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- | In [[Nûrlâm]] [[verb]]' | + | There are three persons similarly to many European languages. However according to popular belief that Sauron forbade using 1st person singular (" |
- | ===== Classical Nûrlâm ===== | + | Strictly speaking only 3rd person is marked with verb's suffix |
- | Forms of clitic and standalone pronouns are the same except | + | |
- | ^ Person, number and gender ^ English ^ Standalone pronoun ^ Clitic pronoun (verb's suffix) ^ | + | |
- | | 1st sing. | I | izg | izg | | + | |
- | | 1st pl. | we | ::: | ::: | | + | |
- | | 2nd sing. | + | |
- | | 2nd pl. | ::: | ::: | ::: | | + | |
- | | 3rd sing. m. | he | ta | ta | | + | |
- | | 3rd sing. f. | she | ::: | ::: | | + | |
- | | 3rd sing. n. | it | ::: | ::: | | + | |
- | | 3rd pl. | they | **tak** | + | |
- | ===== Old Nûrlâm ===== | + | {{page> |
- | Common number becomes singular, adding plural form for clitic pronouns | + | |
- | ^ Person, number and gender ^ English ^ Standalone pronoun ^ Clitic pronoun (verb' | + | |
- | | 1st sing. | I | izg | izg | | + | |
- | | 1st pl. | we | ::: | **ûzg** | + | |
- | | 2nd sing. | you | lat | lat | | + | |
- | | 2nd pl. | ::: | ::: | **lut** | + | |
- | | 3rd sing. m. | he | ta | ta | | + | |
- | | 3rd sing. f. | she | ::: | ::: | | + | |
- | | 3rd sing. n. | it | ::: | ::: | | + | |
- | | 3rd pl. | they | tak | ut | | + | |
- | ===== Modern Nûrlâm ===== | ||
- | Adding division in gender for 3rd person pronouns, adding number to standalone pronouns of 1st and 2nd person. Plural clitic pronoun //may// be added even if corresponding standalone pronoun is present. | ||
- | ^ Person, number and gender ^ English ^ Standalone pronoun ^ Clitic pronoun (verb' | ||
- | | 1st sing. | I | izg | izg | | ||
- | | 1st pl. | we | **izgû** | ||
- | | 2nd sing. | you | lat | lat | | ||
- | | 2nd pl. | ::: | **latû** | ||
- | | 3rd sing. m. | he | ta | ta | | ||
- | | 3rd sing. f. | she | **na** | ||
- | | 3rd sing. n. | it | **za** | ||
- | | 3rd pl. | they | tak | ut | | ||
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- | See also a verb's suffix chain table |