Difference between revisions of "Nouns"
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! '''Vocative''' | ! '''Vocative''' | ||
| fembir || '''–ir''' || e fembir || '''–ir''' || fembir || '''–ir''' || e fembir || '''–ir''' | | fembir || '''–ir''' || e fembir || '''–ir''' || fembir || '''–ir''' || e fembir || '''–ir''' | ||
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| + | {| class="wikitable" | ||
| + | ! rowspan="2" | <h2>E</h2> | ||
| + | ! colspan="4" | '''''zume''<br> fingernail, claw | ||
| + | ! colspan="4" | ''''zumef''<br> the fingernail, the claw | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | ! colspan="2" | '''Singular''' | ||
| + | ! colspan="2" | '''Plural''' | ||
| + | ! colspan="2" | '''Singular''' | ||
| + | ! colspan="2" | '''Plural''' | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | ! '''Nominative''' | ||
| + | | zume || '''–e''' || zumete || '''–ete''' || zumef || '''–ef''' || zumetef || '''–ef''' | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | ! '''Accusative''' | ||
| + | | zumec || '''–ec''' || zumetec || '''–etec''' || zumex || '''–ex''' || zumetex || '''–etex''' | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | ! '''Dative''' | ||
| + | | zumez || '''–ez''' || zumetez || '''–etez''' || zumer || '''–er''' || zumeter || '''–eter''' | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | ! '''Genitive''' | ||
| + | | zumae || '''–ae''' || zumetae || '''–etae''' || zumem || '''–em''' || zumetem || '''–etem''' | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | ! '''Ablative''' | ||
| + | | zumie || '''–ie''' || zumetie || '''–etie''' || zumies || '''–ies''' || zumeties || '''–eties''' | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | ! '''Locative''' | ||
| + | | zume || '''–e''' || zumete || '''–ete''' || zumed || '''–ed''' || zumeted || '''–eted''' | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | ! '''Vocative''' | ||
| + | | zumir || '''–ir''' || zumetir || '''–etir''' || zumir || '''–ir''' || zumetir || '''–etir''' | ||
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Tamrodae, "dog" | Tamrodae, "dog" | ||
A | A | ||
| − | + | Zarma, "river" | |
O | O | ||
Fembo, "mankind" | Fembo, "mankind" | ||
Revision as of 22:07, 27 February 2007
Okay, so here's the deal.
There are seven different terminals for Chezian nouns: AE, O, E, Y, A, U, and a consonant. Nouns decline (that is, have case) in Chezian, like they do in German, or Latin. In fact, the cases are the same as they are in Latin:
- Nominative [N] — The subject of a sentence, this is the raw dictionary form whose terminal dictates its terminal category.
- Accusative [A] — The direct object of a sentence, that which is directed acted upon by the main verb
- Dative [D] — This is the indirect object of a sentence, but specifically may only answer to whom or for whom (or what) the action of the sentence took place.
- Genitive [G] — This is sometimes used to signal a possesor of a following noun (like the "'s" clitic in English). See also [-orka].
- Ablative [B] — Unlike Latin, this is used with prepositions concerning movement away for "go"-paradigm verbs, and movement towards for "come"-paradigm verbs.
- Locative [L] — This is a noun telling "where", but implies no movement.
- Vocative [V] — This marks a noun being addressed (e.g., Fred in "Fred, when are you going to write something?")
