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| ===== In Orcish dialects and colloquial speech ===== | ===== In Orcish dialects and colloquial speech ===== | ||
| - | In Orcish dialects (like Shadowlandian) unanimated nouns have singular and plural form, animated nouns have one form for both (which is often ignored in colloquial speech where there is no distinction in animacy). But Adjectives have plural form despite animacy of connected noun. Pronouns have plural form. Verbs in Shadowlandian have special 3rd person plural suffix //-ut//. Plural suffix is the same for nouns, pronouns and adjectives. In Shadowlandian and Horngoth it's //-u// and //-i// in Svartiska and MERP. Nûrlâm suggests using //-û// (taken from rare Svartiska variant) to avoid confusion with preposition meaning " | + | In [[black_speech_dialects|Orcish dialects]] (like Shadowlandian) unanimated nouns have singular and plural form, animated nouns have one form for both (which is often ignored in colloquial speech where there is no distinction in animacy). But Adjectives have plural form despite animacy of connected noun. Pronouns have plural form. Verbs in Shadowlandian have special 3rd person plural suffix //-ut//. Plural suffix is the same for nouns, pronouns and adjectives. In Shadowlandian and Horngoth it's //-u// and //-i// in Svartiska and MERP. Nûrlâm suggests using //-û// (taken from rare Svartiska variant) to avoid confusion with preposition meaning " |
| - | * Cruel orc kills a child = Bol uruk dog(â) | + | * Cruel orc kills a child = Bol uruk dog(â) |
| - | * Cruel orcs have killed a child = Bol**û** uruk**û** doguz(û) | + | * Cruel orcs have killed a child = Bol**û** uruk**û** doguz(û) |
| - | * Cruel orcs kill (some) children = Urukbol**û** dog fosh**û** (plural subject, plural object); | + | * Cruel orcs kill (some) children = Urukbol**û** dog khind**û** (plural subject, plural object); |
| * Cruel orcs have killed them = Urukbol doguz**ûtul** (plural subject, plural pronominal object); | * Cruel orcs have killed them = Urukbol doguz**ûtul** (plural subject, plural pronominal object); | ||
| - | * They have killed a child = **Ulû** doguz fosh (plural pronominal subject, singular object); | + | * They have killed a child = **Ulû** doguz khind (plural pronominal subject, singular object); |
| * He have killed them = Ta doguz ul (both subject and object are personal pronouns). | * He have killed them = Ta doguz ul (both subject and object are personal pronouns). | ||
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