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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 animate nouns whose stem ends in a vowel take the suffix «yi»
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Singular inanimate nouns whose stem ends in a vowel take the suffix «ᔪ»
*{{morphTest|ᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾᔪ}}  
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*{{morphTest|ᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|nn}}|ᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾᔪ}}  
*{{morphTest|ᖹᒪᒐ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᖹᒪᒐᔪ}}     
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*{{morphTest|ᖹᒪᒐ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|nn}}|ᖹᒪᒐᔪ}}     
*{{morphTest|ᒉᒧᐧᖹ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᒉᒧᐧᖹᔪ}}  
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*{{morphTest|ᒉᒧᐧᖹ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|nn}}|ᒉᒧᐧᖹᔪ}}  
«yi» is realized as «i» after consonants.
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«ᔪ» is realized as «ᖱ» after consonants.
*{{morphTest|ᑫᒣᘁ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᑫᒣᖽ}}  
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*{{morphTest|ᑫᒣᘁ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|nn}}|ᑫᒣᖽ}}  
*{{morphTest|ᒍᐡ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᒍᖹ}}  
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*{{morphTest|ᒍᐡ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|nn}}|ᒍᖹ}}  
*{{morphTest|ᓴᔭᑲᘁ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᓴᔭᑲᖽ}}  
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*{{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 «wa»
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Singular animate nouns whose stem ends in a vowel take the suffix «ᖷ»
*{{morphTest|ᖻᒣᔭ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᖻᒣᔭᖷ}}  
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*{{morphTest|ᖻᒣᔭ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|an}}|ᖻᒣᔭᖷ}}  
*{{morphTest|ᑲᖺᖿ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᑲᖺᖿᖷ}}  
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*{{morphTest|ᑲᖺᖿ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|an}}|ᑲᖺᖿᖷ}}  
*{{morphTest|ᖿᖾ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᖿᖾᖷ}}  
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*{{morphTest|ᖿᖾ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|an}}|ᖿᖾᖷ}}  
«wa» is realized as «a» after consonants
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«ᖷ» is realized as «ᖳ» after consonants
*{{morphTest|ᖳᒣᑯᐢ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᖳᒣᑯᒉ}}  
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*{{morphTest|ᖳᒣᑯᐢ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|an}}|ᖳᒣᑯᒉ}}  
*{{morphTest|ᑲᔈ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᑲᓭ}}  
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*{{morphTest|ᑲᔈ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|an}}|ᑲᓭ}}  
*{{morphTest|ᖲᑊᖾᒪᘁ{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}|ᖲᑊᖾᒪᖽ}}  
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*{{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}}  
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Inanimate plurals take the suffix «ᖱᔈᒧᐧ»
*{{morphTest|ᖹᒪᒐ{{tag|n}}{{tag|pl}}|ᖹᒪᒐᐟᔈᒧᐧ}}  
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*{{morphTest|ᓴᔭᑲᖽᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾ{{tag|n}}{{tag|pl}}{{tag|nn}}|ᓴᔭᑲᖽᖱ'ᖽᐧᓭᖾᐟᔈᒧᐧ}}  
*{{morphTest|ᖲᒉᖽᐧᘁᔈᖾᔪ{{tag|n}}{{tag|pl}}|ᖲᒉᖽᐧᘁᔈᖾᐟᔈᒧᐧ}}
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*{{morphTest|ᖹᒪᒐ{{tag|n}}{{tag|pl}}{{tag|nn}}|ᖹᒪᒐᐟᔈᒧᐧ}}  
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*{{morphTest|ᖲᒉᖽᐧᘁᔈᖾᔪ{{tag|n}}{{tag|pl}}{{tag|nn}}|ᖲᒉᖽᐧᘁᔈᖾᐟᔈᒧᐧ}}
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====Animate Plurals====
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Animate plurals take the suffix «ᖱᖽᐧ»
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*{{morphTest|ᖻᒣᔭᖷ{{tag|n}}{{tag|pl}}{{tag|an}}|ᖻᒣᔭᐟᖽᐧ}}
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*{{morphTest|ᑲᖺᖾ{{tag|n}}{{tag|pl}}{{tag|an}}|ᑲᖺᖾᐟᖽᐧ}}
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*{{morphTest|ᖿᖾ{{tag|n}}{{tag|pl}}{{tag|an}}|ᖿᖾᐟᖽᐧ}}

Revision as of 13:07, 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 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