Contents
Endings as documented in chezword
| -AE | -A | |||||
| IND | DEF | IND | DEF | |||
| N | ae | aef | N | a | af | |
| A | aec | aex | A | aec | aex | |
| D | aez | aer | D | aez | aer | |
| G | ae | em | G | ae | aem | |
| B | a | as | B | o | os | |
| L | e | ed | L | ae | aed | |
| V | ir | V | ir | ir | ||
| -O | -U | |||||
| IND | DEF | IND | DEF | |||
| N | o | af | N | u | uf | |
| A | ac | ax | A | uc | ux | |
| D | az | or | D | uz | ur | |
| G | ae | am | G | ae | um | |
| B | io | ios | B | iu | ius | |
| L | e | ed | L | u | ud | |
| V | ir | ir | V | ir | ir | |
| -E | -("C") | |||||
| IND | DEF | IND | DEF | |||
| N | e | ef | N | C | Cef | |
| A | ec | ex | A | Cec | Cex | |
| D | ez | er | D | Cez | Cer | |
| G | ae | em | G | Cae | Cem | |
| B | ie | ies | B | Co | Cos | |
| L | e | ed | L | Ce | Ced | |
| V | ir | ir | V | Cir | Cir | |
| -Y | ||||||
| IND | DEF | |||||
| N | y | y | ||||
| A | e | y | ||||
| D | iy | iy | ||||
| G | ie | ie | ||||
| B | y | y | ||||
| L | y | y | ||||
| V | ir | ir |
"C" stands for consonant
current examples
AE |
tamrodae dog |
tamrodaef the dog | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |||||
| Nominative | tamrodae | –ae | tamrodate | –ate | tamrodaef | –aef | tamrodatef | –atef |
| Accusative | tamrodaec | –aec | tamrodatec | –atec | tamrodaex | –aex | tamrodatex | –atex |
| Dative | tamrodaez | –aez | tamrodatez | –atez | tamrodaer | –aer | tamrodater | –ater |
| Genitive | tamrodae | –ae | tamrodate | –ate | tamrodem | –em | tamrodatem | –atem |
| Ablative | tamroda | –a | tamrodatie | –atie | tamrodas | –as | tamrodaties | –aties |
| Locative | tamrode | –e | tamrodate | –ate | tamroded | –ed | tamrodated | –ated |
| Vocative | tamrodir | –ir | tamrodatir | –atir | tamrodir | –ir | tamrodatir | –atir |
A |
zarma river |
zarmaf the river | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |||||
| Nominative | zarma | –a | zarmate | –ate | zarmaf | –aef | zarmatef | –atef |
| Accusative | zarmaec | –aec | zarmatec | –atec | zarmaex | –aex | zarmatex | –atex |
| Dative | zarmaez | –aez | zarmatez | –atez | zarmaer | –aer | zarmater | –ater |
| Genitive | zarmae | –ae | zarmate | –ate | zarmaem | –aem | zarmatem | –atem |
| Ablative | zarmo | –o | zarmatie | –atie | zarmos | –os | zarmaties | –aties |
| Locative | zarmae | –ae | zarmate | –ate | zarmaed | –aed | zarmated | –ated |
| Vocative | zarmir | –ir | zarmatir | –atir | zarmir | –ir | zarmatir | –atir |
O |
fembo human, mankind |
fembaf the human | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |||||
| Nominative | fembo | –o | e fembo | –o | fembaf | –af | e fembaf | –af |
| Accusative | fembac | –ac | e fembac | –ac | fembax | –ax | e fembax | –ax |
| Dative | fembaz | –az | e fembaz | –az | fembor | –or | e fembor | –or |
| Genitive | fembae | –ae | e fembae | –ae | fembam | –am | e fembam | –am |
| Ablative | fembio | –io | e fembio | –io | fembios | –ios | e fembios | –ios |
| Locative | fembe | –e | e fembe | –e | fembed | –ed | e fembed | –ed |
| Vocative | fembir | –ir | e fembir | –ir | fembir | –ir | e fembir | –ir |
E |
zume fingernail, claw |
''zumef the fingernail, the claw | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |||||
| Nominative | zume | –e | zumete | –ete | zumef | –ef | zumetef | –ef |
| Accusative | zumec | –ec | zumetec | –etec | zumex | –ex | zumetex | –etex |
| Dative | zumez | –ez | zumetez | –etez | zumer | –er | zumeter | –eter |
| Genitive | zumae | –ae | zumetae | –etae | zumem | –em | zumetem | –etem |
| Ablative | zumie | –ie | zumetie | –etie | zumies | –ies | zumeties | –eties |
| Locative | zume | –e | zumete | –ete | zumed | –ed | zumeted | –eted |
| Vocative | zumir | –ir | zumetir | –etir | zumir | –ir | zumetir | –etir |
AE Tamrodae, "dog" A Zarma, "river" O Fembo, "mankind" E Zume, "fingernail" U Sharu, "black" Y Eloremsky, "Daniel" CONS Alsafifel, "deputy"
half-cases
What's a half-case? Half-cases (some chezian word) or clitics, are suffixed to the nominative form of a noun, and do not themselves agree in terminal declension or number.
- possessive (-orka) ["'s"]
- comitative (-volo) ["with", manner]
- prolative (-ensecon) ["by way of", "according to", "per", "pursuant"]
Ricazo adoensecon fae, ricazez kedensecon fae.
each-abl ability-pr his, each-dat need-pr his.
From each, according to his ability, to each, according to his need.
