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| /ah/ || /schwa/ || /ih/ || /uh/ || /aa/ || /eh/ || /ee/ || /oo/ | | /ah/ || /schwa/ || /ih/ || /uh/ || /aa/ || /eh/ || /ee/ || /oo/ | ||
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|[[wikipedia:Absolutive case|Absolutive]]|| | |[[wikipedia:Absolutive case|Absolutive]]||aattu||aattue||aattuekc||dceaa||dceaak||dceaakc | ||
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|[[wikipedia:Ergative case|Ergative]]|| | |[[wikipedia:Ergative case|Ergative]]||aattui||aattuiu||aattuiukc||dceaai||dceaaiu||dceaaiukc | ||
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|[[wikipedia:Locative case|Locative]]|| | |[[wikipedia:Locative case|Locative]]||aattuvaa||aattuvaak||aattuvaakc||dceaavaa||dceaavaak||dceaavaakc | ||
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|[[wikipedia:Lative case|Lative]]|| | |[[wikipedia:Lative case|Lative]]||aattuttee||aattutteeu||aattutteeukc | ||
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|[[wikipedia:Absolutive case|Ablative]]|| | |[[wikipedia:Absolutive case|Ablative]]||aattum||aattumk||aattumkc | ||
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|[[wikipedia:Prolative case|Prolative]]|| | |[[wikipedia:Prolative case|Prolative]]||aattuz||aattuzzek||aattuzzekc | ||
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|[[wikipedia:Genitive case|Genitive]]|| | |[[wikipedia:Genitive case|Genitive]]||aattunnai||aattunnaik||aattunnaikc | ||
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|[[wikipedia:Benefactive case|Benefactive]]|| | |[[wikipedia:Benefactive case|Benefactive]]||aattuues||aattuuesseu||âttuuesseukc | ||
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|[[wikipedia:Comitative case|Comitative]]||âttuugc||âttuugceu||âttuugceukc | |[[wikipedia:Comitative case|Comitative]]||âttuugc||âttuugceu||âttuugceukc | ||
Revision as of 11:05, 8 January 2006
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| a | e | i | u | aa | ee | ii | uu | ||
| /ah/ | /schwa/ | /ih/ | /uh/ | /aa/ | /eh/ | /ee/ | /oo/ | ||
Declension
| 1st declension Ending in â, ê, î, û |
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| Singular | Plural | Dual | Singular | Plural | Dual | |
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| Absolutive | aattu | aattue | aattuekc | dceaa | dceaak | dceaakc |
| Ergative | aattui | aattuiu | aattuiukc | dceaai | dceaaiu | dceaaiukc |
| Locative | aattuvaa | aattuvaak | aattuvaakc | dceaavaa | dceaavaak | dceaavaakc |
| Lative | aattuttee | aattutteeu | aattutteeukc | |||
| Ablative | aattum | aattumk | aattumkc | |||
| Prolative | aattuz | aattuzzek | aattuzzekc | |||
| Genitive | aattunnai | aattunnaik | aattunnaikc | |||
| Benefactive | aattuues | aattuuesseu | âttuuesseukc | |||
| Comitative | âttuugc | âttuugceu | âttuugceukc | |||
| Instrumental | âttuua | âttuuau | âttuuaukc | |||
Dcueâ is an Ergative-absolutive language.
Alphabet
a â b (c) d e ê f g i î k m n p s t u û v z
- The man sees the woman.
- Aattû kii dcekkei
- Â Ê Î Û
- â ê î û
Some transitive and intransitive verbs have different forms: nevuu to boil (something, transitive) naffeu to (be) boiled (intransitive)
Kaffiu nev dcekkei. The man boils the coffee.
Kaffiu naffe. The coffee boils. (becomes boiled)
kiu to see something (tr) kigguu to (be) seen (intr)
Ueiz kii zcuei. The dog sees the tree.
Zcui kigg. The dog is seen.
BUT
Zcui kii. The dog sees (engages in the act).
Using a noun in the absolutive by itself with an inherently transitive noun also may create a reflexive sentence:
âeizuu to shave
Zcui âeiz dcekkei. The man shaves the dog.
Dcek âeiz. The man shaves (himself).
Plurals
- after -û, -uu = -uue aattû woman, âttuue women
- after -u, = -ue kceiu tea, kceiue teas
- after -â, -aa, -ê, -ee, -î, -ii = -aak, -eek, -iik dceâ foot, dceaak feet
- after -a, -e, -i = -au, -eu, -iu
- after -m, -n = -mk, -nk iaim lip iaimk lips
- after all other consonants(usually doubled cononant) = -eu (-ggeu, -zzeu, etc)
 â Ê ê Î î Ô ô Û û
