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| chluaid | Mar 16 2005, 02:37 PM Post #1 |
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Plurals for Sarus nouns are expressed by adding another syllable to the end of the word. But it can't be any old syllable.. the ''pluralize'' syllable that you should use depends on what the final syllable of the singular word is. for example: tooth = mds [size=1]singular[/size] Here's how the rule of Sarus plurals works.. read it carefully and it'll make sense: "The pluralizing syllable will be whatever comes after the final syllable of the singular word." Therefore: tooth = mds [size=1] <- - singular[/size] teeth = mdsl [size=1] <- - plural[/size] The pluralizing syllable is l because it comes after s (d, r, m, f, s, l, t). Other examples: person = drl [size=1](what comes after l[/size]? the answer is t.) people = drlt enemy = ltr enemies = ltrm star = std stars = stdr Why do it this way? Triple syllables are never used in Sarus. So ddd, rrr, mrrr, tttf, etc. don't exist. There are many words in Sarus that contain double syllables though. If you were to use a standard syllable to pluralize (for example, just adding d at the end), then you'd get a triple syllable in every word ending with dd. For example, rdd (edge), rddd (edges). This goes against the 'no triple syllables' rule. So by making the pluralizing syllable dependent on the final syllable of the word, there will never be clashes, or rule-breaking exceptions. Some final examples, just to drive the point home tree = dls trees = dlsl face = mrs faces = mrsl house = rms houses = rmsl night = smd nights = smdr picture = sfm pictures = sfmf attack = flt attacks = fltd* *[size=1]note that if t[/size] is the final syllable of the singular, then d will be the pluralizing syllable Overall, remember that in all 4 syllable nouns: if the last two syllables are consecutives, then the word is a plural of something. [size=0]if you're wondering about 4-syllable words that aren't nouns.. (like 'do' and 'say' and 'have', etc) they'll be written about soon)[/size] |
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