Noun Cases
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Vāštaq nouns decline for case and plurality, with the various case endings taking on alternate forms depending on if the noun is singular, dual, trial, or plural.
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When using the genitive case, the ending is attached to the possessum, while the possessor carries the syntactic case marker. Additionally, the possessor precedes the possessum.
Zoknat-ilvāt
dog-SG.NOM
solsīq-oývā
cat-SG.GEN
‘The dog's cat’
Special uses:
Elative and Illative - When combined with a stative verb they lose their movement aspects in favour of the verb's and thus denote "in" and "out" respectively.
Z-ulkāš
CONT.PRS-walk
nālāln-ilvāt
snake-SG.NOM
fīš-invā
grass-SG.ILL
‘The snake is walking into the grass’
Zū-lkāš
STAT.PRS-walk
nālāln-ilvāt
snake-SG.NOM
fīš-invā
grass-SG.ILL
‘The snake walks in grass’