Nordaþ determiners: Difference between revisions

From FrathWiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
No edit summary
 
No edit summary
Line 2: Line 2:


== Demonstrative determiners ==
== Demonstrative determiners ==
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="1" align="right" style="margin-left: 0.5em"
|-
!bgcolor="#E0E0FF" align="center" style="padding: 1px"|[[Nordaþ language]]
|-
!bgcolor="#000000" align="center"|
|-
|bgcolor="#F9F9F9" style="padding: 3px 2px 3px 5px"|
[[Nordaþ phonology|Pronunciation]]<br />
[[Writing system of Nordaþ|Writing system]]<br />
[[Nordaþ grammar|Grammar]]<br />
*'''Determiners'''<br />
*[[Nordaþ nouns|Nouns]]<br />
**[[Nordaþ noun cases|Cases]]<br />
**[[Nordaþ affixes|Affixes]]<br />
*[[Nordaþ pronouns|Pronouns]]<br />
*[[Nordaþ adjectives|Adjectives]]<br />
*[[Nordaþ prepositions|Prepositions]]<br />
*[[Nordaþ verbs|Verbs]]<br />
**[[Nordaþ verb paradigm|Conjugation]]<br />
|}
Nordaþ has three levels of demonstrative adjectives:
Nordaþ has three levels of demonstrative adjectives:
:1. Closest to the speaker (proximal): þesämis
:1. Closest to the speaker (proximal): þesämis

Revision as of 00:12, 12 November 2005

The Nordaþ language uses determiners in a mostly similar way to English. The main difference is that that they "agree" with what they refer to in terms of both number (singular/plural) and gender (masculine/feminine) and inflect to show placement.

Demonstrative determiners

Nordaþ language

Pronunciation
Writing system
Grammar

Nordaþ has three levels of demonstrative adjectives:

1. Closest to the speaker (proximal): þesämis
2. Closest to the hearer (distal): þäsemis
3. Far from both (distal): þesemis

Articles

Definite article

The definite article in Nordaþ is -de*, and attaches directly to the stem word. Any inflections to it are added after the de.

Indefinite article

The indefinite article in Nordaþ is -en*, and is used the same way that -de* is.

Possessive determiners

Unlike Romance languages, Nordaþ does not distinguish between genitive pronouns and genitive adjectives - they are both genitive pronouns in Nordaþ. (See also Nordaþ pronouns.)