2. Suffixes
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Sadar!
Welcome to the article about suffixes in the Samarian language, be ready to suffer (or not, if you speak Hungarian or Turkish, you're fine)
Let's go straight to the grain shall we?
1. Case Suffixes
• -i (Genitive): 's, possession
Ex. Adami (of the person)
• -nák/nék (Dative-Locative): to something
Ex. Adamnák (to the person)
• -zim (Locative): in something
Ex. Adamizim (in the person)
• -na (Illative): into something
Ex. Adamana (into the person)
• -ast (Elative): out of something
Ex. Adamast (out of the person)
• -mák/mék (Instrumental-Comitative): with, by
Ex. Mardekmék (with the wind)
• -zor (Temporal): at something
Ex. Kiÿinzor (at night)
2. Pronoun Suffixes
• - am / -m (I / my)
Ex. Mét (to leave) Métam (I leave)
• -im (to me / me)
Ex. Métim (leave me)
• -të (you)
Ex. Métë (you leave)
•-te (you acc.)
Ex. Méte (leave you)
• -vä (us / we)
Ex. Métavä (we leave / leave us)
• -án (it)
Ex. Métán (it leaves / leave it)
• -sa (her / she)
Ex. Métasa (she leaves / leave her)
• -le (him / he)
Ex. Métle (he leaves / leave him)
•- ö (them / they, if the word ends with -ö then add -kö)
Ex. Métö (they leave / leave them)
Note: whether the subject's the direct or indirect object depends entirely on context ;)
Possesive Pronouns
• -rö (his / her)
Ex. Domrö (his/her house)
• -vas (our)
Ex. Domvas (our house)
• -rök (their F/M)
Ex. Domrök (their house)
• -a (its)
Ex. Doma (its house)
3. Noun Suffixes
• -sám / -sém (-ness)
Ex. Súl (beautiful) Súlsám (beauty)
• -ön / -nö (-y)
Ex. Tulfan (storm) Tulfanön (stormy)
• -gori / -ogori (x times)
Ex. Ÿa (one) Ÿagori (one time)
• -rat / -arat / -ret / -eret (collective)
Ex. Veken (chair) Vekeneret (set of chairs*)
• -imi / -mi (diminutive)
Ex. Papägai (parrot) Papägaimi (little parrot)
• -akas (mathematical grouping)
Ex. On (ten) Onakas (tenth one)
• -ür / -nür (-ed)
Ex. Kald (heart) Kaldür (kind-hearted)
• -adam (nationality/demonym)
Ex. Madÿar (Hungary) Madÿaradam (Hungarian)
• -elen / -nelen / -alan (-less)
Ex. Vára (money) Váranalan (broke)
• -ńelv / -ńalv / -ańalv (prone to something)
Ex. Roha (soul) Rohańalv (soulful)
• -va (related to)
Ex. Vaśtaltaśa (change) Vaśtaltaśava (mutation)
• -nög / -ög (to make something become the root)
Ex. Súl (beautiful) Súlög (to beautify)
• -ýgen / -nýgen (to become the root)
Ex. Súl (beautiful) Súlýgen (to become beautiful)
• -ć /-ać / -eć (-er)
Ex. Ÿurga (high) Ÿurgać (higher)
• -urće / -rće (-ship)
Ex. Toma (stop) Tomarće (Censorship)
• -go / -ogo (offensive / turns a noun into something derogatory)
Ex. Śurgyk (snake) Śurgygo (someone who's a snake)
• -avaris / -varis / -ovös (-ally / -ly / -ary)
Ex. Pärlemënt (parliament) Pärlemëntavaris (parliamentary)
• -vo / -ovo (near to something)
Ex. Olar (city) Olarovo (near the city)
• -áraś / -raś (far away from something)
Ex. Olar (city) Olaráraś (far away from the city)
• -ajan / -najan (-ical, -istic)
Ex. Aulúm (science) Aulúmajan (scientific)
• -fégel / -égel (made of-)
Ex. Génde (bread) Géndefégel (something made of bread)
• -evéle / -véle (kind of, type of, -like, species)
Ex. Maǵun (mushroom) Maǵunevéle (fungi, mushroom-like)
4. Verbal Suffixes
• -aǵam / eǵem (result of action)
Ex. Śum (think) Śumaǵam (thought)
• -dÿuhë (causative)
Ex. Ra (fly) Radÿuhë (to make something fly)
• -hat / -het / -at / -et (potential)
Ex. Ket (go) Ketet (can go/may go)
(To negate just replace the -t with a -ź, ex. keteź)
• -avan / -even (able to, -able)
Ex. Svuoda (eat) Svuodavan (eatable)
• -adadlan / -ededlen (unable to, un...able)
Ex. Śum (think) Śumadadlan (unthinkable)
• -azak / -zak / -zek (to engage/play or work with the root)
Ex. Gitar (guitar) Guitarazak (to play the guitar)
Note: It can also be used to derive people or objects associated with the root, ex. 'suÿu' (love) 'suÿuzuk' (lover).
• -voröj / -ovoröj (reflexive)
Ex. Bortvál (shave) Bortválovoröj (to shave oneself)
• -egéz / -géz (doing the verb repeatedly, casually or aimlessly)
Ex. Vereś (search) Vereśegéz (to look around for something)
• -nart / -art (doing an action quickly or suddenly)
Ex. Svuoda (eat) Svuodanart (to suddenly eat)
• -gönört / -önört (to begin an action)
Ex. Nélv (speak) Nélvönört (to begin speaking/start talking)
• -rekér / -ekér (to do something slowly)
Ex. Koś (walk) Kośekér (to walk slowly)
• -aḱa / -eḱe (to keep doing the root)
Ex. Ket (go) Keteḱe (to keep going)
Note: When you add -aḱa, there's no need to use present continous
• -ence / -anca (without doing [verb])
Ex. Bośa (laugh) Bośanca (without laughing)
Note: When you add -anca, there's no need to use present continous