MNCL5 Finals
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The MNCL5 final suffixes are divided into verb-form finals and non-verb-form finals. The verb-form finals are:
-e - present tense (indicative mood)
-ek - past tense (indicative mood)
-es - future tense (indicative mood)
-en - tenseless (indicative mood)
-u - imperative mood
-us - subjunctive mood
-uk - contrafactual mood
The non-verb-form finals are divided into noun finals (case-and-number markers) and other suffixes. The noun finals are:
-a - absolutive singular
-an - absolutive plural
-ak - ergative singular
-as - ergative plural
-ok - thematic singular
-os - thematic plural
-o or 0 - genitive singular
-on or -l - genitive plural
-ai - vocative singular
-au - vocative plural
"Absolutive" and "ergative" are carried over from previous versions of MNCL and aren't strictly correct. I need to change them, and I'm also not sure about "thematic". The first kind of genitive endings are used before consonants and the second before vowels (in which case the gentitive word combines with the following word).
The other finals are:
-o - adjective (actually any non-final word of a phrase)
-is - infinitive
-i - adverbial
-i - secondary predicate, type 1
-in - secondary predicate, type 2
There are also particles ending in -l.
-e - present tense (indicative mood)
-ek - past tense (indicative mood)
-es - future tense (indicative mood)
-en - tenseless (indicative mood)
-u - imperative mood
-us - subjunctive mood
-uk - contrafactual mood
The non-verb-form finals are divided into noun finals (case-and-number markers) and other suffixes. The noun finals are:
-a - absolutive singular
-an - absolutive plural
-ak - ergative singular
-as - ergative plural
-ok - thematic singular
-os - thematic plural
-o or 0 - genitive singular
-on or -l - genitive plural
-ai - vocative singular
-au - vocative plural
"Absolutive" and "ergative" are carried over from previous versions of MNCL and aren't strictly correct. I need to change them, and I'm also not sure about "thematic". The first kind of genitive endings are used before consonants and the second before vowels (in which case the gentitive word combines with the following word).
The other finals are:
-o - adjective (actually any non-final word of a phrase)
-is - infinitive
-i - adverbial
-i - secondary predicate, type 1
-in - secondary predicate, type 2
There are also particles ending in -l.