Inglise keele struktuur
throughout the language, and which share a common property which can be semantic or syntactic
Grammatical categories for nouns:
I. Inherent categories for nouns:
- number: Eng. dog - dogs
Saliba (Austronesian): natu-gu natu-gu-wao
child-my child-my-PLURAL
- gender or noun class:
It. il libro `the book' la casa `the house'
Swahili (Niger-Congo): m-tu m-zuri `a nice man'
n-yumba n-zuri `a nice house'
ki-tu ki-zuri `a nice thing'
- definiteness: a house the house
Sw. ett hus huset det röda huset
II. Relational categories for nouns: case
English vs Estonian
Grammatical categories for verbs
I. Inherent categories for verbs:
- tense: He walks a mile every day. He walked a mile every day
Grammaticalized expression of location in time.
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