Wôpanâak/Grammar

Morphological Categories

The tag for a noun should be <n>. Nouns are divided into two classes based on animacy. The tag for an animate noun will be <an> and the tag for an inanimate noun will be <in>.

Basic Noun Pluralization

There are two numbers: singular and plural. Singular nouns will be tagged <sg> and plural nouns will be tagged <pl>. The plural marker for nouns differs depending whether the noun is animate or inanimate.

Animate plural nouns take the suffix «ak».

• masq<n><an><pl> ↔ masqak
• anâqs<n><an>((tag ↔ pl))

Inanimate plural nouns take the suffix «ash».

• apun<n><in><pl> ↔ apunash
• meequn<n><in><pl> ↔ meequnash
• sâpaheek<n><in><pl> ↔ sâpaheekash

Possession

Possession is marked on the noun being possessed.