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* 2nd person singular (present): {{morphTest|tchanter{{tag|v}}{{tag|pres}}{{tag|p2}}|tchant-es}} ("you sing")
 
* 2nd person singular (present): {{morphTest|tchanter{{tag|v}}{{tag|pres}}{{tag|p2}}|tchant-es}} ("you sing")
 
* 3rd person plural (present): {{morphTest|tchanter{{tag|v}}{{tag|pres}}{{tag|p3}}|tchant-èt}} ("they sing")
 
* 3rd person plural (present): {{morphTest|tchanter{{tag|v}}{{tag|pres}}{{tag|p3}}|tchant-èt}} ("they sing")
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== Adjective Gender Marks ==
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Adjectives (often) have separate masculine/feminine forms, usually feminized by addition of suffixal "-e" or "-eye".
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* {{morphTest|gris{{tag|adj}}{{tag|m}}|gris}}
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* {{morphTest|grijhe{{tag|adj}}{{tag|f}}|grijhe}}
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* {{morphTest|disgostant{{tag|adj}}{{tag|m}}|disgostant}}
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[[Category: sp25_GrammarDocumentation]] [[Category:Grammar documentation]] [[Category: Walloon]]
 
[[Category: sp25_GrammarDocumentation]] [[Category:Grammar documentation]] [[Category: Walloon]]

Revision as of 00:36, 22 February 2025

Parts of Speech

Noun

Sometimes mark gender (masculine/feminine) and number (singular/plural), either in article or certain suffixes.

Examples:

  • Masculine (singular): tchvå<n><m><sg> ↔ tchvå ("horse")
  • Masculine (plural): tchvå<n><m><pl> ↔ tchvås ("horses")
  • Feminine (singular): båshele<n><f><sg> ↔ båshele

Pronoun

Personal pronouns vary by person, number, gender, and function syntactically (subject, reflexive, object, etc.)

Examples:

  • 1st person singular subject: dji<prn><p1><sg> ↔ dji ("I")
  • 1st person plural subject: nos<prn><p1><pl> ↔ nos ("we")
  • 3rd person singular subject: i<prn><p3><sg> ↔ i ("he/she/it")

Adjective

Show gender and number through -e, -s, with certain extra patterns for endings (-î/-ire, -s/-sse, etc.) Examples:

  • Masculine singular: grand<adj><m><sg> ↔ grand ("tall, big")
  • Feminine singular: grand<adj><f><sg> ↔ grande ("tall, big")
  • Feminine plural: grand<adj><f><pl> ↔ grandès ("tall, big")

Determinant

Many articles and determiners (definite, indefinite, partitive, etc.) Examples:

  • Indefinite article (masculine singular): on<det><ind><m> ↔ on ("a")
  • Indefinite article (feminine singular): ene<det><ind><f> ↔ ene ("a")
  • Definite article (plural): les<det><def><pl> ↔ les ("the")

Verb

Conjugated for tense, mood, person, number, etc. Examples:

  • 1st person singular (present): tchanter<v><pres><p1> ↔ tchant-e ("I sing")
  • 2nd person singular (present): tchanter<v><pres><p2> ↔ tchant-es ("you sing")
  • 3rd person plural (present): tchanter<v><pres><p3> ↔ tchant-èt ("they sing")

Adjective Gender Marks

Adjectives (often) have separate masculine/feminine forms, usually feminized by addition of suffixal "-e" or "-eye".

  • gris<adj><m> ↔ gris
  • grijhe<adj><f> ↔ grijhe
  • disgostant<adj><m> ↔ disgostant