Azkali grammar: Difference between revisions
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==== Number and inverse number ==== | ==== Number and inverse number ==== | ||
Number inflection always follows, when even present, case. As mentioned before, there are three grammatical numbers in Azkali - the singular, which is unmarked, the paucal, and plural. The following chart shows each number suffix. | Number inflection always follows, when even present, case. As mentioned before, there are three grammatical numbers in Azkali - the singular, which is unmarked, the paucal, and plural. The following chart shows each number suffix; one should note that when used in combination with the dative case, the number affixes take the vowel ending form, due to the presence of a vowel at the end of the dative affix. | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
!Number | !Number | ||
!Vowel ending | !Vowel ending | ||
!Consonant ending | !Consonant aside from "tz" ending | ||
!"Tz" ending | |||
|- | |- | ||
!Singular | !Singular | ||
! colspan="2" | ∅ | ! colspan="2" | ∅ | ||
! | |||
|- | |- | ||
!Paucal | !Paucal | ||
| -tz | | -tz | ||
| -etz | | -etz | ||
| -et | |||
|- | |- | ||
!Plural | !Plural | ||
| -rek | | -rek | ||
| -erek | | colspan="2" | -erek | ||
|} | |} | ||
For nouns that end with "tz", a special affix for the paucal number exists. For example, the paucal version of the word ''leizitz'', meaning lizard, is ''leizitzet'', not the expected ''leizitzetz''. | |||
=== Pronouns === | === Pronouns === | ||