Dcuea

Vowels
a	e	i	u	â	ê	î	û
/ah/	/schwah/	/ih/	/uh/	} Declension 1st declension Ending in â, ê, î, û aattû, "woman" dceâ, "foot" Singular Plural Dual Singular Plural Dual Absolutive aattû âttuue âttuuekc dceâ dceaak dceaakc Ergative âttuui âttuuiu âttuuiukc dceaai dceaaiu dceaaiukc Locative âttuuvaa âttuuvaak âttuuvaakc dceaavâ dceaavâk dceaavâkc Lative âttuuttee âttuutteeu âttuutteeukc Ablative âttuum âttuumk âttuumkc Prolative âttuuz âttuuzzek âttuuzzekc Genitive âttuunnai âttuunnaik âttuunnaikc Benefactive âttuues âttuuesseu 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