Mraupsian Nouns
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Noun inflections and affixes
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1. Mraupsian Nouns
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2. Mraupsian Pronouns
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3. Mraupsian Verbs
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Mraupsian nouns come in two classes, animate and inanimate. They can be prefixed with definite or indefinite articles (but it is not required). They are inflected with eight case suffixes and five number suffixes. The affix order is:
Article - Noun - Case - Number
An indefinite or definite article can be specified with a prefix:
| ARTICLES | ANAnimate (gender/class) alive, moving | INInanimate (gender/class) for non-living things |
|---|---|---|
| INDEFIndefinite a nonspecific referent | qxo- | nnâ- |
| DEFDefinite "the" | vlu- or vle- | tsô- |
qxotsoq 'a person'
vlutsoq 'the person'
nnâtcérr 'a house'
tsôtcérr 'the house'
Case suffixes differ by animate/inanimate class. Nominative case is unmarked.
| CASES | ANAnimate (gender/class) alive, moving | INInanimate (gender/class) for non-living things | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOMNominative (case) TRANS subject, INTR argument | -∅ | -∅ | Subjects of clauses and complements of copula phrases |
| ACCAccusative (case) TRANS direct object; patient | -et | -d(â) | Direct object of verb |
| DATDative (case) indirect object; recipient, beneficiary, location | -um | -ôn | Indirect object of verb; beneficiary/recipient role |
| ABLAblative (case) away from | -ûq | -âk | Motion away from |
| ALLAllative (case) 'to, onto' | -ux | -éc | Motion to or toward, into or onto, etc. |
| GENGenitive (case) possessive | -évi | -ôv | Possessor |
| LOCLocative (case) 'in, on, at' etc | -ira | -ira | Place, route, etc, of verb (unlikely to be an animate noun) |
| COMComitative (case) 'together with' | -ixa | N/A | Animate noun that accompanies subject somehow |
| INSInstrumental (case) 'with', 'using' | N/A | -ajâ | Inanimate noun is used to carry out verb ("instrument") |
| TEMPTemporal (case) specifying time (at one, on Monday, etc.) | N/A | -ela | Time when verb takes place |
There are five number types: Singular (which is unmarked), None ("no nouns"), Dual, Plural (more than two), and Innumerable ("too many to count" or simply "very many"; also used to indicate "more than enough" or "surplus of"). The number suffixes do not differ by animate/inanimate class.
| ARTICLES | Suffix |
|---|---|
| NONNegative number (number) no [noun]s | -ne |
| SGSingular (number) one countable entity | -∅ |
| DUDual (number) two | -l |
| PLPlural (number) more than one/few | -s or -z |
| INNInnumerable (number) too many to be counted | -sim or -zim |
tsoq 'person'
tsoqne 'no person'
tsoql 'two people'
tsoqs '(more than two) people'
tsoqsim 'innumerable people'
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