From f18f2ee869c7a86f1d4192e4d3becf9b1604890c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jason Self Date: Sun, 10 May 2020 19:23:34 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add noun morphology --- Language/language.md | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) diff --git a/Language/language.md b/Language/language.md index d8297f7..1b25c1c 100644 --- a/Language/language.md +++ b/Language/language.md @@ -99,6 +99,34 @@ phrases is Time-Manner-Place: > "I am travelling on Monday [time] by car [manner] to Seoul [place]." +### Noun morphology + ++------------+------------------------+-------------------------+ +| | Singular | Plural | ++============+========================+=========================+ +| Nominative | man | men | +| | hu /hu/ | No plural marker | +| | | hhu /hhu/ | ++------------+------------------------+-------------------------+ +| Accusative | man | men | +| | Prefix: thu- /θɨ-/ | No plural marker | +| | thuhu /ˈθɨhu/ | xhu /ɣhu/ | ++------------+------------------------+-------------------------+ +| Genitive | man's | men's | +| | Suffix: -(e)th /-(e)θ/ | No plural marker | +| | huth /huθ/ | uhu /ˈuhu/ | ++------------+------------------------+-------------------------+ +| Dative | to [the/a] man | to men | +| | Suffix: -(i)hu /ihʊ/ | No plural marker | +| | huhu /ˈhuhʊ/ | jhu /dʒhu/ | ++------------+------------------------+-------------------------+ +| Locative | in/at/by [the/a] man | in/at/by [the/some] men | +| | Prefix: u- /u-/ | No plural marker | +| | uhu /ˈuhu/ | mbuhu /mbuˈhu/ | ++------------+------------------------+-------------------------+ + +Plurals are optional for non-human nouns. + ### Morphological derivations Entries follow the format of: -- 2.31.1