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Genitives in Algaz are marked for gender, number, and definiteness not only for the noun itself , but also for the noun it modifies. This means that there are a great number of different combinations and elements, which made this too large and complex for a grammar table. (It's not a difficult system per se--for the most part its one noun suffix for the genitive and a second for the head, but it gets pretty extensive if you list every combination like this)| Top: Genitive Left: Head | Indefinite Genitive | Definite Genitive | ||||||||||||
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| Singular Genitive | Plural Genitive | Singular Genitive | Plural Genitive | |||||||||||
| Animate Genitive | Inanimate Genitive | Abstract Genitive | Animate Genitive | Inanimate Genitive | Abstract Genitive | Animate Genitive | Inanimate Genitive | Abstract Genitive | Animate Genitive | Inanimate Genitive | Abstract Genitive | |||
| Indefinite Head | Singular Head | Animate Head | -a | -ana | -ena | -ina | -ara | -era | -ira | -era | -aya | -eya | ||
| Inanimate Head | -e | -ane | -ene | -ine | -are | -ere | -ire | -ere | -aye | -eye | ||||
| Abstract Head | -i | -ani | -eni | -ini | -ari | -eri | -iri | -eri | -ayi | -eyi | ||||
| Plural Head | Animate Head | -an | -anan | -enan | -inan | -aran | -eran | -iran | -eran | -ayan | -eyan | |||
| Inanimate Head | -en | -anen | -enen | -inen | -aren | -eren | -iren | -eren | -ayen | -eyen | ||||
| Abstract Head | -i | -anin | -enin | -inin | -arin | -erin | -irin | -erin | -ayin | -eyin | ||||
| Definite Head | Singular Head | Animate Head | -ar | -anar | -enar | -inar | -arar | -erar | -irar | -erar | -ayar | -eyar | ||
| Inanimate Head | -er | -aner | -ener | -iner | -arer | -erer | -irer | -erer | -ayer | -eyer | ||||
| Abstract Head | -ir | -anir | -enir | -inir | -arir | -erir | -irir | -erir | -ayir | -eyir | ||||
| Plural Head | Animate Head | -er | -aner | -ener | -iner | -arer | -erer | -irer | -erer | -ayer | -eyer | |||
| Inanimate Head | -ay | -anay | -enay | -inay | -aray | -eray | -iray | -eray | -ayay | -eyay | ||||
| Abstract Head | -ey | -aney | -eney | -iney | -arey | -erey | -irey | -erey | -ayey | -eyey | ||||
Note that for nouns ending in a vowel other than that of their gender, a glide is inserted between the vowel and the suffix as follows:
y /j/ after i, ı, e; between a and i, ı, e
w /w/ after u; between a and u, a
(This is also the case for the regular plural and definite endings, not just for genitives)
Example:
pina "town" (ABSTAbstract (gender/class)
abstract, intangible, idea.SGSingular (number)
one countable entity)
pinhlar pinawa "(a) mayor of a town" (pina +a)
pinhlarer pinayeyer "the mayors of the towns" (pina + ey + er)
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