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====Inanimate Nouns==== | ====Inanimate 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 | + | *{{morphTest|ᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾᔪ}} |
− | *ᖹᒪᒐ | + | *{{morphTest|ᖹᒪᒐ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᖹᒪᒐᔪ}} |
− | *ᒉᒧᐧᖹ | + | *{{morphTest|ᒉᒧᐧᖹ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᒉᒧᐧᖹᔪ}} |
«yi» is realized as «i» after consonants. | «yi» is realized as «i» after consonants. | ||
− | *ᑫᒣᘁ | + | *{{morphTest|ᑫᒣᘁ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᑫᒣᖽ}} |
− | *ᒍᐡ | + | *{{morphTest|ᒍᐡ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᒍᖹ}} |
− | *ᓴᔭᑲᘁ | + | *{{morphTest|ᓴᔭᑲᘁ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᓴᔭᑲᖽ}} |
====Animate Nouns==== | ====Animate Nouns==== | ||
Singular animate nouns whose stem ends in a vowel take the suffix «wa» | Singular animate nouns whose stem ends in a vowel take the suffix «wa» | ||
− | *ᖻᒣᔭ | + | *{{morphTest|ᖻᒣᔭ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᖻᒣᔭᖷ}} |
− | *ᑲᖺᖿ | + | *{{morphTest|ᑲᖺᖿ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᑲᖺᖿᖷ}} |
− | *ᖿᖾ | + | *{{morphTest|ᖿᖾ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᖿᖾᖷ}} |
«wa» is realized as «a» after consonants | «wa» is realized as «a» after consonants | ||
*ᖳᒣᑯᐢ <n><sg> ↔ ᖳᒣᑯᒉ | *ᖳᒣᑯᐢ <n><sg> ↔ ᖳᒣᑯᒉ |
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Contents
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
Animate Nouns
Singular animate nouns whose stem ends in a vowel take the suffix «wa»
- ᖻᒣᔭ<n><sg> ↔ ᖻᒣᔭᖷ
- ᑲᖺᖿ<n><sg> ↔ ᑲᖺᖿᖷ
- ᖿᖾ<n><sg> ↔ ᖿᖾᖷ
«wa» is realized as «a» after consonants
- ᖳᒣᑯᐢ <n><sg> ↔ ᖳᒣᑯᒉ
- ᑲᔈ <n><sg> ↔ ᑲᓭ
- ᖲᑊᖾᒪᘁ <n><sg> ↔ ᖲᑊᖾᒪᖽ
Number
Blackfoot distinguishes between singular and plural nouns.
Inanimate Plurals
- ᓴᔭᑲᖽᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾ <n><pl> ↔ ᓴᔭᑲᖽᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾᐟᔈᒧᐧ
- ᖹᒪᒐ <n><pl> ↔ ᖹᒪᒐᐟᔈᒧᐧ
- ᖲᒉᖽᐧᘁᔈᖾᔪ <n><pl> ↔ ᖲᒉᖽᐧᘁᔈᖾᐟᔈᒧᐧ