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NATIVE LANGUAGES, LEVEL 3, OPEN (NL3) (LNACO – LNOCO)
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Iroquoian Language Family
Verbs
• Classification
– subjective
– stem classifications
– objective
– stem classifications
– transitive
– intransitive
• Conjugations
– pronouns
– first, second, third person:
– personal – singular – dual
– plural
– tenses
– imperatives
– interactive
• Incorporation
– use of prefixes, infixes, suffixes: – with noun
– in adjectival construction
– in quantitative construction
– pre-pronominal prefixes – cislocative
– translocative
– pre-pronominal prefix combinations – te- verbs (Mohawk)
– de- verbs (Cayuga)
– negation
– contrastive
• Irregular verbs
Nouns
• Classification
– formal
– functional – animate
– inanimate
• Independent possessives
– singular,dual,plural
– use with locatives
– use to indicate kinship
• Independent pronouns
• Independent numeration
• Independent locatives
• Independent adjectives
• Incorporation
– numeration
– possessives
– use with a verb
– use in adjectival construction – pluralizers
– locatives
– quantitatives
– qualitatives
Sentences
• Types
– simple
– compound
– complex
– compound-complex
• Gender agreement
• Creation of negatives
• Creation of questions
• Creation of comparatives
• Independent quantity statements
• Adverbial phrases
Particles
• Type
– conjunctions
– quantifiers
– adverbs indicating, time, place, manner, degree