From a6846527628d250f3b37a79b73ee3541f89023d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ngô Ngọc Đức Huy <huyngo@disroot.org>
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2021 16:50:31 +0700
Subject: Update about parts of speech

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 src/haasdaiga/pos/index.md   | 11 +++++-
 src/haasdaiga/pos/noun.md    | 80 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/haasdaiga/pos/pronoun.md |  3 ++
 3 files changed, 93 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/haasdaiga/pos/index.md b/src/haasdaiga/pos/index.md
index be12f37..51c05d0 100644
--- a/src/haasdaiga/pos/index.md
+++ b/src/haasdaiga/pos/index.md
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
 # Parts of Speech
 
 This section concerns the main parts of speech and how they are used.
-Note that it does not discuss how they are ordered, which is the content of Syntax.
+Note that it does not discuss how they are ordered, which is the content of [Syntax].
+
+In this section as well as [Syntax], there will be glosses, indicating how the
+sentences are constructed.
+
+They are written as quotes, in following order:
+
+- Romanization (in bold)
+- Gloss
+- English translation (in italic)
diff --git a/src/haasdaiga/pos/noun.md b/src/haasdaiga/pos/noun.md
index 2ee7f4b..c517d21 100644
--- a/src/haasdaiga/pos/noun.md
+++ b/src/haasdaiga/pos/noun.md
@@ -1 +1,81 @@
 # Noun
+
+## Cases
+
+### Nominative
+
+The nominative is used for the subject of a sentence and for vocative.
+
+It is also used as predicative for some verbs:
+
+- (be)
+- (become)
+
+TODO: add examples
+
+### Accusative
+
+Accusative case is used for direct object.
+
+TODO: add examples
+
+### Ablative
+
+Ablative case is used to express the motion away from something
+
+TODO: add examples
+
+### Dative
+
+Dative case is used to express the motion to a location, or being at the
+location (locative).  The meaning is determined by whether the verb takes
+object or not.
+
+TODO: add examples
+
+### Genitive
+
+Genitive case is used to express possession or relation.
+
+> this-nom.sg be.ind.prs.hab book-nom.wo.sg I-gen.ea.sg  
+> *This is my book.*
+> 
+> this-nom.wo.sg book-nom.wo.sg be.ind.prs.hab I-gen.ea.sg  
+> *This book is mine.*
+
+*Relations* also include relations constructed by postposition.
+
+> he-nom.fi.sg stay-ind.fut.prf with I-gen.wa.sg  
+> *He will stay with me.*
+>
+> stand-ind.prs.cnt man-nom.sg (in front of) shop-gen.ea.sg  
+> *There is a man standing in front of the shop.*
+
+## Gender
+
+### Individuals
+
+Nouns' gender are arbitrarily assigned, based on the philosophy.
+Generally, it is quite intuitive, for example, (tree), (seed), (wood) are wood.
+However, there are some cases it is unclear, like (liver) being wood, and even
+counter-intuitive, like (flower) being fire.
+This is because liver is is controlled by wood in the philosophy,
+and flower represents the outburst state which matches more with fire.
+
+For people, gender is determined by their date of birth (people born in wood
+months are wood).  For people who can use magic, their magic affinity is their
+gender.
+
+### Mixed groups
+
+The gender of a group of objects with different genders is determined by the *majority*
+group.  The majority group is defined as the group with:
+
+- more than half of the group
+- has more than 10 members, if any other group has more than one member.
+
+## Number
+
+- singular: zero or one
+- several: two to ten, inclusive
+- plural: more than ten
diff --git a/src/haasdaiga/pos/pronoun.md b/src/haasdaiga/pos/pronoun.md
index 79e4998..3cab45a 100644
--- a/src/haasdaiga/pos/pronoun.md
+++ b/src/haasdaiga/pos/pronoun.md
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 # Pronoun
+
+Pronouns usually have nominal morphology, though not strictly.
+
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