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===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
Note that there is no grammatical gender preassigned to a given noun. Certain things will take on a gender based on certain implications and information given, such as a dog known to be biologically female. But simply a dog in general will have no gender. Gender neutrality is denoted by noun ending in a consonant, most commonly a plosive, where a male noun will end in the vowel "-o" and a female noun will end in "-ì." Nouns with an inherently genderless nature, such as a rock, simply end in any voiced fricative. It is important to note that only Class I can be assigned a gender, and all others are gender neutral. Of course, gender is irrelevant with case markings, since they appear on opposite ends of a noun. | |||
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Nouns are considered to fall under the seven classes below, which give additional information about what kind of noun it is. | |||
* '''Class I''' Animate (Mammals, birds, reptiles, etc.) | * '''Class I''' Animate (Mammals, birds, reptiles, etc.) | ||
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|Nominative | |Nominative | ||
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|Accusative | |Accusative | ||
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|Dative | |Dative | ||
| | | ül- | ||
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|Genitive | |Genitive | ||
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|Possessed | |Possessed | ||
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====Possession of Nouns==== | ====Possession of Nouns==== | ||
Possession of a thing is viewed in three ways. I thing can be entirely possessable, semi-possessable or unpossessable. An entirely possessable noun is something like a rock, or body part, anything non-sentient and with no potential of self-possession. A semi-possessable noun would be a person or other sentient being which has relation to the subject, like a family member or partner. An unpossessable noun would be something beyond possession, like a planet or force of nature. One would never say "our planet", but would instead say "the planet we live on". | Possession of a thing is viewed in three ways. I thing can be entirely possessable, semi-possessable or unpossessable. An entirely possessable noun is something like a rock, or body part, anything non-sentient and with no potential of self-possession. A semi-possessable noun would be a person or other sentient being which has relation to the subject, like a family member or partner. An unpossessable noun would be something beyond possession, like a planet or force of nature. One would never say "our planet", but would instead say "the planet we live on". | ||
===Adjectives, Adverbs and Postpositions=== | ===Adjectives, Adverbs and Postpositions=== | ||