Hngatil grammar: Difference between revisions

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 === Verbal noun morphology ===
+Verbal nouns work remarkably different than simple nouns. Verbal nouns are subordinate to verbs, and are forbidden from serving as subjects of transitive verbs entirely. Verbal nouns are composed of a combined noun class and nominalizing suffix. Verbal nouns take no marking for case, unlike simple nouns.
+There are [xyz] noun classes that verbal nouns mark for. These are the suffixes:
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+Cobmined noun class and nominalizing suffix
+!Noun class
+!Form
+|-
+!Kali
+| -nnu(u)
+|-
+!Water
+| -bgu(u)
+|-
+!Inanimate
+| -lu(u)
+|-
+!Semianimate
+| -ldbu(u)
+|-
+!Animate nonbiotic
+| -tp'au(u)
+|-
+!Animate biotic
+| -ddau(u)
+|-
+!Food
+| -dgau(u)
+|-
+!Solid object
+| -nyau(u)
+|-
+!Liquid object
+| -nngau(u)
+|-
+!Elevated object
+| -rau(u)
+|-
+!Slender object
+| -nngau(u)
+|-
+!Load object
+| -ta
+|-
+!Open container
+| -hmai(i)n
+|-
+!Closed container
+| -dabi(i)
+|-
+!Long tall object
+| -arri(i)u(u)
+|-
+!Smooth object
+| -ap'au(u)
+|-
+!Rigid object
+| -hnahnu(u)
+|-
+!Other
+| -u(u)
+|}
 == Syntax and morphosyntactical alignment ==