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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) khind (singular subject, singular object) | * Cruel orc kills a child = Bol uruk dog(â) khind (singular subject, singular object) | ||
| * Cruel orcs have killed a child = Bol**û** uruk**û** doguz(û) khind = (plural subject, singular object); | * Cruel orcs have killed a child = Bol**û** uruk**û** doguz(û) khind = (plural subject, singular object); | ||
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