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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 == | ||
| + | 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}} | ||
| + | * {{morphTest|grijhe{{tag|adj}}{{tag|f}}|grijhe}} | ||
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| + | * {{morphTest|disgostant{{tag|adj}}{{tag|m}}|disgostant}} | ||
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Revision as of 00:36, 22 February 2025
Contents
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
