Droppa Nominal morphology
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In Droppa, nouns decline according to number and possession. The plural form of a noun is always optional, and all nouns are by default treated as mass nouns.
- 1st sg: -n
- 2nd sg: -m
- 3rd sg: -t
- 1sg pl: -nee/-nie (from proto -noi, the original form is -net)
- 2nd pl: -mee/-mie (from proto -moi, the original form is -met)
- 3rd pl: -te/-ti
When nouns are used with determiners like demonstratives or numerals, the determiners are always followed by classifiers when modifying nouns.
Below is a table for classifiers in Droppa:
| Droppa(romanization) | Meaning | Use |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "individual" | for individual things, people, can also be used as a generic purpose classifier |
| 1 | "head" | for larger, domesticated animals |
| 1 | "single" | for animals(i.e. bird) or for one of a pair(i.e. hand) |
| 1 | "stripe" | for long, thin objects |
| 1 | "extension, sheet" | for thin, flat objects |
| 1 | "face, surfacfe" | for smooth, flat objects(i.e. mirror) |
| 1 | for small and/or round objects | |
| 1 | "slice, flake" | for flat objects, cards, slices of food, or pieces of land |
| 1 | "root" | for thin, slender, pole, stick objects |
| 1 | "hilt, handle" | for long, thin objects with a part like a handle or hilt |
| 1 | for trees and similar plants | |
| 1 | "seat" | for buildings, settlements, mountains, etc. |
| 1 | "way" | for linear projections(i.e. lights, rays, etc.), orders given by an authority figure, courses of food, walls and doors, questions, number of times, etc. |
| 1 | "item" | for matters, clothings, goods, etc. |
| 1 | "chunk, lump" | for lands or things that come in chunks, lumps, nuggets, etc.(i.e. stone, money, etc.) |
| 1 | "platform" | for heavy objects like vehicles and machines |
| 1 | "division, portion" | for things come in portions(i.e. food, newspapers, notarized documents, contracts, etc.) |
| 1 | "part" | for novels, movies, TV dramas etc.; also for vehicles |
| 1 | "bundle" | for things in bundles(i.e. light, a bundle of flowers) |
| 1 | "leaf" | for ships, vessels, etc. |
| 1 | "position" | polite classifier for people |
| 1 | for flowers and similar plants | |
| 1 | "mass, lump" | for rotund and wound objects |
| 1 | "location, site" | for places and locations |
| 1 | "root, source" | for books |
In addition to their uses with numbers and demonstratives, classifiers have some other functions. A classifier placed after a noun expresses a plural or indefinite quantity of it.
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