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Table 5

Verb, Noun, Adjective Codes

Position 1		Position 2			Position 3			Position 4
Code	Meaning	Code	Meaning	Example	Code	Meaning	Exam-ple	Code	Meaning	Exam-ple
1 2 3 4 5 6 7	V N V/N A V/A N/A V/N/A	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	No suf- fix Past Present parti- ciple Past parti- ciple Past/ past parti- ciple Present tense/ past parti- ciple Present tense/ past/ past  parti- ciple Compara- tive –er Superla- tive –est Genitive –‘s	brief took dancing taken briefed run set nicer   blacker nicest man’s	0 1 2 3 4 5 6	No suf- fix Verb –s N Plural V/N –s N sing- ular or plural A -ly N accu- sative	took takes boys men dances fish truly him	0 1 2 3 4 5	Nondetermined N or A Intransitive V, Nondetermined N or A Two-object V; Non-determined N or A Determined N Completely determined N	death simple walk long brief give make light John’s John he, his