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A description of the intricacies of Evvānsk nouns and their declinations
This public article was written by [Deactivated User], and last updated on 15 Apr 2014, 08:08.
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1. Common Names
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Evvānsk has no genders, but its nouns decline for any combination of plurality (singular, plural), definiteness (indefinite, definite/general) and case (nominative, accusative, dative, genitive). - The nominative case, which is used to express the subject of a statement or following a copula verb.
- The accusative case, which expresses the direct object of a verb or direction or extent of motion and may be the object of certain prepositions.
- The dative case, which expresses the recipient of an action, the indirect object of a verb. In English, the prepositions to and for most commonly denote this case.
- The genitive case, which expresses possession, measurement, or source. In English, the preposition of is used to denote this case, or, in the case of possession, the English possessive construction.
A sample conjugation chart for a simple noun, mann meaning "man", is given below. This chart corresponds to the definite/general form of the noun.
| Case | Def. Sing. | Def. Plural | Indef. Sing | Indef. Plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. | mann | mannov | mannjon | mannjov |
| Acc. | mannum | manvimm | manneom | mannjovm |
| Dat. | mannen | manven | manneon | mannjovn |
| Gen. | mannor | mannorv | manneor | mannjorv |
The next chart shows a special type of noun, which ends in a voiceless plosive consonant. Some of the case endings assimilate further to the word than their base endings. The word used is get, meaning "door". Notice that the orthographic representation of the preceding consonant changes.
| Case | Def. Sing. | Def. Plural | Indef. Sing | Indef. Plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. | get | getov | getjon | getjov |
| Acc. | getum | gētfimm | geteom | getjovm |
| Dat. | geten | gētfen | geteon | getjovn |
| Gen. | getor | getorv | geteor | getjorv |
While some simple words can be relatively long when analyzed alone, such as something like njēdbeðarimovimm cardinal number.DEF.ACC.PLU "cardinal numbers", longer English phrases are debatably more concise, such as njēdbeðarimjorv cardinal number.IND.GEN.PLU "of some cardinal numbers". Such is the nature of languages which decline more than using syntax for grammatical functions. ✎ Edit Article ✖ Delete Article
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