Difference between revisions of "Blackfoot/Grammar"
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Blackfoot has two noun classes: animate and inanimate. Inanimate nouns take the suffixes «yi» when singular and «istsi» when plural. | Blackfoot has two noun classes: animate and inanimate. Inanimate nouns take the suffixes «yi» when singular and «istsi» when plural. | ||
====Inanimate Nouns==== | ====Inanimate Nouns==== | ||
| − | Singular | + | Singular inanimate nouns whose stem ends in a vowel take the suffix «ᔪ» |
| − | *{{morphTest|ᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾᔪ}} | + | *{{morphTest|ᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|nn}}|ᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾᔪ}} |
| − | *{{morphTest|ᖹᒪᒐ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᖹᒪᒐᔪ}} | + | *{{morphTest|ᖹᒪᒐ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|nn}}|ᖹᒪᒐᔪ}} |
| − | *{{morphTest|ᒉᒧᐧᖹ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᒉᒧᐧᖹᔪ}} | + | *{{morphTest|ᒉᒧᐧᖹ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|nn}}|ᒉᒧᐧᖹᔪ}} |
| − | + | «ᔪ» is realized as «ᖱ» after consonants. | |
| − | *{{morphTest|ᑫᒣᘁ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᑫᒣᖽ}} | + | *{{morphTest|ᑫᒣᘁ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|nn}}|ᑫᒣᖽ}} |
| − | *{{morphTest|ᒍᐡ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᒍᖹ}} | + | *{{morphTest|ᒍᐡ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|nn}}|ᒍᖹ}} |
| − | *{{morphTest|ᓴᔭᑲᘁ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᓴᔭᑲᖽ}} | + | *{{morphTest|ᓴᔭᑲᘁ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|nn}}|ᓴᔭᑲᖽ}} |
====Animate Nouns==== | ====Animate Nouns==== | ||
| − | Singular animate nouns whose stem ends in a vowel take the suffix | + | Singular animate nouns whose stem ends in a vowel take the suffix «ᖷ» |
| − | *{{morphTest|ᖻᒣᔭ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᖻᒣᔭᖷ}} | + | *{{morphTest|ᖻᒣᔭ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|an}}|ᖻᒣᔭᖷ}} |
| − | *{{morphTest|ᑲᖺᖿ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᑲᖺᖿᖷ}} | + | *{{morphTest|ᑲᖺᖿ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|an}}|ᑲᖺᖿᖷ}} |
| − | *{{morphTest|ᖿᖾ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᖿᖾᖷ}} | + | *{{morphTest|ᖿᖾ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|an}}|ᖿᖾᖷ}} |
| − | + | «ᖷ» is realized as «ᖳ» after consonants | |
| − | *{{morphTest|ᖳᒣᑯᐢ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᖳᒣᑯᒉ}} | + | *{{morphTest|ᖳᒣᑯᐢ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|an}}|ᖳᒣᑯᒉ}} |
