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== Grammar == | == Grammar == | ||
=== Nouns === | |||
Most nouns have an unmarked form and a marked form (called the ''singulative'' for sake of convenience) that is only used for indefinite singular nouns. Like Welsh plurals, the singulative is unpredictable and is marked with a suffix, vowel affection, or both. | |||
For the definite article, the appropriate classifier is used, except for inalienably possessed nouns; the number is marked on the classifier. | |||
==== List of classifiers ==== | |||
==== Alienable possession ==== | |||
==== Inalienable possession ==== | |||
=== Verbs === | |||
Proto-Trans-Sarnathian switched to using Colloquial Welsh-like constructions using inherited verbal nouns. Old finite verb forms were lost by the Proto-Trans-Sarnathian stage aside from a handful. | Proto-Trans-Sarnathian switched to using Colloquial Welsh-like constructions using inherited verbal nouns. Old finite verb forms were lost by the Proto-Trans-Sarnathian stage aside from a handful. | ||