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--- language:grammar [2013/08/04 01:17] – pinkgothic
+++ language:grammar [2020/01/19 16:21] – pinkgothic
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-The language of the [[:Threadwielders]] has a simple and flexible grammar, in that it imposes few rules about the composition of sentences. In combination with the language's tendency to [[language:dictionary|portmanteau]] words and shorten them (see below), this has a tendency to cause ambiguities. For situations where clarity is important, or the ambiguity too great, adherence to the recommended sentence structure, without portmanteaus and abbreviations, is expected.
+The language of the [[species:Threadwielders]] has a simple and flexible grammar, in that it imposes few rules about the composition of sentences. In combination with the language's tendency to [[language:dictionary|portmanteau]] words and shorten them (see below), this has a tendency to cause ambiguities. For situations where clarity is important, or the ambiguity too great, adherence to the recommended sentence structure, without portmanteaus and abbreviations, is expected.
 ===== Personal Pronoun Inflections =====
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   * //-i// for the possessive form, for example //sai// means //my//.
-  * //-'n// for the reflexive form, for example //sa'n// means //myself//.
+  * //e// replaces the last letter for the accusative form, for example //se// means //me//.\\ Not an exception: The accusative form of //e// is still //e//. That being said, some dialects might render it as //y// instead.\\ Exception: The accusative form of //na'a// is //ne'a//.
+  * //-'ik// for the reflexive form, for example //sa'ik// means //myself//.
   * //-qa// or //-qua// or //-kwa// (compound word usually capitalised) for the honorific form, for example //Nakwa// would be an honorific form of //you//.
   * //-qi// or //-qui// or //-kwi// (compound word usually capitalised) for the honorific possessive form, for example //Nakwi// would be an honorific form of //your//.
+Note that //zetu// inflects as //Zetakwa// and //Zetakwi// rather than as //Zetukwa// and //Zetukwi// - though someone would definitely still be understood if they used latter. //e// inflects as //a// for the possessive form, but otherwise behaves normally (//Ekwa//, //Ekwi//).
+There are also two common contractions:
+  * //-'n// as a contraction of the pronoun and "//to be//", for example //sa'n// means //I'm//.
+  * //-'s// as a contraction of the pronoun and "//should//" or "//ought to//", for example //sa's// means //I should//.
 ===== Plural form =====
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   * passive negation, //-'va//, not doing something; //sras̈as'va// would be "//not to plead//".
-  * repetition, //na'-//, doing something again / once more, resuming something; //na'quanus// would be "//to live again; to resurrect//".
+  * repetition, //tsu'-//, doing something again / once more, resuming something; //tsu'quanus// would be "//to live again; to resurrect//".
   * active negation, //ta'-//, doing the opposite of something; //ta'vedys// would be "//to forget//".
   * tenses; the 's' is dropped for these:
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 ===== Sentence Structure =====
+**NOTE: THIS SECTION IS NOT CANONICAL (yet). REH IS WORKING ON IT.**
 Declarative sentences have a fairly simple subject-verb-object structure. Most frequently, the subject represents an agent of the verb (i.e., the person or thing //doing// the action), whereas the object tends to represent the patient of the verb (i.e., that which the action is being //done to//). Some verbs are intransitive, and will not take any objects; others may take additional indirect objects. (**@todo: example sentences**)