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Defective nouns are a variety of indeclinable nouns which are assigned their syntactic role by using one of two topical postpositions and replacing their intended place in the sentence with a pronominal. The two topical postpositions are ''bþ'', used when the topic takes an agentive or patientive role, and ''nn'' used otherwise. Baphian loans, as well as abbreviated forms of Kzmr nouns, are frequently defective nouns. Take the following sentence, for instance: | Defective nouns are a variety of indeclinable nouns which are assigned their syntactic role by using one of two topical postpositions and replacing their intended place in the sentence with a pronominal. The two topical postpositions are ''bþ'', used when the topic takes an agentive or patientive role, and ''nn'' used otherwise. Baphian loans, as well as abbreviated forms of Kzmr nouns, are frequently defective nouns. Take the following sentence, for instance: | ||
''''Kshkhi bþ hhnri þ' h'u.'''<br/><code> | ''''Kshkhi bþ hhnri þ' h'u.'''<br/><code>kuzeke.elang TOP play-PRES.IMPF 1-NOM 3.INAM-ACC</code><br/>''I play [[kuzeke elang]].'' | ||
The literal meaning of this expression could be translated as "As for kusyeke kherang, I play it." | The literal meaning of this expression could be translated as "As for kusyeke kherang, I play it." | ||