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*{{morphTest|ᖿᖾ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᖿᖾᖷ}}  
 
*{{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
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*{{morphTest|ᖳᒣᑯᐢ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᖳᒣᑯᒉ}}
*ᑲᔈ <n><sg> ↔ ᑲᓭ
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*{{morphTest|ᑲᔈ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᑲᓭ}}
*ᖲᑊᖾᒪᘁ <n><sg> ↔ ᖲᑊᖾᒪᖽ  
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*{{morphTest|ᖲᑊᖾᒪᘁ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᖲᑊᖾᒪᖽ}}
 
===Number===
 
===Number===
 
Blackfoot distinguishes between singular and plural nouns.
 
Blackfoot distinguishes between singular and plural nouns.
 
====Inanimate Plurals====  
 
====Inanimate Plurals====  
*ᓴᔭᑲᖽᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾ <n><pl> ↔ ᓴᔭᑲᖽᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾᐟᔈᒧᐧ
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*{{morphTest|ᓴᔭᑲᖽᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾ{{tag|n}}{{tag|pl}}|ᓴᔭᑲᖽᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾᐟᔈᒧᐧ}}
*ᖹᒪᒐ <n><pl> ↔ ᖹᒪᒐᐟᔈᒧᐧ
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*{{morphTest|ᖹᒪᒐ{{tag|n}}{{tag|pl}}|ᖹᒪᒐᐟᔈᒧᐧ}}
*ᖲᒉᖽᐧᘁᔈᖾᔪ <n><pl> ↔ ᖲᒉᖽᐧᘁᔈᖾᐟᔈᒧᐧ
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*{{morphTest|ᖲᒉᖽᐧᘁᔈᖾᔪ{{tag|n}}{{tag|pl}}|ᖲᒉᖽᐧᘁᔈᖾᐟᔈᒧᐧ}}

Revision as of 12:56, 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. 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