Dcuea
Declension
1st declension | Singular | Plural | Dual |
---|---|---|---|
Absolutive | aattû | âttuue | âttuuekc |
Ergative | âttuui | âttuuiu | âttuuiukc |
Locative | âttuuivaa | âttuuivaak | âttuuivaakc |
Lative | âttuuttee | âttuutteeu | âttuutteeukc |
Ablative | âttuum | âttuumk | âttuumkc |
Prolative | âttuuz | âttuuzzek | âttuuzzekc |
Genitive | âttuunnai | âttuunnaik | âttuunnaikc |
Benefactive | âttuues | âttuuesseu | âttuuesseukc |
Comitative | âttuugc | âttuugceu |
Dcueâ is an Ergative language.
QOFFOEIFF a â b (c) d e ê f g i î k m n p s t u û v z
digraphs: dc gc kc sc tc zc
- aa ee ii uu
- eâ iâ uâ
- aê iê uê
- aî eî uî
- aû eû iû
Ergative marking: -e/i, -ua Absolutive marking: -0 (null)
- The man sees the woman.
- Aattû wii 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
- after -u, = -ue (rare)
- after -â, -aa, -ê, -ee, -î, -ii = -aak, -eek, -iik
- after -a, -e, -i = -au, -eu, -iu
- after -m, -n = -mk, -nk
- after all other consonants(usually doubled cononant) = -eu (-ggeu, -zzeu, etc)