Morphological tags

All the words are analysed with dictionary form + grammatical tags. Each tag is introduced with a "+" sign. We thus have

bijlav bijlla+N+Sg+Acc
boadáv boahtet+V+Ind+Prs+Sg1

The tag scheme follows Spiik and Nystø/Johnsen. It is not as different from North Sámi, the main differences are due to the grammatical differences between the languages in question.

Note that you have to add the part of speech twice when you use the derivational tag:

gåhtjoduvvá gåhttjot+V+Der/Pass+V+Ind+Prs+Sg3

The main parts of speech (POS) for Lule Saami are:

Nouns, adjectives, verbs, pronouns, adverbs, particles, subjunctions, conjunctions, postpositions, prepositions and interjections.

Here is a list of the nominal tags, given in the same order as for the analysis. Note that the grammatical categories in parentheses can be omitted.

Used non-attributively the adjective resembles the noun:

Used attributively the adjective has a quite simple tag scheme:

Finite and infinite verb forms have quite distinct paradigms. Finite first:

Infinite verb forms:

Other derived verb forms:

Here is an example: "åhpadiddje" > åhpadit+V+TV+Der3+Actor+N+Pl+Nom

These tags are still not documented: +Actio +Neg +ImprtII

The personal, demonstrative and interrogative pronouns:

baseform+Pron+Pers+NumberPerson+Case

Example:

underlying form: mon+Pron+Pers+Sg1+Com, surface form: mujna
underlying form: dat+Pron+Dem+Pl+Nom, surface form: da

The reflexive pronouns:

baseform+Pron+pronoun_type+Case(+possessive suffix)

Example: underlying form: iesj+Pron+Refl+Ine+PxDu1, surface form: ietjanimme

These have their POS tag as their only tag:

underlying form: birra+Pr or birra+Po
surface form:    birra

+A

Adjective

+Adv

Adverb

+CC

Conjunction

+CS

Subjunction

+Interj

Interjection

+N

Noun

+Num

Numeral

+Pcle

Particle

+Po

Postposition

+Pr

Preposition

+Pron

Pronoun

+V

Verb

+Dem

Demonstrative

+Coll

Collective

+Indef

Indefinite

+Interr

Interrogative

+Pers

Person

+Prop

Propernoun

+Recipr

Reciprocal

+Refl

Reflexive

+Rel

Relative

+ABBR

Abbreviation

+ACR

Accronym

+Abe

Abessive

+Acc

Accusative

+Actio

Actio form of the verb

+Actor

Actor noun

+Attr

Attributive

+CLB

Clause boundary

+Card

Cardinal

+Cmpnd

Compound (inconsistent with other notation for this tag)

+Cmpnd+

Compound (left tag)(inconsistent with other notation for this tag)

+Coll

Collective number

+Com

Comitative

+Comp

Comperative

+ConNeg

Negationform of the verb

+Cond

Conditional

+Du

Dual

+Du1

Dual 1. person

+Du2

Dual 2. person

+Du3

Dual 3. person

+Ela

Elative

+Ess

Essive

+Foc/ga

Focusclitic

+Foc/ge

Focusclitic

+Foc/gen

Focusclitic

+Gen

Genitive

+Ger

Gerund

+GerII

Gerund II

+IV

Intransitive verb

+Ill

Illative

+Imprt

Imperative

+ImprtII

Imperative II

+Ind

Indicative

+Ine

Inessive

+Inf

Infinitive

+LEFT

Left parenthesis

+Neg

Negationverb

+Nom

Nominative

+Ord

Ordinal

+PUNCT

Punctuation other than clause boundaries"/", "(", ")", "+"

+Pl

Plural

+Pl1

Plural 1. person

+Pl2

Plural 2. person

+Pl3

Plural 3. person

+Cmp/PlGen

Plural genitive compound

+Pot

Potential

+PrfPrc

Perfect participle

+Prs

Present tense

+PrsPrc

Present participle

+Prt

Preteritum

+PxDu1

Possessivesuffix dual 1. person

+PxDu2

Possessivesuffix dual 2. person

+PxDu3

Possessivesuffix dual 3. person

+PxPl1

Possessivesuffix plural 1. person

+PxPl2

Possessivesuffix plural 1. person

+PxPl3

Possessivesuffix plural 1. person

+PxSg1

Possessivesuffix singular 1. person

+PxSg2

Possessivesuffix singular 2. person

+PxSg3

Possessivesuffix singular 3. person

+Qst

Question clitic (-)go

+Qst+Foc/son

Question clitic

+RIGHT

Right parenthesis

+Sg

Singular

+Sg1

Singular 1. person

+Sg2

Singular 2. person

+Sg3

Singular 3. person

+Cmp/Sg

Singular compound

+Cmp/SgGen

Singular genitive compound

+Cmp/SgNom

Singular nominative compound

+Sup

Supinum

+Superl

Superlative

+TV

Transitive verb

+VAbess

Verb abessive

+VGen

Verb genitive

+Der/adda

+Der/agák

+Der/ahkes

+Der/ahtes

+Der/ahtte

+Der/alla

+Der/asste

+Der/belak

+Der/bieljak

+Der/báguk

+Der/bájnuk

+Der/bának

+Der/d

+Der/dahka

+Der/dahtte

+Der/dalla

+Der/dasste

+Der/dibme

+Der/duhtte

+Der/duvva

+Der/dábak

+Der/dáfuk

+Der/dávdak

+Der/dávtak

+Der/Dimin

Diminutive

+Der/ferjak

+Der/garák

+Der/gattsak

+Der/gerdak

+Der/giedak

+Der/gielak

+Der/giesjkak

+Der/gietjak

+Der/girjak

+Der/guovluk

+Der/h

+Der/habsak

+Der/hekkak

+Der/hábjak

+Der/hájak

+Der/hámak

+Der/hápsak

+Der/ibme

+Der/ivnak

+Der/jagák

+Der/jahkásasj

+Der/jergak

+Der/jienak

+Der/jiermak

+Der/juolgak

+Der/l

+Der/ladda

+Der/lahkak

+Der/lahtte

+Der/lanják

+Der/lasj

+Der/lasste

+Der/lijkak

+Der/linnjak

+Der/lis

+Der/luonduk

+Der/luottak

+Der/lágán

+Der/lágásj

+Der/m

+Der/merkak

+Der/mielak

+Der/muoduk

+Der/mus

+Der/n

+Der/namák

+Der/nierak

+Der/njunjak

+Der/njálmak

+Der/nálak

+Der/Pass

Passive

+Der/r

+Der/rabdak

+Der/rattak

+Der/rávak

+Der/segak

+Der/siejbak

+Der/siejnak

+Der/sijduk

+Der/st

+Der/stahtte

+Der/stalla

+Der/stasste

+Der/stával

+Der/suorak

+Der/suorgak

+Der/suttak

+Der/sáv'vak

+Der/tjalmak

+Der/tjiegak

+Der/tjuolmak

+Der/tjuvdak

+Der/tjålak

+Der/tjårvak

+Der/u/a/år

+Der/us

+Der/uvsak

+Der/uvsuk

+Der/varák

+Der/vigák

+Der/vuobdak

+Der/vuoduk

+Der/vuohta

+Der/vájmuk

+Der/ájvuk

+Der/såjak

+Der/åjvak

+Der/åsak

These are tags used for classifying names, e.g. +Prop+Sem/Fem

+Sem/Ani

Animal name

+Sem/Fem

Female

+Sem/Mal

Male

+Sem/Obj

Object

+Sem/Org

Organisation name

+Sem/Plc

Place name

+Sem/Sur

Surname

+WEB

Web addresse