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! colspan="2" |1st | ! colspan="2" |1st | ||
| -i/j* | | -i/j* (-t) | ||
| -n | | -n | ||
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!M | !M | ||
| -f | | -f | ||
| rowspan="2" | -u/w* | | rowspan="2" | -u/w* (-se) | ||
|- | |- | ||
!F | !F | ||
| -s | | -s | ||
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* -t and -se are used for verbal and prepositional objects, in other cases, -i/j and -u/w are used | |||
* -(e) is more often a null suffix, only actual -e in verbal object suffixes | |||
=== Nouns === | === Nouns === | ||
Nouns inflect for definiteness (undefinite, definite and indefinite) and sometimes number (singular and plural). | Nouns inflect for definiteness (undefinite, definite and indefinite) and sometimes number (singular and plural). | ||
They can also be preceded by possession prefixes, and a couple of them (although nowadays archaic) can take pronominal suffixes to mark possession | They can also be preceded by possession prefixes, and a couple of them (although nowadays archaic) can take the pronominal suffixes to mark possession | ||
Some of them also have a special "construct form", only used when compounding | Some of them also have a special "construct form", only used when compounding | ||
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* p(e)- is used for masculine nouns while t(e)- is used for | * p(e)- is used for masculine nouns while t(e)- is used for feminine ones | ||
* An | * An epenthetic e is inserted when before a consonant that isn't h, when prefixed with consonants, h elides | ||
The posessive prefixes are used in place of the definite article: they consist of the definite stem (p- for masculine, t- for feminine, n- for plural) + "é" + pronominal suffix, except in the case of the 1st person singular (pa-, ta-, na-) and the 3rd person plural (pu-, tu-, nu-). | |||