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====== Nouns and Articles ====== | ====== Nouns and Articles ====== | ||
- | The grammar of nouns in [[: | + | The grammar of nouns in [[: |
===== Articles ===== | ===== Articles ===== | ||
- | Nûrlâm has words analogous to English articles. | + | Nûrlâm has words analogous to English articles. But to be precise, it has only one proper article -- suffix "// |
==== Indefinite article ==== | ==== Indefinite article ==== | ||
- | " | + | " |
==== Definite article, singular ==== | ==== Definite article, singular ==== | ||
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==== Definite article, any number ==== | ==== Definite article, any number ==== | ||
- | The word " | + | The word " |
--------------------- | --------------------- | ||
===== New words ===== | ===== New words ===== | ||
Memorize the following words: | Memorize the following words: | ||
- | * burz (darkness) | + | * ash (one, a, an) |
* dog (slayer) | * dog (slayer) | ||
- | * dug (filth) | ||
- | * dush (sorcery, witchcraft) | ||
- | * ghâsh (fire) | ||
* golug (elf, elves) | * golug (elf, elves) | ||
* gûl (phantom, wraith) | * gûl (phantom, wraith) | ||
+ | * hont (eye) | ||
* lag (sword) | * lag (sword) | ||
* lug (tower, fortress) | * lug (tower, fortress) | ||
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* nazg (ring) | * nazg (ring) | ||
* olog (troll) | * olog (troll) | ||
- | * push (shit, dung, excrements) | ||
* rod (mountain) | * rod (mountain) | ||
* tark (man, men, human) | * tark (man, men, human) | ||
* uruk (orc, goblin) | * uruk (orc, goblin) | ||
+ | * za (the, this, these) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ------------------------------------------- | ||
+ | ===== Countable and uncountable nouns ===== | ||
+ | Some nouns are uncountable, | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== New words ==== | ||
+ | The following words are uncountable: | ||
+ | * burz (darkness) | ||
+ | * dug (filth) | ||
+ | * dush (sorcery, witchcraft) | ||
+ | * ghâsh (fire) | ||
+ | * ghor (blood) | ||
+ | * nîn (water) | ||
+ | * push (shit, dung, excrements) | ||
+ | ---------------------- | ||
+ | ===== Exercise 1 ===== | ||
+ | Translate from English into Nûrlâm: | ||
+ | - the dragon | ||
+ | - an elf | ||
+ | - the eyes | ||
+ | - the filth | ||
+ | - the mountain | ||
+ | - the orcs | ||
+ | - a sword | ||
+ | - a troll | ||
+ | - the waters | ||
+ | - the wraith | ||
+ | <hidden show answers> | ||
+ | - lûgum / za lûg | ||
+ | - ash golug | ||
+ | - za hont | ||
+ | - dugum / za dug | ||
+ | - rodum / za rod | ||
+ | - za uruk | ||
+ | - ash lag | ||
+ | - ash olog | ||
+ | - za nîn | ||
+ | - gûlum / za gûl | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | ---------------------- | ||
+ | ===== Exercise 2 ===== | ||
+ | Translate from Nûrlâm into English | ||
+ | - burzum | ||
+ | - ash dog | ||
+ | - dushum | ||
+ | - za ghâsh | ||
+ | - ghorum | ||
+ | - za lug | ||
+ | - ash mauh | ||
+ | - ash nazg | ||
+ | - pushum | ||
+ | - za uruk | ||
+ | <hidden show answers> | ||
+ | - the darkness / the dark | ||
+ | - a slayer / one slayer | ||
+ | - the sorcery | ||
+ | - the fires / the fire / these fires / this fire | ||
+ | - the blood | ||
+ | - the towers / the tower / these towers / this tower | ||
+ | - a warrior / one warrior | ||
+ | - a ring / one ring | ||
+ | - the shit / the dung / the excrements | ||
+ | - the orcs / the orc / these orcs / this orc | ||
+ | </ | ||
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===== See also ===== | ===== See also ===== |