Sowar noun phrases
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Nouns, pronouns and modifiers
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2. Sowar noun phrases
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3. Sowar nouns
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4. Sowar phonology
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There are four different demostrative roots, which are inflected for gender and case. Pronoun inflection is not identical to the one for nouns. Root kur is used for things near the speaker, ang near the hearer, and ďo away from both. haďo is used for far things that can't be seen. When used as determiners they agree with the noun.
Pronouns are formed with the locative case of the demonstrative followed by the third person pronoun. The locative form of this is used as an adverbial demonstrative.
Gulụ korụ: this man (NOM)
Ďawị kerị: this cat (NOM)
Hawdin kerịn: this stone (NOM)
Gul kur: this man (ACC)
Ďaw kir: this cat (ACC)
Hawdi kiri: this stone (ACC)
Gulẹk kuru: this man (OBL)
Ďawẹk kiri: this cat (OBL)
Hawdẹk kirẹn: this stone (OBL)
Gẹ kurụn: this HUM (NOM)
Gẹ kirịn: this AN (NOM)
Gẹ kirẹn: this INAN (NOM)
I kurụn: this HUM (ACC)
I kirịn: this AN (ACC)
I kirẹn:INAN (ACC)
Gi kurụn: this HUM (OBL)
Gi kirịn: this AN (OBL)
Gi kirẹn INAN (OBL)
Numerals
Numerals behave like adjectives and are not inflected. They come before the noun or pronoun:
Lag gulụ: Three men (NOM)
Lag gul: Three men (ACC)
Lag gulụ korụ: These tree men (NOM)
Lag ďawị: three cats (NOM)
Lag gẹ: They (three) (NOM)
Lag gẹ kurụn: These three (HUM.NOM)
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