Re: Typologic survey, part II

Hello!

>Name of the participating conlang:
Streich

>Is the order GN, NG or both?
NG

>How is it shown?
The possessor is marked for the genitive case (through a
suffix).

>3: Order of adjective (A) and noun (N)
Generally, NA.  AN is also employed.

>Does the language have a closed class of adjectives?
No.

>If there is not a separate open adjective-class, what type of words do
>the work of adjectives, verbs or nouns?
A separate open class of adjectives exists.

>How are they similar, how do they differ from verbs and nouns?
Except for the predicative suffix -e (see below), adjectives are
invariable, whereas nouns inflect for case, number and gender, and
verbs inflect for aspect and mood.

Adjectives may serve as the predicate of a clause, like verbs,
but, unlike verbs, cannot be marked for aspect or mood and cannot
govern a tense particle.

Adjectives cannot be taken as the head of a noun phrase, unless
a nominal derivation is employed (the nominalisation marker is
similar in shape, and genetically related, to the singulative
marker, but it works in a different way).

>Can they take a copula (that is: need/don't need equivalent of "to be")?
Predicative adjectives are always marked with the suffix -e.  Optionally,
if the speaker needs to specify aspect, mood and/or tense, the verb
_hain_ ("to be") may be employed as copula.

Regards,

Tommaso.