Overview

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

bijlav bijjla+N+Sg+Acc
bådáv båhtet+V+Ind+Prs+Sg1

The tag scheme follows the Lule Saami (smj) standard and insights from J. Wilbur’s on-going work on Pite Saami

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

gieresvuodav gieres+N+Der/State+N+Sg+Acc

The main parts of speech (POS) for Pite Saami and their tags are:

POS	tag
noun	+N
verb	+V
adjective	+A
pronoun	+Pron
adverb	+Adv
conjunction	+CC
subjunction	+CS
postposition	+Po
preposition	+Pr
numeral	+Num
interjection	+Interj
particle	+Pcle

The nouns

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.

Part of speech:	+N
Number:	+Sg, +Pl
Case:	+Nom +Gen +Acc +Ill +Ine +Ela +Com +Abe +Ess
(Possessive suffix:)	+PxSg1 +PxSg2 +PxSg3 +PxDu1 +PxDu2 +PxDu3 +PxPl1 +PxPl2 +PxPl3

The adjectives

In attributive position, the adjective is tagged simply at that:

Part of speech:	+A
Attribute	+Attr

Used non-attributively, adjectives are inflected much like nouns, thus have a similar tag set:

Part of speech:	+A
(Grade:)	+Comp, +Superl
Number:	+Sg, +Pl
Case:	+Nom +Gen +Acc +Ill +Ine +Ela +Com +Abe +Ess

The verbs

Finite and infinite verb forms have quite distinct paradigms.

Finite verbs:

Part of speech:	+V
(Derivation) example	+Der/Pass
Mood:	+Ind, +Pot, +Imprt, +Neg
Tense	+Prs, +Prt
Person/Number	+Sg1 +Sg2 +Sg3 +Du1 +Du2 +Du3 +Pl1 +Pl2 +Pl3

Non-Finite verbs:

Part of speech:	+V
(Derivation:)	+Der/Pass
Non-finite forms	+Inf, +ConNeg, +Actio, +Ger, +PrsPrc, +PrfPrc, +VGen, +VAbess

The pronouns

The personal pronouns:

Part of speech:	+Pron
Subclass	+Pers
Person/Number	+Sg1 +Sg2 +Sg3 +Du1 +Du2 +Du3 +Pl1 +Pl2 +Pl3
Case:	+Nom +Gen +Acc +Ill +Ine +Ela +Com +Abe +Ess

The demonstrative, interrogative, relative and reflexive pronouns:

Part of speech:	+Pron
Subclass	+Dem, +Interr, +Rel, +Refl
Number	+Sg, +Pl
Case:	+Nom +Gen +Acc +Ill +Ine +Ela +Com +Abe +Ess

Indeclinable words

These have their POS tag as their only tag:

adverb	+Adv
conjunction	+CC
subjunction	+CS
postposition	+Po
preposition	+Pr
numeral	+Num
interjection	+Interj
particle	+Pcle

Alphabetic list of tags

Part of speech

• +A:
  Adjective
• +Adv:
  Adverb
• +CC:
  Conjunction
• +CS:
  Subjunction
• +Interj:
  Interjection
• +N:
  Noun
• +Num:
  Numeral
• +Pcle:
  Particle
• +Po:
  Postposition
• +Pr:
  Preposition
• +Pron:
  Pronoun
• +V:
  Verb

Sub-part of speech

• +Dem:
  Demonstrative
• +Indef:
  Indefinite
• +Interr:
  Interrogative
• +Pers:
  Person
• +Prop:
  Propernoun
• +Refl:
  Reflexive
• +Rel:
  Relative

Grammatical properties

• +ABBR:
  Abbreviation
• +ACR:
  Accronym
• +Abe:
  Abessive
• +Acc:
  Accusative
• +Actio:
  Actio form of the verb
• +Actor:
  Actor noun
• +Attr:
  Attributive
• +CLB:
  Clause boundary
• +Card:
  Cardinal
• +Com:
  Comitative
• +Comp:
  Comperative
• +ConNeg:
  Non-finite negation form of the verb
• +Du:
  Dual
• +Du1:
  Dual 1. person
• +Du2:
  Dual 2. person
• +Du3:
  Dual 3. person
• +Ela:
  Elative
• +Ess:
  Essive
• +Gen:
  Genitive
• +Ger:
  Gerund
• +GerII:
  Gerund II
• +IV:
  Intransitive verb
• +Ill:
  Illative
• +Imprt:
  Imperative
• +Ind:
  Indicative
• +Ine:
  Inessive
• +Inf:
  Infinitive
• +LEFT:
  Left parenthesis
• +Neg:
  Negation verb
• +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
• +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