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Menu 1. Nouns in PKJ: 2. Nouns In PKJ, continued: 3. Nouns In PKJ, Continued 4. Adjectives in PKJ: On 4 Oct 2017, 23:50, @[Deactivated User] said:
Nouns have 3 animacy classes: Human is used for humans and powerful things Dead is used for dead humans, dead animals, some plants, and dangerous things Neuter is used for everything else Nouns decline in 4 declensions: The first declension has a nominative in -el and a vocative in -ero. The vocative stem is used for all but NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument
.SGSingular (number)
one countable entity
and NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument
.PLPlural (number)
more than one/few
SGSingular (number)
one countable entity
DUDual (number)
two
PLPlural (number)
more than one/few
NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument
base (-el)-ẽl-eli
ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient
-ers-õrs-eri
DATDative (case)
indirect object; recipient, beneficiary, location
-erẍa-erẍan-eriṕa
GENGenitive (case)
possessive
-al-õl-aldi
VOCVocative (case)
'O [addressee]'
base (-ero)-erõ-iro
Only one form, VOCVocative (case)
'O [addressee]'
.DUDual (number)
two
, undergoes assimilation, with all o's becoming õ's Let's see this on a noun. The noun is knijvel, with a vocative stem of knijvero.
SGSingular (number)
one countable entity
DUDual (number)
two
PLPlural (number)
more than one/few
NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument
knijvelknijvẽlknijveli
ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient
knijversknijvõrsknijveri
DATDative (case)
indirect object; recipient, beneficiary, location
knijverẍaknijverẍanknijveriṕa
GENGenitive (case)
possessive
knijvalknijvõlknijvaldi
VOCVocative (case)
'O [addressee]'
knijveroknijverõknijviro
As you can see, the nominative and vocative stems are the same for most first declension nouns. However, it will come into play in other declensions TO BE CONTINUED....
On 6 Oct 2017, 10:30, @[Deactivated User] said:
[edit] [top]Nouns In  Proto-Knijvas, continued:
2nd Declension has a nominative stem ending in -ig, ẽg, or -ar. The vocative stem ends in -irf, and is used for everything but NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument
.SGSingular (number)
one countable entity
and DATDative (case)
indirect object; recipient, beneficiary, location
.SGSingular (number)
one countable entity
. Irregular stems are commoner than in first declension.
SGSingular (number)
one countable entity
DUDual (number)
two
PLPlural (number)
more than one/few
NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument
base (-ig)-or-irg
ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient
-ithe-itho-ite
DATDative (case)
indirect object; recipient, beneficiary, location
base (-ig)-urxo-uj
GENGenitive (case)
possessive
-ac-acit-acl
VOCVocative (case)
'O [addressee]'
base (-irf)-er-erf
Here's a table with dẽjig as an example:
SGSingular (number)
one countable entity
DUDual (number)
two
PLPlural (number)
more than one/few
NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument
dẽjigdẽjordẽjirg
ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient
dẽjithedẽjithodẽjite
DATDative (case)
indirect object; recipient, beneficiary, location
dẽjigdẽjurxodẽjuj
GENGenitive (case)
possessive
dẽjacdẽjacitdẽjacl
VOCVocative (case)
'O [addressee]'
dẽjirfdẽjerdẽjerf
Assimilation rules appear in genitives in second declension, with n becoming c when beginning words. Now let's take a look at third declension. Third declension nouns end in -ha, but some end in -e. Both have a vocative of -haj. -ha ending nouns have consistent vocatives, but -e ending nouns have some irregular vocatives. No form uses the base stem except NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument
.SGSingular (number)
one countable entity
. No assimilation rules are used outside of stem changes.
SGSingular (number)
one countable entity
DUDual (number)
two
PLPlural (number)
more than one/few
NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument
base (-ha)-hap-he
ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient
-hel-hep-hẽ
DATDative (case)
indirect object; recipient, beneficiary, location
-hajna-hapa-hajne
GENGenitive (case)
possessive
-hui-hua-hue
VOCVocative (case)
'O [addressee]'
base (-haj)-hajon-hipl
Now let's see an example with the word rusha:
SGSingular (number)
one countable entity
DUDual (number)
two
PLPlural (number)
more than one/few
NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument
rusharushaprushe
ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient
rushelrusheprushẽ
DATDative (case)
indirect object; recipient, beneficiary, location
rushajnarushaparushajne
GENGenitive (case)
possessive
rushuirushuarushue
VOCVocative (case)
'O [addressee]'
rushajrushajonrushipl
TO BE CONTINUED...
On 7 Oct 2017, 11:13, @[Deactivated User] said:
[edit] [top]Nouns In  Proto-Knijvas, Continued
Let's look at fourth declension. Compared to the other declensions, there are more irregular stem change rules. The nominative stem might be anything, but the vocative is -oy
SGSingular (number)
one countable entity
DUDual (number)
two
PLPlural (number)
more than one/few
NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument
base-out-ot
ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient
-o-elga-el
DATDative (case)
indirect object; recipient, beneficiary, location
-os-ov-ovla
GENGenitive (case)
possessive
-õd-õt
VOCVocative (case)
'O [addressee]'
base (-uy)-oyta-oyge
Let's see it with ķen.
SGSingular (number)
one countable entity
DUDual (number)
two
PLPlural (number)
more than one/few
NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument
ķenķenoutķenot
ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient
ķenoķenelgaķenel
DATDative (case)
indirect object; recipient, beneficiary, location
ķenosķenovķenovla
GENGenitive (case)
possessive
ķenõķenõdķenõt
VOCVocative (case)
'O [addressee]'
ķenuyķenoytaķenoyge
All else left to talk about nouns is the adpositions. Various cases are used for dealing with adpositions, which I will mark in the dictionary. Most are prepositions, except when referring to time, in which case they are postpositions.


Adjectives are decently simple. There are different forms by class, but they only decline for a comparative.
Dead (using the gloss DANDangerous (gender/class)
dangerous
) and neuter both have separate stems. They are irregular. However, some have patterns. -as is an adjective-forming suffix that consistently has stems of -ar and -asta. Most neuter stems end in vowels. All comparative forms are formed by adding -ek to the stem, or -k if it ends in a vowel.
Let's see this with the adjective knijvas
HUMHuman (gender/class)
human or belonging to human
DANDangerous (gender/class)
dangerous
NEUTNeuter (gender)
neutral or neuter
Ø knijvasknijvarknijvasta
COMPComparative (comparison)
e.g. 'better'
knijvasekknijvarekknijvastak
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