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For example, if something is being done to a tree, take the word as above ''geeth''. Next, you take the last vowel and find its contrasting vowel: ''i''. Then add it to the front: ''igeeth''. It works the same for plural ''igeethee'' and mass ''igee''. | For example, if something is being done to a tree, take the word as above ''geeth''. Next, you take the last vowel and find its contrasting vowel: ''i''. Then add it to the front: ''igeeth''. It works the same for plural ''igeethee'' and mass ''igee''. | ||
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====A Note about the Nomenclature of Cases==== | |||
This reference is intended mainly for the benefit of those who would like to learn Brooding, but who may not have an extensive background in languages or linguistics. Throughout this text, the three cases are referred to as “Subject,” “Object,” and “Possessive.” These are slightly under-specific, but are hopefully clear to the lay-person learning the language. It would probably be better from a linguistic point of view to refer to the object case as “accusative,” the possessive as “genitive,” and the subject case as either “nominative” and/or “oblique.” (Although the default “subject” case is used for the subject, it is also used after prepositions and in other positions where the label of nominative is not appropriate.) | |||
=== Modifying Nouns === | === Modifying Nouns === | ||