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Nouns

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Base Nouns

Nouns exist as standalone words with no grammatical gender or case marking.

  • Casa (house), Lokwa (person), Tungz (tongue)

Pluralization

Add -s to any noun

  • Casa → Casas, Lokwa → Lokwas

Deriving Nouns from Verbs

Agent Nouns (-ot): The person/thing that does the action

  • Svedol (kill) → Svedot (killer)

  • Tinka (think) → Tinkot (thinker)

  • Maken (make) → Makenot (maker)

Action/State Nouns: The action or state itself

  • Tinka (think) → Tinkat (thought) - uses past tense form

  • Amora (love) → Amora (love) - same form for verb and noun

  • Sved (die) → Svedka (death) - different words in lexicon altogether

Possession & Relationship

  • Handled by particles (OO, Va) or possessive pronouns (Meshi, Yushi, etc.)

  • Not marked on the noun itself