===== Plural Forms ===== Plural nouns in [[:Kendane͡ivash]] are denoted using the suffix //-a// or //-'a//, e.g. //vahra// or //vahr'a// would be //worlds//. ===== Personal Pronoun Inflections ===== There are three inflections on personal pronouns: Possessive, reflexive and honorific. * //-i// for the possessive form, for example //sai// means //my//. * //e// replaces the last letter for the accusative form, for example //se// means //me//.\\ Not an exception: The accusative form of //e// is still //e//. That being said, some dialects might render it as //y// instead.\\ Exception: The accusative form of //na'a// is //ne'a//. * //-'ik// for the reflexive form, for example //sa'ik// means //myself//. * //-qa// or //-qua// (compound word usually capitalised) for the honorific form, for example //Nakwa// would be an honorific form of //you//. * //-qi// or //-qui// (compound word usually capitalised) for the honorific possessive form, for example //Naqi// would be an honorific form of //your//. Note that //zetu// inflects as //Zetakwa// and //Zetakwi// rather than as //Zetuqa// and //Zetuqi// - though someone would definitely still be understood if they used latter. //e// inflects as //a// for the possessive form, but otherwise behaves normally (//Eqa//, //Eqi//). There are also two common contractions: * //-'n// as a contraction of the pronoun and "//to be//", for example //sa'n// means //I'm//. * //-'s// as a contraction of the pronoun and "//should//" or "//ought to//", for example //sa's// means //I should//. ===== Adjective Inflection ===== * //-'ar// denoting "//more -//", e.g. //temi'ar// for //warmer//. * //-'arar// denoting "//most -//", e.g. //khalei'arar// for //craziest//. * //-'aos̈// denoting "//too (much of) -//", e.g. //bantor'aos̈// for //too vulnerable//. * //-'ini// denoting "//less -//", e.g. //ashee'ar// for //less pleasant// or //unpleasant//. * //-'inin// denoting "//least -//", e.g. //dejek'inin// for //least afraid// or //courageous//. * //-'ios̈// denoting "//too (little of) -//", e.g. //temi'ios̈// for //too cold//. ===== Verb Inflection ===== All base forms of verbs end in a vowel and an //s//. The 's' is dropped for tense and person inflections (e.g. //kas̈uie// is the future second person of //kas̈us//). * future II ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conditional_mood&oldid=554020209#German|present conditional]]) * //sa -so// * //e -no// * //na -o// * //na'a -io// * //ka/ra/zetu -to// * //va -sol// * future * //sa -saye// * //e -naye// * //na -ie// * //na'a -ye// * //ka/ra/zeto -taye// * //va -sayees// * present tense * //sa -s// * //e -n// * //na -// * //na'a -i// * //ka/ra/zetu -t// * //va -sis// * factual past tense * //sa -ses// * //e -nes// * //na -es// * //na'a -ies// * //ka/ra/zetu -tes// * //va -sises// * speculative past tense * //sa -st// * //e -sin// * //na -si// * //na'a -isi// * //ka/ra/zetu -sit// * //va -sil// Two other inflections exist: * //das̈'-// to imply that the action described by the verb is expected (ought to, shall do, should do) * //ze͡i'-// to imply that the action described by the verb is probable (could do, may do, might do)