| − | *{{morphTest|ᑲᔈ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᑲᓭ}} | + | *{{morphTest|ᑲᔈ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|an}}|ᑲᓭ}} |
| − | *{{morphTest|ᖲᑊᖾᒪᘁ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᖲᑊᖾᒪᖽ}} | + | *{{morphTest|ᖲᑊᖾᒪᘁ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|an}}|ᖲᑊᖾᒪᖽ}} |
===Number=== | ===Number=== | ||
Blackfoot distinguishes between singular and plural nouns. | Blackfoot distinguishes between singular and plural nouns. | ||
====Inanimate Plurals==== | ====Inanimate Plurals==== | ||
| − | *{{morphTest|ᓴᔭᑲᖽᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾ{{tag|n}}{{tag|pl}}|ᓴᔭᑲᖽᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾᐟᔈᒧᐧ}} | + | Inanimate plurals take the suffix «ᖱᔈᒧᐧ» |
| − | *{{morphTest|ᖹᒪᒐ{{tag|n}}{{tag|pl}}|ᖹᒪᒐᐟᔈᒧᐧ}} | + | *{{morphTest|ᓴᔭᑲᖽᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾ{{tag|n}}{{tag|pl}}{{tag|nn}}|ᓴᔭᑲᖽᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾᐟᔈᒧᐧ}} |
| − | *{{morphTest|ᖲᒉᖽᐧᘁᔈᖾᔪ{{tag|n}}{{tag|pl}}|ᖲᒉᖽᐧᘁᔈᖾᐟᔈᒧᐧ}} | + | *{{morphTest|ᖹᒪᒐ{{tag|n}}{{tag|pl}}{{tag|nn}}|ᖹᒪᒐᐟᔈᒧᐧ}} |
| + | *{{morphTest|ᖲᒉᖽᐧᘁᔈᖾᔪ{{tag|n}}{{tag|pl}}{{tag|nn}}|ᖲᒉᖽᐧᘁᔈᖾᐟᔈᒧᐧ}} | ||
| + | ====Animate Plurals==== | ||
| + | Animate plurals take the suffix «ᖱᖽᐧ» | ||
| + | *{{morphTest|ᖻᒣᔭᖷ{{tag|n}}{{tag|pl}}{{tag|an}}|ᖻᒣᔭᐟᖽᐧ}} | ||
| + | *{{morphTest|ᑲᖺᖾ{{tag|n}}{{tag|pl}}{{tag|an}}|ᑲᖺᖾᐟᖽᐧ}} | ||
| + | *{{morphTest|ᖿᖾ{{tag|n}}{{tag|pl}}{{tag|an}}|ᖿᖾᐟᖽᐧ}} | ||
Revision as of 12:07, 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 inanimate nouns whose stem ends in a vowel take the suffix «ᔪ»
- ᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾ<n><sg><nn> ↔ ᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾᔪ
- ᖹᒪᒐ<n><sg><nn> ↔ ᖹᒪᒐᔪ
- ᒉᒧᐧᖹ<n><sg><nn> ↔ ᒉᒧᐧᖹᔪ
«ᔪ» is realized as «ᖱ» after consonants.
- ᑫᒣᘁ<n><sg><nn> ↔ ᑫᒣᖽ
- ᒍᐡ<n><sg><nn> ↔ ᒍᖹ
- ᓴᔭᑲᘁ<n><sg><nn> ↔ ᓴᔭᑲᖽ
Animate Nouns
Singular animate nouns whose stem ends in a vowel take the suffix «ᖷ»
- ᖻᒣᔭ<n><sg><an> ↔ ᖻᒣᔭᖷ
- ᑲᖺᖿ<n><sg><an> ↔ ᑲᖺᖿᖷ
- ᖿᖾ<n><sg><an> ↔ ᖿᖾᖷ
«ᖷ» is realized as «ᖳ» after consonants
- ᖳᒣᑯᐢ<n><sg><an> ↔ ᖳᒣᑯᒉ
- ᑲᔈ<n><sg><an> ↔ ᑲᓭ
- ᖲᑊᖾᒪᘁ<n><sg><an> ↔ ᖲᑊᖾᒪᖽ
Number
Blackfoot distinguishes between singular and plural nouns.
Inanimate Plurals
Inanimate plurals take the suffix «ᖱᔈᒧᐧ»
- ᓴᔭᑲᖽᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾ<n><pl><nn> ↔ ᓴᔭᑲᖽᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾᐟᔈᒧᐧ
- ᖹᒪᒐ<n><pl><nn> ↔ ᖹᒪᒐᐟᔈᒧᐧ
- ᖲᒉᖽᐧᘁᔈᖾᔪ<n><pl><nn> ↔ ᖲᒉᖽᐧᘁᔈᖾᐟᔈᒧᐧ
Animate Plurals
Animate plurals take the suffix «ᖱᖽᐧ»
- ᖻᒣᔭᖷ<n><pl><an> ↔ ᖻᒣᔭᐟᖽᐧ
- ᑲᖺᖾ<n><pl><an> ↔ ᑲᖺᖾᐟᖽᐧ
- ᖿᖾ<n><pl><an> ↔ ᖿᖾᐟᖽᐧ
