language:grammar
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- | The language of the [[: | + | The language of the [[species: |
===== Personal Pronoun Inflections ===== | ===== Personal Pronoun Inflections ===== | ||
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* //-i// for the possessive form, for example //sai// means //my//. | * //-i// for the possessive form, for example //sai// means //my//. | ||
- | * //-ik// for the reflexive form, for example //saik// means //myself//. | + | |
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* //-qa// or //-qua// or //-kwa// (compound word usually capitalised) for the honorific form, for example //Nakwa// would be an honorific form of //you//. | * //-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//. | * //-qi// or //-qui// or //-kwi// (compound word usually capitalised) for the honorific possessive form, for example //Nakwi// would be an honorific form of //your//. | ||
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+ | 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//). | ||
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+ | There are also two common contractions: | ||
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+ | * // | ||
+ | * // | ||
===== Plural form ===== | ===== Plural form ===== | ||
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* passive negation, // | * passive negation, // | ||
- | * repetition, //na'-//, doing something again / once more, resuming something; //na' | + | * repetition, //tsu'-//, doing something again / once more, resuming something; //tsu' |
* active negation, // | * active negation, // | ||
* tenses; the ' | * tenses; the ' | ||
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===== Sentence Structure ===== | ===== Sentence Structure ===== | ||
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+ | **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, | 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, |
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