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NOTE: Animal clipart found on this page were downloaded from sites holding public domain image archives. We hope to summarize these resources in future issues.
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Some animals in this dictionary are native to Latvia;
some are not.
The purpose of this section is to compile
notes, questions, and comments about animal names, grammar,
noun latvianization,
or related issues concernig the
general acceptance of terminology
presented throughout the "\Abece". The range and distribution
of animal species is currently beyond the scope of this issue.
For non-native animal species without a common
Latvian term, we will present a
"latvianized" version [LatVer] with an explanation.
The
backward slash "\" precedes a diacritical
letter. We welcome your input!
"\c\ita"
for cheetah
LatVer: Latvian phonetics of a common english noun
Reference [1]: "\ceks" for cheque and "\cempions" for champion
"delf\ins"
for
"dolphin"
Reference [1]: "delf\ins" for dolphin
???
For words such as "delf\ins", what are the main rules which
dictate noun conjugation for singular and plural forms?
* feminine case noun conjugated as base "i"
- t\a ...
Example word list:
acs,
asins,
ass,
auss,
avs,
azots,
balss,
birzs,
blakts,
C\esis,
cilts,
Daugavpils,
debess,
dur(v)is,
d\uksts,
dzelzs,
govs,
ilkss,
izkapts,
j\utis,
k\arts,
kl\ets,
klints,
krasns,
kr\uts,
k\uts,
lecekts,
l\iksts,
maksts,
nakts,
n\ass,
olekts,
palts,
p\aksts,
pils,
pirkstis,
pirts,
sakts,
s\als,
sirds,
smilts,
telts,
uguns,
uts,
valsts,
v\ats,
v\ests,
zivs,
zoss,
\zults
Plural forms
- t\as ...
blaktis, govis, utis, zivis, zosis
* masculine case noun conjugated as base "a"
- tas ...
Example word list:
deguns,
gans,
kalns,
putns,
spilvens,
zvans
Plural forms
- tie ... putni
* masculine case noun conjugated as base "consonant"
[l\idzska\nu celmi]
- tas ...
Example word list:
akmens,
asmens,
m\eness,
rudens,
suns,
tesmens,
\udens,
zibens
Plural forms
- tie ... su\ni
To differentiate between
masculine and feminine nominative case nouns,
answer the question "Is it tas delf\ins [masculine] or
t\a delf\ins [feminine]?".
The answer is "tas delf\ins". This is based upon
which sounds better.
For those of us where sound is not
intuitive, a general rule of thumb is to memorize the feminine
case noun base "i" words as "t\a" and assume all others to be "tas".
To differentiate between base "a" and base "consonant" nominative (nom.) case nouns, we conjugate the singular noun in the genitive (gen.) and accusative (acc.) cases.
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| nom. kas? | delf\in-s | delf\in-i | delf\in-s | delf\i\n-i |
| gen. k\a? | delf\in-a | delf\in-u | delf\in-s | delf\i\n-u |
| acc. ko? | delf\in-u | delf\in-us | delf\in-i | delf\i\n-us |
The answer is base "a" because it
sounds better. This would make the plural form
for dolphins
delf\ini and not delf\i\ni.
For those of us where sound is not
intuitive, a general rule of thumb is to memorize the masculine
case noun base "consonant" words and assume all others to be
base "a".
We are looking for more tips and tricks to help us with our grammar. We also hope to extend the example word lists. Please let us know if you would like to see something included.
"gepards"
for ???
Comment: We have a general reference comment that "gepards" is an animal.
Does
anyone have a more
specific reference?
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