Dal'qörian nouns

Noun forms

There are 5 forms of noun in Dalcurian:

Tangible nouns

These are, with some minor exceptions, nouns that are physical; can be felt, seen and touched. These always end in j (again with some exceptions):

• gadöraj dog

• ádecödrij accessory

• ratäj deer

• ƒosetaj tap

• sáj man

Verb-derivative nouns

These are nouns formed from a verb infinitive and have the characteristic ending ämös:

• amör-to love amörämös-love

• ölegár-to order ölgarämös-order/instruction

• quatésr-to confess quatésrämös-confession

Adjective-derived nouns

These are nouns that are derived from an adjective which have no verbal relative. They take the charactaristic ending ámn:

• nistelæÞ-dejected nistelæÞámn-dejection

• incatröli-lawful incatröliámn-law

• Þravætas-gravitational Þravætasámn-gravity

Stative nouns

These are nouns that give detail as to what someone or something is, such as: profession, religion, nationality etc, and typically take the ending átsi:

• incatrolátsiel-police (this is a plural noun by default)

• reparesenátsi-ambassador

• stæmátsi-anarchist

• Estöna-Estonia Estönátsi-Estonian

• Anglæána-England Anglæánátsi-English

• qaÞolianámn-catholosism qaÞolianátsi-catholic

General nouns

Basically, these are nouns which take no ending, and have no verbal or adjectival relative:

• vönæÞ-address

• ädaquatic-antiquity

• stöndæ-hour

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Gerunds

A gerund is the present participle acting as a noun. These are recognizable in the following instances:

Non finite clauses:

• The running of the country is an unenviable task.

• Walking 20 minutes a day is good for the heart.

After prepositions

• I've warned you about running in the corridor!

• The police warned us against going into the building.

The verb acting as a subject/bject

• I like swimming. (direct object)

• Swimming is fun. (subject)

The gerund preceeded by a genitive

• We enjoyed their singing.