Morphology of noun making
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How to form nouns out of stems
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3. The little prince
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1. Comparation
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6. Participles
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8. Polar questions
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9. Question words
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10. Reflexivity
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11. Relative clauses
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There are certain affixes that will turn a stem into a noun with a specific meaning.-u: agent - täwu, eye [seer]; arwaku, warrior [weapon-er]; zemu, farmer [ear]
-tam: place - zemutam, farm [farmerplace]; byatam[*beyatam], kingdom [kingplace]; bashratam, realm of mean [manplace]
-ai: humanisation- ädhai, child [*seed]; kedirai, guardian [*shield, scale]
-a: nominalisation for animate nouns/ bodyparts: saamiza, beauty [beautiful]
-ade: former collective, used for generic term - miyade, bird [*fly]; ärade, forest [*tree], dasade, sealife [*swim]
-as: nominalisation for inanimate nouns - arwas, weapon; dholikas, magic [*chain]; aiwas, house
-ak: used for tools, instruments and utensils: arwak, sword; qadhak, knife
-ei: diminutive - zemuwei, ant [little farmer]; kilisei, morning [little day], gaalei, boy [little man]; mulwei, beak [little nose]
-tak: augmentative - krisikitak, thunderstorm [big rain]; dhumutak, noise [big sound]
-um: tangible material - maqum, ice; tlasum, iron
vowel elongation + -i: by-product and things associated with/bodyparts - muuli, nostril [*nose]; qaazi, dream [*sleep], suuri, toe [*foot]; roobi, beard [*chin] ✎ Edit Article ✖ Delete Article
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