Verse:Mwail/Irenesian languages: Difference between revisions
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For the definite article, the appropriate classifier is used, except for inalienably possessed nouns; the number is marked on the classifier. | For the definite article, the appropriate classifier is used, except for inalienably possessed nouns; the number is marked on the classifier. | ||
Mass nouns and certain nouns for blood relatives have no singulative form, e.g. ''mam'' '(specific person's) mother' and ''tad'' '(specific person's) father'. | Mass nouns and certain nouns for blood relatives have no singulative form, e.g. ''tz{{2}}af'' 'water', ''mam'' '(specific person's) mother' and ''tad'' '(specific person's) father'. | ||
==== List of classifiers ==== | ==== List of classifiers ==== | ||
* sg. ''dyn'', pl. ''bôl'': people | * sg. ''dyn'', pl. ''bôl'': people | ||