4.8.2. -t occurs after noun stems ending in a consonant and after nouns ending in vowels -a:, -e:, and -i: when they take case markers other than the dative. |
tra:s-t-un |
‘the snake’ (accusative) |
mara:-t-a: |
‘of the tree’ |
narka:-t-e: |
‘in the night’ |
kalam-t-e: |
‘with the pen’ |
na:r-t-a:h |
‘from the village’ |
nine:-t-e: |
‘since yesterday’ |
ka:nji:-t-a:(lo:n) |
‘(house) made of the grass’ |
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4.8.3. - occurs after adverbs of place and after the noun na:r ‘village’ |
aga:--a:h |
‘from there’ |
iga:--a:h |
‘from here’ |
baga:--a:h |
‘from where’ |
na:r--e: na:--e: |
‘in the village’ |
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4.8.4. -n occurs after plural nouns when they take case suffixes other than accusative and dative. |
pe:ko:r-n-a: kayak |
‘boys’ hand’ |
pe:ki:-n-a: ka:lk |
‘girls’ legs’ |
mara:k-ne: |
‘in or on the trees’ |
o:k-n-a:h |
‘from the fields’ |
marsk-n-e: |
‘with axes’ |
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4.8.5. -e: occurs after demonstratives when they occur with accusative or dative case suffixes. |
id-e:n |
‘this (accusative) |
id-e:-kun |
‘to this (dative) |
iw-e:-n |
‘these’ (accusative) |
iw-e:-kun |
‘to these’ (dative) |
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4.8.6. -Ø occurs after -l ending nouns and vowel ending nouns (ii) after plural nouns and (iii) after personal pronouns when they take accusative or dative case suffixes. |
na:-Ø-kun |
‘me’ (accusative) ‘to me’ (dative) |
ni:-Ø-kun |
‘you’ (sg.) (accusative) |
ma:-Ø-kun |
‘us’ (accusative) ‘to us’ (dative) |
pe:ko:r-Ø-kun |
‘the boys’ (accusative) ‘to the boys’ (dative) |
koyto:r-Ø-kun |
‘the Gonds’ (accusative) ‘to the Gonds’ (dative) |
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