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=== Possession ===
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Examples for the noun "knife"
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*{{morphTest|ньи{{tag|prn}}{{tag|p1}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|nom}} + заӄо{{tag|n}}|ньзадь}}
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*{{morphTest|ть'и{{tag|prn}}{{tag|p2}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|nom}} + заӄо{{tag|n}}|ть'садь}}
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*{{morphTest|иф{{tag|prn}}{{tag|p3}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|nom}} + заӄо{{tag|n}}|задь}}
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*{{morphTest|п'и{{tag|prn}}{{tag|ref}}+ заӄо{{tag|n}}|п'садь}}
  
 
== Verbal Morphology ==
 
== Verbal Morphology ==
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*{{morphTest|за{{tag|v}}{{tag|ind}}{{tag|o_p1sg}}|ньзадь}}
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Examples for the verb "beat"
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*{{morphTest|за{{tag|v}}{{tag|ind}}{{tag|o_p2sg}}|ть'садь}}
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*{{morphTest|ньи{{tag|prn}}{{tag|p1}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|nom}} + за{{tag|v}}{{tag|ind}}|ньзадь}}
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*{{morphTest|за{{tag|v}}{{tag|ind}}{{tag|o_p3sg}}|задь}}
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*{{morphTest|ть'и{{tag|prn}}{{tag|p2}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|nom}} + за{{tag|v}}{{tag|ind}}|ть'садь}}
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*{{morphTest|за{{tag|v}}{{tag|ind}}{{tag|ref}}|п'садь}}
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*{{morphTest|иф{{tag|prn}}{{tag|p3}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|nom}} + за{{tag|v}}{{tag|ind}}|задь}}
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*{{morphTest|п'и{{tag|prn}}{{tag|ref}}+ за{{tag|v}}{{tag|ind}}|п'садь}}
  
 
*{{morphTest|ньыӈ{{tag|prn}}{{tag|p1}}{{tag|pl}}{{tag|excl}}{{tag|nom}} + за{{tag|v}}{{tag|ind}}|ньыӈдядь}}
 
*{{morphTest|ньыӈ{{tag|prn}}{{tag|p1}}{{tag|pl}}{{tag|excl}}{{tag|nom}} + за{{tag|v}}{{tag|ind}}|ньыӈдядь}}

Revision as of 15:08, 12 February 2019

Word Class

  • Extremely prductive "clitics" that can be attached to various word classes
  • No prepositions and conjunctions and adjectives
  • At least 20 postpositions
  • Highly developed sysytem of converbs (> 20 forms)
  • Qualitative verbs replace adjectives
  • Use nouns attributively
  • Numerals classify nouns into 27 classes

Syntax

  • SOV
  • Attribute precedes nouns

Morphology

  • Verbs not marked for person or number except imperative and some convrbs
  • Almost exclusively suffixing
  • Plural is optional in the indicative verb
  • Two tenses (non-future and future) (-дь indicative -иы future)
  • Causitive verbs marked with suffix (-ку -ху -гу -ғу)
  • Resultative verbs
  • Reflexive pronouns
  • Nouns have 9 cases (nominative is not marked)
    • Agentive
    • dative/additive
    • instrumental
    • locative
    • locative/ablative
    • terminative
    • comparative
    • vocative

Nominal Morphology

case name ~meaning tag possible forms ӄан "dog" ӈа "animal"
nominative subject <nom> — ӄан<n><nom> ↔ ӄан ӈа<n><nom> ↔ ӈа
agentive various subjects (51) <age> аӽ, ӽ ӄан<n><age> ↔ ӈа<n><age> ↔
dative/additive "to, for" <dat> тоӽ, доӽ, роӽ, рӽ ӄан<n><dat> ↔ ӄандоӽ ӈа<n><dat> ↔ ӈароӽ
instrumental "with" <ins> кир, гир, хир, ғир ӄан<n><ins> ↔ ӈа<n><ins> ↔
locative "at, in, on" <loc> уйн, йн, н ӄан<n><loc> ↔ ӄануйн ӈа<n><loc> ↔ ӈауйн
ablative "in, out of, along, since, from" <abl> ух, х ӄан<n><abl> ↔ ӈа<n><abl> ↔
terminative "for, up to, as long as, as far as" <term> т'ыкы, р̌ыкы, т'ӽа, р̌'ӽа, рӷа, тоӻо, роӻо, доӻо ӄан<n><term> ↔ ӈа<n><term> ↔
comparative "than [x], compared to [x]" <comp> ык, к ӄан<n><comp> ↔ ӈа<n><comp> ↔
vocative direct address <voc> а, ː ӄан<n><voc> ↔ ӄана ӈа<n><voc> ↔

Possession

Examples for the noun "knife"

  • ньи<prn><p1><sg><nom> + заӄо<n> ↔ ньзадь
  • ть'и<prn><p2><sg><nom> + заӄо<n> ↔ ть'садь
  • иф<prn><p3><sg><nom> + заӄо<n> ↔ задь
  • п'и<prn><ref>+ заӄо<n> ↔ п'садь

Verbal Morphology

Examples for the verb "beat"

  • ньи<prn><p1><sg><nom> + за<v><ind> ↔ ньзадь
  • ть'и<prn><p2><sg><nom> + за<v><ind> ↔ ть'садь
  • иф<prn><p3><sg><nom> + за<v><ind> ↔ задь
  • п'и<prn><ref>+ за<v><ind> ↔ п'садь
  • ньыӈ<prn><p1><pl><excl><nom> + за<v><ind> ↔ ньыӈдядь
  • тьыӈ<prn><p2><pl><nom> + за<v><ind> ↔ тьыӈдядь
  • имӈ<prn><p3><pl><nom> + за<v><ind> ↔ имӈдядь

Alternate forms

Rarely a third person singular object is marked with i- rather than Ø-.

  • за<v><ind><o_p3sg> ↔ изадь