Mauridai Lesson #2: Nouns
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Noun classes and declensions thereof
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Instead of grammatical gender, Mauridai divides nouns into 5 classes which are identifiable by their word initials. Nouns can be further declined into four cases: nominative, genitive, dative and accusative which are indicated by prefixes( determined by the class into which the noun is categorised). Nouns always begin with a consonant, ö or ai.
Noun classes
CLASS 1:
Nouns that begin with ö
ölö, cat
CLASS 2:
Nouns that begin with ai
aita, dog
CLASS 3:
Nouns that begin with b, p, t or d
piru, horse
CLASS 4:
Nouns that begin with k, kv, g, f or v
kuma, fish
CLASS 5:
Nouns that begin with any other consonant
zondi, bird
Case declensions
1: Nominative
Singular
Class 1, 2 and 3 nouns share their root (dictionary) form with the nominative singular while the prefix u- is added to class 4 and 5 nouns in their root form:
ölö > ölö, cat
aita > aita, dog
piru > piru, horse
kuma > ukuma, fish
zondi > uzondi, bird
Plural
All nouns gain prefixes to form the nominative plural:
1: ölö > dzhölö
2: aita > dzhaita
3: piru > bapiru
4: kuma > umukuma
5: zondi > abuzondi
2: Genitive
Singular
1: dr-: ölö > drölö
2: g-: aita > gaita
3: i-: piru > ipiru
4: mu-: kuma > mukuma
5: e-: zondi > ezondi
Plural
1: kv-: ölö > kvölö
2: kv-: aita > kvaita
3: izi-: piru > izipiru
4: mus-: kuma > muskuma
5: eme-: zondi > emezondi
3: Dative
Singular
1: ts-: ölö > tsölö
2: ut-: aita > utaita
3: oi-: piru > oipiru
4: au-: kuma > aukuma
5: i-: zondi > izondi
Plural
1: s-: ölö > sölö
2: s-: aita > saita
3: moi-: piru > moipiru
4: auli-: kuma > aulikuma
5: bano-: zondi > banozondi
4: Accusative
Singular
1:w-: ölö > wölö
2: w-: aita > waita
3: sto-: piru > stopiru
4: séi-: kuma > séikuma
5: uwa-: zondi > uwazondi
Plural
1: h-: ölö > hölö
2: háv-: aita > hávaita
3: mós-: piru > móspiru
4: kvéi-: kuma > kvéikuma
5: uru-: zondi > uruzondi
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