Byzantine Grammar and Syntax
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Nouns decline for case and number, and also have some form of indicating definacy.
Cases:
Nominative- base
Accusative- -(i)n, or -(y)n if a harmony preserving dialect calls for it.
Genitive/Dative- -(a)no (-(o)no or -na)
Vocative- -(ë)q (-(e)q)
Locative- -(a)tën (-(o)tën or -ten)
Number:
Singular- base
Plural- -ë (-e) after case if ends in consonant, '(last vowel) if it ends in front vowel, and q(last vowel) if it ends in back vowel.
Dual- Dying. k(ü)- Mostly left to words that always appear in dual, and other words that could often be dual.
Every dialect prefers to indicate the definite article slightly differently.
Standard- Affixes -(w)e, or sometimes -(w)ë
Greco-Byzantine- Word is followed by së, or preceded by së if there is an adjective after it.
Noble- Definite articles are not mandatory. A strategy of using both së before the noun and the affix is the general way to indicate definacy.
Northern- Nominative nouns are put into the vocative, and së is used preceding it.
Southern- Affixes, but not mandatory.
Transdanubian- Nominatives become vocative, and a mandatory affix.
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