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To those more acquianted with declining and conjugating languages and less interested in historical interpretation of Cwengâr's grammar could consider the these mutations and accords as filling a similar niche to cases. It is rare that a single word may be used in all of these senses in common situations and in this case "Clothing" has been used even if Adjectival and Adverbal forms are rare. | To those more acquianted with declining and conjugating languages and less interested in historical interpretation of Cwengâr's grammar could consider the these mutations and accords as filling a similar niche to cases. It is rare that a single word may be used in all of these senses in common situations and in this case "Clothing" has been used even if Adjectival and Adverbal forms are rare. | ||
*Gwotad - /ɢɑtad/ - Neutral-Subject Form for "Clothing" | *Gwotad - /ɢɑtad/ - Neutral- Subject Form for "Clothing". | ||
*Gwota(d)- /ɢɑtad/, /ɢɑtat/, /ɢɑta/- Consonant Accord- This occurs in Adjectives and Adverbs, in many it occurs in Verbs as well, thus "Clothing-like", "Clothingly" and "To Clothe", others dialects treat verbs as nouns.. Whether these consonants are voiced is determined by the initial consonant of the next word. If there the next word begins with a vowel, most dialects will leave it as it is, others will default to voiced and some | |||
*Gwota(d)- /ɢɑtad/, /ɢɑtat/, /ɢɑta/- Consonant Accord- This occurs in Adjectives and Adverbs, in many it occurs in Verbs as well, thus "Clothing-like", "Clothingly" and "To Clothe". | Soft Mutation: | ||
*G'hotad- /ɣɑtad/ - Object Form for "Clothing", may also occur when a present tense verb is preceded by an adjective. | |||
*Â g'hotad-/e ɣɑtad/- | |||
Hard Mutation: | |||
*Ngotad- /ŋɑtad/ - Genitive Object "My Clothes". | |||
*Ngota(d)- /ŋɑtad/, /ŋɑtat/, /ŋɑta/ - Subordinate Genitive "My Clothes' Cleaner". | |||
*[A/Te/Dô/Cwŷ/Ma/Gwô]ngota(d)- Conjugated Verb "[Un/Was/Will/Must/May] Clothes | |||
====Genitive Form==== | ====Genitive Form==== | ||