Hngatil grammar: Difference between revisions

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# '''Reversative''' - an action involving the change of direction or intent

# '''Distributive''' - an action that occurs or is done or happens to/by a group or location

~~There are several aspects that share the same~~ suffix~~; an example being the stative and gnomic aspects, both being marked by ''-(a)ngmatk.''~~

A list of all aspectual suffix forms is shown below

=== Irregular and defective verbs ===

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== Nouns ==

Noun morphology, compared to verbal morphology, is relatively lackluster. Hngatil nouns comprise of two main classes: one that are derived from nouns, referred to usually as ''verbal nouns'', and nouns that are not derived from nouns, referred to usually as ''basic nouns''. ~~Verbal nouns~~ are majorly defective in their declension, only inflecting for two numbers and eight cases, the genitive and dative cases having merged. Adjectives and the direct object of any verb take the same conjugation as verbal nouns~~. Basic~~ nouns~~, however, inflect for five numbers and eight cases~~.

Noun morphology, compared to verbal morphology, is relatively lackluster. Hngatil nouns comprise of two main classes: one that are derived from nouns, referred to usually as ''verbal nouns'', and nouns that are not derived from nouns, referred to usually as ''basic nouns''. There are far more verbal nouns than there are basic nouns.

The five numbers that basic nouns decline for are the '''Singular''', denoting there is one of the noun, '''Dual''', denoting there is two of the noun, '''Trial''', denoting there is three of the noun, '''Paucal''', showing there is a small group of nouns (the specific number not exact), and the '''Plural''', denoting there is more than three of the noun.

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! rowspan="10" |

!Singular, Dual,

Trial

Trial, Paucal

!~~Paucal,~~ Plural

!Plural

|-

! colspan="5" |Basic nouns

! colspan="2" |~~Adjectives, Direct Objects,~~

! colspan="2" |Verbal nouns

~~and~~ Verbal ~~Nouns~~

|-

!Ergative

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| colspan="3" |''-(a)bbi(i)''

| colspan="2" rowspan="1" |''-(a)gga''

| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |''-(a)llu(u)t'a''

| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |''-(a)llu(u)t'a''

~~| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |''-(a)pi(i)hla~~''

|-

!Dative

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|''-(i(i))ggai(i)''

|''-(i(i))nga''

|''-(a)dda''

| colspan="2" |''-(a)dda''

~~|''-(a)gga~~''

|-

!Translative

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 # '''Reversative''' - an action involving the change of direction or intent
 # '''Distributive''' - an action that occurs or is done or happens to/by a group or location
-There are several aspects that share the same suffix; an example being the stative and gnomic aspects, both being marked by ''-(a)ngmatk.''
+A list of all aspectual suffix forms is shown below
 === Irregular and defective verbs ===
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 == Nouns ==
-Noun morphology, compared to verbal morphology, is relatively lackluster. Hngatil nouns comprise of two main classes: one that are derived from nouns, referred to usually as ''verbal nouns'', and nouns that are not derived from nouns, referred to usually as ''basic nouns''. Verbal nouns are majorly defective in their declension, only inflecting for two numbers and eight cases, the genitive and dative cases having merged. Adjectives and the direct object of any verb take the same conjugation as verbal nouns. Basic nouns, however, inflect for five numbers and eight cases.
+Noun morphology, compared to verbal morphology, is relatively lackluster. Hngatil nouns comprise of two main classes: one that are derived from nouns, referred to usually as ''verbal nouns'', and nouns that are not derived from nouns, referred to usually as ''basic nouns''. There are far more verbal nouns than there are basic nouns.
 The five numbers that basic nouns decline for are the '''Singular''', denoting there is one of the noun, '''Dual''', denoting there is two of the noun, '''Trial''', denoting there is three of the noun, '''Paucal''', showing there is a small group of nouns (the specific number not exact), and the '''Plural''', denoting there is more than three of the noun.
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 ! rowspan="10" |
 !Singular, Dual,
-Trial
+Trial, Paucal
-!Paucal, Plural
+!Plural
 |-
 ! colspan="5" |Basic nouns
-! colspan="2" |Adjectives, Direct Objects,
+! colspan="2" |Verbal nouns
-and Verbal Nouns
 |-
 !Ergative
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 | colspan="3" |''-(a)bbi(i)''
 | colspan="2" rowspan="1" |''-(a)gga''
-| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |''-(a)llu(u)t'a''
+| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |''-(a)llu(u)t'a''
-| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |''-(a)pi(i)hla''
 |-
 !Dative
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 |''-(i(i))ggai(i)''
 |''-(i(i))nga''
-|''-(a)dda''
+| colspan="2" |''-(a)dda''
-|''-(a)gga''
 |-
 !Translative