Nouns in Marina
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Noun Declensions and More in Marina
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3. Nouns in Marina
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4. Verbs in Marina
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Nouns follow basic rules when they are declined:
1. There are only two genders and two classes of which nouns can only have one.
a. Genders: Masculine (Masc) and Feminine (Fem)
b. Classes: Animate (An) and Inanimate (In)*
2. There are four forms of plurality: Singular (Sing), Dual (Du), Trial (Tri), and Plural (Pl)
3. There are 5 cases: Nominative (Nom), Accusative (Acc), Dative (Dat), Genitive (Gen), and Prepositional (Prep)
a. There are two forms of the genitive case: Alienable (A) and Inalienable (IA)
4. All noun inflections are suffixes
5. Suffix order: Verbalization/Adjectivization, Article, Case, Plurality
6. If the suffix starts with the sound of the previous word/suffix, the first letter of the suffix is dropped.
Ex. The Woman (Fem An): Òĵan
For the suffix examples, words are chosen that do not share sounds with the beginning of the suffix, as to not confuse anyone.
7. Nouns are naturally indefinite
*The noun doesn't have to be alive to be animate. This is the same as how one could say that "Earth is alive".
There is an article for all gender and class combinations, as shown:
Masc An: Ògnoen
Masc In: Sitaijuep
Fem An: Kepirian
Fem In: Ègoĵapi
Example: The man and the woman: Ògnoen ì Òĵan
Cases are just a bit more complicated than Definite Articles, in that the cases are affected by the gender and class of the noun as well. Nominative nouns do not inflect with case
-Masc An
Acc: Ògnot
Dat: Ògnotue
Gen A: Ògnosi
Gen IA: Ògnosike
Prep: Ògnowe
-Masc In
Acc: Umjep
Dat: Umjepue
Gen A: Umjesipi
Gen IA: Umjesiki
Prep: Umjepwe
-Fem An
Acc: Òĵaeta
Dat: Òĵaetia
Gen A: Òĵaetas
Gen IA: Òĵaetasa
Prep: Òĵaewega
-Fem In
Acc: Ĵigedaepa
Dat: Ĵigedaepuea
Gen A: Ĵigedaepas
Gen IA: Ĵigedaepasa
Prep: Ĵigedaepwe
Example: The man is eating food: Gwavucewige ògnoen gwaniepa
The genitive case is to identify the owner of the subject. The possessor comes before the possessee, and the genitive ending is based on the genitive noun's gender and class, not the subject's.
Examples:
The man's child (child is alienable): Ògnoensi cigo.
The man's hand (hand is inalienable): Ògnoensi kakatĵi.
Like case, plurality is based on the number as well as gender and class of the noun, and singular nouns are not inflected.
-Masc An
Du: Ògnoes
Tri: Ògnoatre
Pl: Ògnos
-Masc In
Du: Umjeets
Tri: Umjeedz
Pl: Umjese
-Fem An
Du: Kepiriasa
Tri: Kepiriata
Pl:Kepirias
-Fem In
Du: Ĵigedaet
Tri: Ĵigedaez
Pl: Ĵigedasa
Example: The (2) men and the (5) children: Ògnoenes ì cigoens ✎ Edit Article ✖ Delete Article
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