Roumán Part II - Nouns, Adjectives, and Pronouns
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, November 24, 2000, 4:34 |
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Nouns can be masculine or feminine, and fall into 3 declensional
classes.
Class I
S P
Abs -- -as
Erg -a -sa*, -ça* (ç used after n, l, r, *tsa -> ça)
Gen -ei -áu
Class II
S P
Abs -ous --*
Erg -ou -so*, -ço*
Gen --* -óu
Class III
S P
Abs -- -eis
Erg -e -eibos, -éis (free variation)
Gen -s -o (-s added to a word ending in -t yields -ç)
* Final vowel of stem changes, a -> e, e -> ei, ei -> i, o -> ou, ou ->
u, thus Roumánous, Roumén
Ergative plurals of first and second were originally just -s, but -a and
-o were added to distinguish
Adjectives decline like nouns
Pronouns
Normal set
1st Person 2nd person
S P-incl P-excl S P
Nom go nous nousél tu ous
Acc mei nous nousaious tei ous
Gen mi nocei nost'óu ti becei
Dat mi noupf noupfáis teibei/tei oupf
The plural exclusives are derived from Latin _nos aliî_; note the
somewhat inconsistent spelling {mi} for /mi/
Humble set (used when speaking to a superior)
1st Person 2nd person
S P-incl P-excl S P
Abs eic i iél eice iç
Gen us óu oumióu cis çóu
Erg ouc is ousáis eiçou is
These are derived from _hic_ (_hi alii_ for exclusive) and _iste_
(notice the /st/ -> /ts/ change). These pronouns take 3rd person
agreements.
3rd person
MS MP FS FP
Abs eile il eil eilei
Gen lís lóu lísa láu
Erg eilou ilço eila ilça
Definite Articles
MS MP FS FP
Abs se si i, s sei
Gen si sóu sei sáu
Erg sou sis sa sis
These precede the noun. For feminine singular absolutive, {i} is used
before s, st', z, zd', tl, and dl, {s} is used elsewhere. Thus, s
roumán (the Roman, feminine) (pronounced /slo'mAn/), but i zoun (the
zone)
I'm not yet sure if there are indefinite articles and if so, if they're
derived from _ûnus_ or not (_unous_ in Roumán)