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language:grammar [2015/10/03 21:02] – [Personal Pronoun Inflections] accusative pinkgothic | language:grammar [2020/01/19 16:21] – pinkgothic | ||
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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 [[language: | + | |
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- | If you were so inclined, you could use the long form and just go haywire: | + | |
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- | aralaraharazarasharar | + | |
- | = aralarah' | + | |
- | = atel' | + | |
- | = atel + aral * arah + araz * arash * arar | + | |
- | = 0 + 30 + 8 | + | |
- | = 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 | + | |
- | = atel' | + | |
- | = atel' | + | |
- | = atel + araz * (aram) | + | |
- | = 0 + 1 * (10^1) | + | |
- | = 10 (decimal) | + | |
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- | matelmaraz | + | |
- | = atelatelaramarazaramaram | + | |
- | = atel' | + | |
- | = atel + atel * (aram) + araz * (aram * aram) | + | |
- | = 0 + 0 * (10^1) + 1 * (10^2) | + | |
- | = 100 (decimal) | + | |
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- | arahmaraz | + | |
- | = arah' | + | |
- | = arah' | + | |
- | = arah + araz * (aram) | + | |
- | = 6 + 1 * (10^1) | + | |
- | = 16 (decimal) | + | |
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- | arahmarazmaraz | + | |
- | = arah' | + | |
- | = arah' | + | |
- | = arah + araz * (aram) + araz * (aram * aram) | + | |
- | = 6 + 1 * (10^1) + 1 * (10^2) | + | |
- | = 116 (decimal) | + | |
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- | arazsharazshatelsharaz | + | |
- | = araz' | + | |
- | = araz + araz * (arash) + atel * (arash * arash) + araz * (arash * arash * arash) | + | |
- | = 1 + 1 * (2^1) + 0 * (2^2) + 1 * (2^3) | + | |
- | = 1011 (base 2) | + | |
- | = 11 (decimal) | + | |
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- | ararharaz | + | |
- | = arar' | + | |
- | = arar + araz * (arah) | + | |
- | = 4 + 1 * (6^1) | + | |
- | = 14 (base 6) | + | |
- | = 10 (decimal) | + | |
===== Personal Pronoun Inflections ===== | ===== Personal Pronoun Inflections ===== | ||
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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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