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Revision as of 11:45, 9 May 2012
Nouns in general are words that refer to persons, places, or things. Some randomly-selected examples of English nouns include the words "Listuguj," "Mary," "woman," and "table." These words are also nouns in Mi'gmaq: "Listuguj," "Mali," "epit," and "ptauti."
In some ways, Mi'gmaq nouns resemble English nouns (for instance, you can have singular and plural versions of a noun). In other ways, they differ from English (for instance, there is a feature of nouns that we call "animacy" that English doesn't really display).
Number
For more detail, see Number
"Number" refers to how many of something there are.
singular, plural, dual. Measure words.
Animacy
For more detail, see Animacy animacy (mention that you can change animacy with ewei)
Possession
For more detail, see Possession introduce alienability
Pronouns
For more detail, see Pronouns
Demonstratives
For more detail, see Demonstratives
Obviation
For more detail, see Obviation
Diminutive
For more detail, see Diminutives