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====Numbers==== | ====Numbers==== | ||
Nouns can be inflected for 4 numbers : Singulative ({{smallcaps|sgv}}), Dual ({{smallcaps|du}}), Plurative ({{smallcaps|plv}}) and Collective ({{smallcaps|col}}). Depending on the noun, the unmarked number can be either the Singulative or the Collective | Nouns can be inflected for 4 numbers : Singulative ({{smallcaps|sgv}}), Dual ({{smallcaps|du}}), Plurative ({{smallcaps|plv}}) and Collective ({{smallcaps|col}}). Depending on the noun, the unmarked number can be either the Singulative or the Collective | ||
=====Singulative===== | |||
The singulative is the default, unmarked form of count nouns. When put into the singulative, mass nouns define the smallest unit of the noun, which is translated into English as a measure word (e.g. water → drop of water). | |||
: '''tolvä''' | |||
: "cloud" | |||
=====Dual===== | |||
The dual is only fully productive for body parts, kinship and animals. The dual still exists for other count nouns (as mass nouns can't take it), but is considered archaic by many. | |||
: '''örpa-man-it''' teiliä | |||
: eye-{{sc|1s.poss-du}} brown | |||
: "My eyes are brown" | |||
=====Plurative===== | |||
The plurative is formed by affixing -ide. When a voiced plosive comes just before the affix, it is pronounced as its voiceless equivalent | |||
: '''sëid-ier-ide''' Äirade ö Olsü | |||
: name-{{sc|3p.poss-plv}} Äirade and Olsü | |||
: "They are named Äirade and Olsü" (litt. "Their names are Äirade and Olsü") | |||
=====Collective===== | |||
The collective is the default, unmarked form of mass nouns. When put into the collective, count nouns define the general idea of the noun (cloud → cloud [the idea of clouds in general]) | |||
: '''siöre''' | |||
: water | |||