From 9fc13fb740fec0c2d8b2c948fd4e38d2c8ba9b09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Madison Scott-Clary Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 18:13:36 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add missing page --- content/extras/nanon/morphology.md | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/extras/nanon/morphology.md diff --git a/content/extras/nanon/morphology.md b/content/extras/nanon/morphology.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..85cf458 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/extras/nanon/morphology.md @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +--- +title: Morphology +--- + +Words are constructed from roots with affixes. + +## Nouns + +The root form of a word defaults to being a noun. For example, *mabåt* means 'a walk'. Nouns can be inflected via a few affixes: + +* **es-** - plural prefix +* **ach-** - optional masculine prefix +* **ech-** - optional feminine prefix +* **uch-** - optional epicene prefix +* **-en** - genitive suffix +* **-am** - accusative suffix + +## Verbs + +Verbs append the suffix **-i** to come up with a reasonable related word. For example, *mabåti* means to walk. Verbs can be inflected via a few affixes: + +* **-er** - transitive suffix +* **-a** - imperative suffix + +## Adjectives and adverbs + +## Modifiers + +> Modifiers don't really have any exact English equivalents, as they don't particularly mean anything, but they modify what a word, phrase, or sentence means. An example would be the tense words *ze* for past, *zo* for present (often implied), and *za* for future. These particular words have a suffix to go along with them that makes them perfect: **-n** (...) +> +> The -n suffix mentioned above, however, only goes with the tense modifiers, and not any others. In fact, there are only three global affixes, all prefixes (all of the suffixes act locally, as with **-n**), which change what the modifier modifies: **un-** for the word, **in-** for the phrase, or **en-** for the entire sentence.