Nouns & Adjectives
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Stuff that nouns & adjectives do in Sipalh
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3. Nouns & Adjectives
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4. Sounds of Sipalh
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| Accusative (sg) | Nominative (sg) | Locative (sg) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -(l)is | I | -ø | I | -rdu |
| -(l)i | II | -(g)u | II | |
| -(l)i | III | -(g)u | III |
| Accusative (pl) | Nominative (pl) | Locative (pl) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -mani | I | -ø | I | -murd |
| -mani | II | -me | II | |
| -mirz | III | -me | III |
Non-existence marker on the object: tsi-
Can potentially distinguish whether the verb is not being done at all ("object" doesn't exist) or if it's not being done to that thing there.
kme
PRSPresent tense (tense) rdu
he rtenei-mani
water-ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient.PLPlural (number)
more than one/few bana
PROGProgressive (aspect)
be verb-ing dyulsa-yag
drink-IInterjection (POS)>IIIUnknown code
He is drinking water.
kme
PRSPresent tense (tense) rdu
he tsi-rtenei-mani
NEGNegative (polarity)
not-water-ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient.PLPlural (number)
more than one/few tsaz
NEGNegative (polarity)
not bana
PROGProgressive (aspect)
be verb-ing dyulsa-yag
drink-IInterjection (POS)>IIIUnknown code
He is not drinking water.
kme
PRSPresent tense (tense) rdu
he rtenei-mani
water-ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient.PLPlural (number)
more than one/few tsaz
NEGNegative (polarity)
not bana
PROGProgressive (aspect)
be verb-ing dyulsa-yag
drink-IInterjection (POS)>IIIUnknown code
He is not drinking that water.
Gender
You can add an explicity gender marker: -zza female or -pe male.
lha-zza-ø
child-FEMFeminine (gender)
feminine or female-NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, IInterjection (POS)NTR argument.SGSingular (number)
one countable entity.IInterjection (POS)
'girl'
lhas-pe-ø
child-MASCMasculine (gender)
masculine or male-NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, IInterjection (POS)NTR argument.SGSingular (number)
one countable entity.IInterjection (POS)
'boy'
Relative clauses in noun phrases? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relative_clause
The clause precedes its modified noun, followed by pronoun of the same class?
Come right after the noun it modifies. Inflection to agree in case and number.
Nominative prefixes
| N.C. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| I | rte- | rtema- |
| II | sya- | rse- |
| III | yat(a)- | lus- |
Accusative prefixes
| N.C. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| I | rti- | mi- |
| II | rsu- | rsmu- |
| III | rsu- | rsmu- |
Adjectives can also act as adverbs without modification, when it makes sense. Adverb forms take no agreement. Adverbs come after the verb, just like adjective with noun. ✎ Edit Article ✖ Delete Article
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