Now I will talk about common nouns and their grammar. There are two declensions of nouns and they are declined using three cases one for nominative and accusative, one for genitive and "from" and one for ablative. Each declension has two parts each with a different nominative/accusative otherwise the two parts decline in the same way.
The first declension is used for neuter objects--objects with no biological gender and the gerund of verbs. The second declension is used for things with biological gender and the gerund as a doer of that particular verb (e.g. builder (to build), helper (to help)).
For my examples I will use "doli" (life), "kala" (food) and "keyo" (to talk/call/say/speak) (for the gerund. used as a noun like: "His talking gets annoying.") for the first declension, and I will use "kode" (Man), "kodu" (Woman) and "keyo" (used as in a noun like: "He is a speaker for the king.") for the second declension.
To make a noun plural you add the first vowel of the word to the beginning of the word (e.g. singular--"doli" plural--"odoli")
1st declension
(Nominative/Accusative) life/food/speaking - dol-i/kal-a/keyo-tat-i
(Genitive/"From") of life; from life/of food; from food/of speaking; from speaking - dol-os/kal-os/keyo-tat-os
(Ablative) with life/with food/with speaking (or speech) - dol-od/kal-od/keyo-tat-od
2nd declension
(Nominative/Accusative) man/woman/masculine speaker/feminine speaker - kod-e/kod-u/keyo-tat-e/-u
(Genitive/"from") of man; from man/of woman; from woman/of speaker; from speaker - kod-el/kod-el/keyo-tat-el
(Ablative) with man/with woman/with speaker - kod-en/kod-en/keyo-tat-en
When there are multiple genders mentioned as plural in the nominative or accusative use "-uwe"
The only irregularity are the personal pronouns which are declined like so:
I/me - te/-s (gen/from)/-d (abl)
you singular - lo/-s (gen/from)/-d (abl)
he/she/it/him/her1 - tu/-s (gen/from)/-d (abl)
Some words to learn:
doli - life
kala - food
kode - woman
kodu - man
gala - drink/water
keyo - to speak/talk/say/call
da - dative preposition, used with genitive
The first declension is used for neuter objects--objects with no biological gender and the gerund of verbs. The second declension is used for things with biological gender and the gerund as a doer of that particular verb (e.g. builder (to build), helper (to help)).
For my examples I will use "doli" (life), "kala" (food) and "keyo" (to talk/call/say/speak) (for the gerund. used as a noun like: "His talking gets annoying.") for the first declension, and I will use "kode" (Man), "kodu" (Woman) and "keyo" (used as in a noun like: "He is a speaker for the king.") for the second declension.
To make a noun plural you add the first vowel of the word to the beginning of the word (e.g. singular--"doli" plural--"odoli")
1st declension
(Nominative/Accusative) life/food/speaking - dol-i/kal-a/keyo-tat-i
(Genitive/"From") of life; from life/of food; from food/of speaking; from speaking - dol-os/kal-os/keyo-tat-os
(Ablative) with life/with food/with speaking (or speech) - dol-od/kal-od/keyo-tat-od
2nd declension
(Nominative/Accusative) man/woman/masculine speaker/feminine speaker - kod-e/kod-u/keyo-tat-e/-u
(Genitive/"from") of man; from man/of woman; from woman/of speaker; from speaker - kod-el/kod-el/keyo-tat-el
(Ablative) with man/with woman/with speaker - kod-en/kod-en/keyo-tat-en
When there are multiple genders mentioned as plural in the nominative or accusative use "-uwe"
The only irregularity are the personal pronouns which are declined like so:
I/me - te/-s (gen/from)/-d (abl)
you singular - lo/-s (gen/from)/-d (abl)
he/she/it/him/her1 - tu/-s (gen/from)/-d (abl)
Some words to learn:
doli - life
kala - food
kode - woman
kodu - man
gala - drink/water
keyo - to speak/talk/say/call
da - dative preposition, used with genitive
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