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Shared Properties of Nouns and Verbs

Rule #10

Nouns and verbs share three crucial properties:

  • they are always chunkable
  • they always begin with a chunk called a base
  • they always contain a chunk called an ending

Examples:

  • The word inuit contains the base inu– and the ending it.
  • The word takuvunga contains the base taku– and the ending vunga.

What makes a noun a noun is that is contains a noun ending. What makes a verb a verb is that is contains a verb ending.

Examples

  • The word inuit is a noun because it contains the noun ending it.
  • The word takuvunga is a verb because it contains the verb ending vunga.

Between the base and the ending may be found an option number of postbases. Pronouns and particles cannot be chunked in this way.

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