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- | The language of the [[: | + | The language of the [[species: |
- | ===== Compound Numbers | + | ===== Sentence Structure |
- | 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. | + | **NOTE: THIS SECTION IS NOT CANONICAL |
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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) | + | |
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- | marazmatel | + | |
- | = arazaramaramatelaramatel | + | |
- | = arazaramaram' | + | |
- | = araz * aram * aram + atel * aram + atel | + | |
- | = 100 (decimal) | + | |
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- | marazarah | + | |
- | = maraz' | + | |
- | = arazaram' | + | |
- | = araz * aram + arah | + | |
- | = 16 (decimal) | + | |
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- | 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) | + | |
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- | ===== Personal Pronoun Inflections ===== | + | |
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- | There are three inflections on personal pronouns: Possessive, reflexive and honorific. | + | |
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- | * //-i// for the possessive form, for example //sai// means //my//. | + | |
- | * // | + | |
- | * //-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//. | + | |
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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//, // | + | |
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- | There are also two common contractions: | + | |
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- | * // | + | |
- | * // | + | |
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- | ===== Plural form ===== | + | |
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- | Plural nouns are denoted using the suffix // | + | |
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- | ===== Words Derived From Nouns ===== | + | |
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- | ==== Adjectives ==== | + | |
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- | * // | + | |
- | * // | + | |
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- | ==== Nouns ==== | + | |
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- | * // | + | |
- | * // | + | |
- | * // | + | |
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- | ===== Adjective Inflection ===== | + | |
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- | * // | + | |
- | * // | + | |
- | * //-ma// to create an adverb((This does not usually stack with //' | + | |
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- | ===== Verb Inflection ===== | + | |
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- | All base forms of verbs end in a [[language: | + | |
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- | * //-as//\\ the most common form, as in // | + | |
- | * //-es//\\ as in //azhares// (to clad/encase in armour) | + | |
- | * //-is//\\ as in //sekis// (to make) | + | |
- | * //-os//\\ as in //sarijos// (to apologise) | + | |
- | * //-us//\\ as in //quanus// (to live) | + | |
- | * //-ys//\\ as in //vedys// (to think) | + | |
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- | The alterations made to the base form can either be: | + | |
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- | * passive negation, // | + | |
- | * repetition, // | + | |
- | * active negation, // | + | |
- | * tenses; the ' | + | |
- | * future II ([[http:// | + | |
- | * //sa -so// | + | |
- | * //e -no// | + | |
- | * //na -o// | + | |
- | * //na'a -io// | + | |
- | * // | + | |
- | * //va -sol// | + | |
- | * future, // | + | |
- | * //sa -saye// | + | |
- | * //e -naye// | + | |
- | * //na -ie// | + | |
- | * //na'a -ye// | + | |
- | * // | + | |
- | * //va -sayees// | + | |
- | * present tense, //reduced base form// | + | |
- | * //sa -s// | + | |
- | * //e -n// | + | |
- | * //na -// | + | |
- | * //na'a -i// | + | |
- | * // | + | |
- | * //va -sis// | + | |
- | * past tense, // | + | |
- | * //sa -ses// | + | |
- | * //e -nes// | + | |
- | * //na -es// | + | |
- | * //na'a -ies// | + | |
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- | ===== Sentence Structure ===== | + | |
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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