Difference between revisions of "Blackfoot/Grammar"
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==Noun Inflections== | ==Noun Inflections== | ||
===Grammatical Gender=== | ===Grammatical Gender=== | ||
− | Blackfoot has two noun classes: animate and inanimate. | + | Blackfoot has two noun classes: animate and inanimate. Inanimate nouns take the suffixes «yi» when singular and «istsi» when plural. |
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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 | *ᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾ <n><sg> ↔ ᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾᔪ | ||
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===Number=== | ===Number=== | ||
Blackfoot distinguishes between singular and plural nouns. | Blackfoot distinguishes between singular and plural nouns. | ||
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*ᓴᔭᑲᖽᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾ <n><pl> ᓴᔭᑲᖽᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾᐟᔈᒧᐧ | *ᓴᔭᑲᖽᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾ <n><pl> ᓴᔭᑲᖽᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾᐟᔈᒧᐧ | ||
*ᖹᒪᒐ <n><pl> ᖹᒪᒐᐟᔈᒧᐧ | *ᖹᒪᒐ <n><pl> ᖹᒪᒐᐟᔈᒧᐧ |
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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. Inanimate nouns take the suffixes «yi» when singular and «istsi» when plural.
Inanimate 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 «i» after consonants.
- ᑫᒣᘁ <n><sg> ↔ ᑫᒣᖽ
- ᒍᐡ <n><sg> ↔ ᒍᖹ
- ᓴᔭᑲᘁ <n><sg> ↔ ᓴᔭᑲᖽ
Number
Blackfoot distinguishes between singular and plural nouns.
Inanimate Plurals
- ᓴᔭᑲᖽᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾ <n><pl> ᓴᔭᑲᖽᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾᐟᔈᒧᐧ
- ᖹᒪᒐ <n><pl> ᖹᒪᒐᐟᔈᒧᐧ