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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 | + | *{{morphTest|ᖳᒣᑯᐢ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᖳᒣᑯᒉ}} |
| − | *ᑲᔈ | + | *{{morphTest|ᑲᔈ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᑲᓭ}} |
| − | *ᖲᑊᖾᒪᘁ | + | *{{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 | + | *{{morphTest|ᓴᔭᑲᖽᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾ{{tag|n}}{{tag|pl}}|ᓴᔭᑲᖽᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾᐟᔈᒧᐧ}} |
| − | *ᖹᒪᒐ | + | *{{morphTest|ᖹᒪᒐ{{tag|n}}{{tag|pl}}|ᖹᒪᒐᐟᔈᒧᐧ}} |
| − | *ᖲᒉᖽᐧᘁᔈᖾᔪ | + | *{{morphTest|ᖲᒉᖽᐧᘁᔈᖾᔪ{{tag|n}}{{tag|pl}}|ᖲᒉᖽᐧᘁᔈᖾᐟᔈᒧᐧ}} |
Revision as of 11:56, 7 February 2017
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
