Difference between revisions of "Blackfoot/Grammar"
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====Animate Nouns==== | ====Animate Nouns==== | ||
Singular animate nouns whose stem ends in a vowel take the suffix <<yi>> | Singular animate nouns whose stem ends in a vowel take the suffix <<yi>> | ||
− | * | + | *ᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾ <n><sg> ↔ ᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾᔪ |
− | * | + | *ᖹᒪᒐ <n><sg> ↔ ᖹᒪᒐᔪ |
− | * | + | *ᒉᒧᐧᖹ <n><sg> ↔ ᒉᒧᐧᖹᔪ |
<<yi>> is realized as <<i>> after consonants. | <<yi>> is realized as <<i>> after consonants. | ||
− | * | + | *ᑫᒣᘁ<n><sg> ↔ ᑫᒣᖽ |
− | * | + | *ᒍᐡ <n><sg> ↔ ᒍᖹ |
− | * | + | *ᓴᔭᑲᘁ<n><sg> ↔ ᓴᔭᑲᖽ |
===Number=== | ===Number=== | ||
Blackfoot distinguishes between singular and plural nouns. | Blackfoot distinguishes between singular and plural nouns. | ||
====Animate Plurals==== | ====Animate Plurals==== |
Revision as of 00:03, 7 February 2017
Nouns
Nouns in Blackfoot can be inflected for grammatical gender (animacy), number particularity, and XXXXX
Noun Inflections
Grammatical Gender
Blackfoot has two noun classes: animate and inanimate. Animate nouns, which refer to sentient beings such as people, animals, and spirits, take the suffixes <<wa>> when singular and <<iksi>> when plural.
Animate Nouns
Singular animate nouns whose stem ends in a vowel take the suffix <<yi>>
- ᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾ <n><sg> ↔ ᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾᔪ
- ᖹᒪᒐ <n><sg> ↔ ᖹᒪᒐᔪ
- ᒉᒧᐧᖹ <n><sg> ↔ ᒉᒧᐧᖹᔪ
<<yi>> is realized as <> after consonants.
- ᑫᒣᘁ<n><sg> ↔ ᑫᒣᖽ
- ᒍᐡ <n><sg> ↔ ᒍᖹ
- ᓴᔭᑲᘁ<n><sg> ↔ ᓴᔭᑲᖽ
Number
Blackfoot distinguishes between singular and plural nouns. ====Animate Plurals====