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Nouns

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Usnasian's nominal inflection has decayed over the course of years. Grammatical gender is still important in the language but cases have begun to combine, distinctions are illuded through context.

Masculine - brotar - brother

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	broti /bro.tʲi/	brotast /bro.tʲast/
Accusative	brotõ /bro.tʲɔ/	brotast /bro.tʲast/
Genitive	brotist /bro.tʲist/	brotam /bro.tʲam/
Dative	brota /bro.tʲa/	brotõ /bro.tʲɔ/

Feminine - dokhṡa - daughter

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dokhṡu /doχ.ʃu/	dokhṡust /doχ.ʃust/
Accusative	dokhṡõ /doχ.ʃɔ/	dokhṡust /doχ.ʃust/
Genitive	dokhṡust /doχ.ʃust/	dokhṡum /doχ.ʃum/
Dative	dokhṡõ /doχ.ʃɔ/	dokhṡõ /doχ.ʃɔ/

Dokhṡu mina rohṡihṡ friõsta sus.
My daughter talked to her friend.
daughter-F.NOM.SG 1.SG.GEN-F talk-3.SG.PAST friend-M.DAT.SG 3.F.GEN.M

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Pronouns

	1SG	2SG	3M SG	3F SG	1PL	2PL	3PL
Nominative	ic /ix/	tu /tʲu/	is /is/	si /si/	wis /wis/	jus /jus/	ija /i.ja/
Accusative	mic /mix/	tuc /tʲux/	a /a/	ija /i.ja/	ast /ast/	sis /sis/	ija /i.ja/
Genitive	min/mina /min/-/mi.na/	tin/tina /tʲin/-/tʲi.na/	is/isa /is/-/i.sa/	sus/susa /sus/-/su.sa/	õsar /ɔ.sar/	sar /sar/	isi /i.si/
Dative	mis /mis/	tus/tʲus/	im /im/	isi /i.si/	õst /ɔst/	sis /sis/	im /im/

Khimo tu tõ dulisõ? Wis maṡjim korvõ jac winõ.
Are you coming here for dinner? We will eat beef and wine.
come-2.SG.SUBJ.PRES 2.SG.NOM here dinner-ACC.F.SG 1.NOM.PL eat-1.PL.SUBJ.PRES cow-ACC.F.SG and wine-ACC.M.SG

Demonstratives

	Singular	Plural
Nominative/Accusative	taṡa /tʲa.ʃa/	to /tʲo/
Genitive	tis /tʲis/	tisi /tʲi.si/
Dative	tama /tʲa.ma/	tim /tʲim/

Taṡa is pivõ min.
This/that is my beer.
DEM.NOM.SG be.3.SG.PRES beer-M.ACC.SG 1.SG.GEN.M

Ic awagihṡ ir tama.
I went to that early.
1.NOM.SG go-1.SG.PAST early DEM.DAT.SG

In Usnasian, there is a reflexive pronoun si which is uninflected.

Tu is gisi si maṡit hawiõ mina.
You are the goat that eats my grass.
2.SG.NOM be.2.SG.PRES goat-M.ACC.SG REFL eat-3.SG.PRES grass-ACC.F.SG 1.GEN.SG-F

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