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language:grammar [2013/08/19 20:55] – araz pinkgothiclanguage: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.
- +
-===== Compound Numbers ===== +
- +
-The Threadwielder system does not have a fixed base and instead chains [[language:dictionary|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. +
- +
-If you were so inclined, you could use the long form and just go haywire: +
- +
-  arazarasharararalarah +
-  = arazarasharar'aralarah +
-  = arazarasharar'aralarah'atel +
-  = araz * arash * arar + aral * arah + atel +
-  = 8 + 30 + 0 +
-  = 38 (decimal) +
- +
-...but you might get murdered for it. :) +
-   +
-Example shorthand usage with bases: +
- +
-  maraz +
-  = maraz'atel +
-  = arazaram'atel +
-  = araz * aram + atel +
-  = 10 (decimal) +
- +
-  marazmatel +
-  = arazaramaramatelaramatel +
-  = arazaramaram'atelaram'atel +
-  = araz * aram * aram + atel * aram + atel +
-  = 100 (decimal) +
- +
-  marazarah +
-  = maraz'arah +
-  = arazaram'arah +
-  = araz * aram + arah +
-  = 16 (decimal) +
- +
-  marazmarazarah +
-  = maraz'maraz'arah +
-  = arazaramaram'arazaram'arah +
-  = araz * aram * aram + araz * aram + arah +
-  = 116 (decimal) +
- +
-  sharazshatelsharazaraz +
-  = sharaz'shatel'sharaz'araz +
-  = araz * arash * arash * arash + atel * arash * arash + araz * arash + araz +
-  = 1011 (base 2) +
-  = 11 (decimal) +
- +
-  harazarar +
-  = haraz'arar +
-  = 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 //na'a// is //ne'a//.
   * //-'ik// for the reflexive form, for example //sa'ik// means //myself//.   * //-'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//.   * //-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, //-'va//, not doing something; //sras̈as'va// would be "//not to plead//".   * 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//".   * active negation, //ta'-//, doing the opposite of something; //ta'vedys// would be "//to forget//".
   * tenses; the 's' is dropped for these:   * tenses; the 's' is dropped for these:
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 ===== Sentence Structure ===== ===== 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**) 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**)
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