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- | The language of the [[: | + | The language of the [[species: |
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- | ===== Compound Numbers ===== | + | |
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- | The Threadwielder system does not have a fixed base and instead chains numbers together as factors. To prevent this from resulting in excessively long words for numbers, the number being used as a base usually has its distinct suffix shortened into a prefix. A final //-atel// suffix is optional. | + | |
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- | If you were so inclined, you could use the long form and just go haywire: | + | |
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- | arazarasharararalarah | + | |
- | = arazarasharar' | + | |
- | = arazarasharar' | + | |
- | = araz * arash * arar + aral * arah + atel | + | |
- | = 8 + 30 + 0 | + | |
- | = 38 (decimal) | + | |
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- | ...but you might get murdered for it. :) | + | |
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- | Example shorthand usage with bases: | + | |
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- | maraz | + | |
- | = maraz' | + | |
- | = arazaram' | + | |
- | = araz * aram + atel | + | |
- | = 10 (decimal) | + | |
- | + | ||
- | marazmatel | + | |
- | = arazaramaramatelaramatel | + | |
- | = arazaramaram' | + | |
- | = araz * aram * aram + atel * aram + atel | + | |
- | = 100 (decimal) | + | |
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- | marazarah | + | |
- | = maraz' | + | |
- | = arazaram' | + | |
- | = araz * aram + arah | + | |
- | = 16 (decimal) | + | |
- | + | ||
- | marazmarazarah | + | |
- | = maraz' | + | |
- | = arazaramaram' | + | |
- | = araz * aram * aram + araz * aram + arah | + | |
- | = 116 (decimal) | + | |
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- | sharazshatelsharazaraz | + | |
- | = sharaz' | + | |
- | = araz * arash * arash * arash + atel * arash * arash + atel * arash + araz | + | |
- | = 1011 (base 2) | + | |
- | = 11 (decimal) | + | |
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- | harazarar | + | |
- | = haraz' | + | |
- | = araz * arah + arar | + | |
- | = 14 (base 6) | + | |
- | = 10 (decimal) | + | |
===== 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//. | ||
+ | * //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 // | ||
* // | * // | ||
* //-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//. | ||
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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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