Hngatil grammar: Difference between revisions
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Verbal nouns work remarkably different than simple nouns. Verbal nouns are composed of a combined noun class and nominalizing suffix. Verbal nouns take no marking for case, unlike simple nouns. Verbal nouns are more often than not derived from verbs, but some are not, yet still are treated as verbal nouns due to the mandatory suffix they take. A vast majority of verbal nouns lack the vowel /i/ and its long variant, but this is not a universal rule, demonstrated easily by the Hngatil word for verbal nouns, ''ddingurru''. | Verbal nouns work remarkably different than simple nouns. Verbal nouns are composed of a combined noun class and nominalizing suffix. Verbal nouns take no marking for case, unlike simple nouns. Verbal nouns are more often than not derived from verbs, but some are not, yet still are treated as verbal nouns due to the mandatory suffix they take. A vast majority of verbal nouns lack the vowel /i/ and its long variant, but this is not a universal rule, demonstrated easily by the Hngatil word for verbal nouns, ''ddingurru''. | ||
Verbal nouns also share general phonological features, as well — all are required to end with vowels. Most verbal nouns start with either /d/, /k/, /k͡p/, or /a/, | Verbal nouns also share general phonological features, as well — all are required to end with vowels. Most verbal nouns start with either /d/, /k/, /k͡p/, or /a/, | ||
There are 18 noun classes that verbal nouns mark for. These are the suffixes: | There are 18 noun classes that verbal nouns mark for. These are the suffixes: | ||