sc|abs}} Tũka {{sc|pres}} speak-{{sc|perf}}.{{sc|1}}.{{sc|sg}}. | |||
===Constituent order=== | ===Constituent order=== | ||
Tũka uses an SOV constituent order in most sentences, though the verb comes first(VSO) in imperative sentences, as well as the imperative particle, ''im'', which goes after the verb. | Tũka uses an SOV constituent order in most sentences, though the verb comes first(VSO) in imperative sentences, as well as the imperative particle, ''im'', which goes after the verb. | ||