It is important to know when talking about Ok Nouns that, there is no definite or indefinte article.
Fau house
Fau the\a
house
Faur the\a houses
Faum house
(object)
Faurm houses (object and plural)
Faum house
(dative) to towards the house. Faurm (dative plural)
to towards the houses
In Ok , nouns can take the negative. This happens when the verb is in the negative but is in any tense other than the present
Faud not the/a
house
Faurd not the\ houses
Faumd not
the\a house (object)
Faurmd not the\ houses (object plural)
Faumd not
to \ towards the\a house (dative) Faurmd
not to\towards the\ houses (dative plural)
The sequence of
these case markers must always be: -r-m-d. Any other sequence would
tend to cause the speaker to say a schwa. thereby ruining Ok's monosyllabic
goal.
The other type of
Ok nouns, VC nouns, have to be declined differently, because, as always
in Ok, the goal is to keep the affix down to one syllable.
Wng Automobile
Wng the\a
car
Rwng the cars
Wmng the\a
car (object)
Rwmng the cars (object plural)
Wmng to\toward
the\a car (dative) Rwmng to\towards the cars
(dative plural)
Please notice that in VC nouns the -M- which denotes the object and also the dative case is *inserted* between the vowel and the final consonant. This is a needed irregularity that makes it possible to pronounce these nouns. The -d- and, -r- markers for the negative and plural appear before the initial vowel.
Once again the Ok noun takes the negative when the verb is not in the present tense
Dwng not the\a
car
Drwng not the cars
Dwmng not
the\a car (object)
Drwmng not the cars (object plural)
Dwmng not
to\toward the\a car (dative singular) Drwmng
not to\toward the cars (dative plural)
As stated above,
the -m- marker is always inserted. But unlike CV nouns the case markers
must always appear in the order: d-r-V-m-C. In this way no accidental
pronunciation of a schwa is possible.
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This and That
Joodh- This
Os- That
In English this and that have plural forms that are used when the noun is plural.
The plural form of this, is these. And the plural of that, is those.
In Ok, joodh (this) and os (that) do NOT have plural forms. Instead it is understood that 'joodh' means 'these' when the Ok noun is plural, and, that 'os' means those.
Joodhwng (joodh-wng) = This car
Oswng (os-wng) = That car
Joodhrwng (joodh-r-wng) = These cars
Osrwng (os-r-wng) = Those cars
( Remembering that -r- makes the noun plural)
The Genitive/Posessive
In Ok, the genitive and the posessive are done in the same way. Ok uses compound nouns to show the genitve posessive.
mother's flower = flaudhrau (flau-dhrau) (mother-flower)
The dog's plate = aeggrae (aeg-grae) (dog-plate)
(There are no articles in Ok, so, the 'the' is understood. This could also
translate as 'A dog's plate')
mother's plate= flaugrae (flau-grae) (mother-plate)
A dog's flower = aegdhrau (aeg-dhrau) (dog -flower)
The significance of the knowledge = haulji (hau-lji) (knowledge-significance)
The condition of the document = prynjoo (pry-njoo) (document-condition)
Surface of the Earth = njunjy (nju-njy) (Earth-surface)
A touch of Heaven = plongje (plo-ngje) (Heaven-touch)
Often In Ok, afixes are moved around within a word in order to emphasize a meaning. However, the afixes of a genitve posessive compound cannot be changed or separated if it is to be understood. The two afixes must remain compounded in that order.