Hngatil grammar: Difference between revisions
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Simple nouns, | Simple nouns take no marking for number - that grammatical concept is conveyed by using numerals. To convey a singular number, the numeral ''rratid'' (one) is used. To convey a plural number, the word ''ggatyuprihn'' (consisting of the numeral for one hundred, ''tyuprihn'', plus the prefix gg(a)-, the infinitive case, to convert it into an abstract concept) is used. To convey a paucal number, the word ''ggaŵai'' (consisting of the numeral for seven, ŵai, plus the prefix gg(a)-) is used. Simple nouns also take no marking for definiteness per se, but the determiner ''kpiuta'' is often placed before the noun to express that concept. | ||
=== Verbal noun morphology === | === Verbal noun morphology === | ||
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=== Word order === | === Word order === | ||
Basic word order in Hngatil depends on the transitivity of a verb in a phrase. For phrases that only contain an intransitive verb, or ambitransitive verbs that are used intransitively, the basic word order is as follows: ''Verb-Adjective | Basic word order in Hngatil depends on the transitivity of a verb in a phrase. For phrases that only contain an intransitive verb, or ambitransitive verbs that are used intransitively, the basic word order is as follows: ''Verb-Adjective-Subject''. For phrases that contain transitive, ditransitive, or ambritransitive verbs used transitively, the word order is ''Verb-Subject-Adjective-Direct Object-Indirect Object'', when applicable. Generally, however, Hngatil's word order is ''Verb-Subject-Object.'' | ||