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"Nouns in Seuna" has a lot of old ideas. | |||
==plural== | |||
The plural is formed by adding a final '''n'''. | |||
'''kloga''' = shoe, '''klogan''' = shoes | |||
==relative space tags== | |||
These eight tags are endstuck to nouns. | |||
'''bai''' = above | |||
'''kewa''' = below | |||
'''das''' = in front (i.e. this side of) | |||
'''cilo''' = behind (i.e. at the far side of) | |||
'''go''' = on (covers about the same semantic space as English "on") | |||
'''tian''' = beside | |||
'''ju''' = in | |||
'''mu''' = out | |||
When the noun is plural, the '''n''' mutates to '''m''' in the first case and to '''ŋ''' in the second and fifth example. | |||
==role tags== | |||
You can say that we have six cases. | |||
The nominative is unmarked. Also the nounn that follows all prepositions is unmarked. The accusative is also unmarked unless it is definite, in which case it takes the endtag '''s'''. | |||
==compounds== | |||
Revision as of 23:28, 10 August 2008
"Nouns in Seuna" has a lot of old ideas.
plural
The plural is formed by adding a final n.
kloga = shoe, klogan = shoes
relative space tags
These eight tags are endstuck to nouns.
bai = above
kewa = below
das = in front (i.e. this side of)
cilo = behind (i.e. at the far side of)
go = on (covers about the same semantic space as English "on")
tian = beside
ju = in
mu = out
When the noun is plural, the n mutates to m in the first case and to ŋ in the second and fifth example.
role tags
You can say that we have six cases.
The nominative is unmarked. Also the nounn that follows all prepositions is unmarked. The accusative is also unmarked unless it is definite, in which case it takes the endtag s.
