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Nominals are characterized by the following features: (1) they can occur as the head of a nominal phrase; (2) they have grammatical gender; (3) they can take case forms; and (4) they may have distinct number forms. | Nominals are characterized by the following features: (1) they can occur as the head of a nominal phrase; (2) they have grammatical gender; (3) they can take case forms; and (4) they may have distinct number forms. | ||
====Case==== | ====Case==== | ||
Nominals are declined by case. Case markers (which | Nominals are declined by case. Case markers (which sometimes behave as pospositions) go at the end of a nominal phrase. Coordinated nominals can either take a case ending after each nominal or a single one at the end. Verbs are nominalized with the subordinating suffix ''-n'' before adding any case suffixes (these nominalized verbs are grammatically feminine). <!--Subordinate verbs can alternatively be preceded by the particle ''in'' "that (subordinator)".--> | ||
*'''Primary cases:''' | *'''Primary cases:''' | ||
**'''Absolutive''': Citation form, used for the direct object of a verb, the object of adpositions, and predicative nominals. Personal pronouns have a distinct accusative form that is used for direct objects. Absolutives ending in a single consonant followed by a short, unaccented vowel (especially ''-a'' or ''-i'') often drop their final vowel, especially when closely linked to the following word. | **'''Absolutive''': Citation form, used for the direct object of a verb, the object of adpositions, and predicative nominals. Personal pronouns have a distinct accusative form that is used for direct objects. Absolutives ending in a single consonant followed by a short, unaccented vowel (especially ''-a'' or ''-i'') often drop their final vowel, especially when closely linked to the following word. | ||