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 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:
-  aralaraharazarasharar
-  = aralarah'arazarasharar
-  = atel'aralarah'arazarasharar
-  = atel + aral * arah + araz * arash * arar
-  = 0 + 30 + 8
-  = 38 (decimal)
-...but you might get murdered for it. :)
-Example shorthand usage with bases:
-  maraz
-  = atel'maraz
-  = atel'arazaram
-  = atel + araz * (aram)
-  = 0 + 1 * (10^1)
-  = 10 (decimal)
-  matelmaraz
-  = atelatelaramarazaramaram
-  = atel'atelaram'arazaramaram
-  = atel + atel * (aram) + araz * (aram * aram)
-  = 0 + 0 * (10^1) + 1 * (10^2)
-  = 100 (decimal)
-  arahmaraz
-  = arah'maraz
-  = arah'arazaram
-  = arah + araz * (aram)
-  = 6 + 1 * (10^1)
-  = 16 (decimal)
-  arahmarazmaraz
-  = arah'maraz'maraz
-  = arah'arazaram'arazaramaram
-  = arah + araz * (aram) + araz * (aram * aram)
-  = 6 + 1 * (10^1) + 1 * (10^2)
-  = 116 (decimal)
-  arazsharazshatelsharaz
-  = araz'sharaz'shatel'sharaz
-  = 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)
-  ararharaz
-  = arar'haraz
-  = arar + araz * (arah)
-  = 4 + 1 * (6^1)
-  = 14 (base 6)
-  = 10 (decimal)
-===== Personal Pronoun Inflections =====
-There are three inflections on personal pronouns: Possessive, reflexive and honorific.
-  * //-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//.
-  * //-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//.
-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//).
-There are also two common contractions:
-  * //-'n// as a contraction of the pronoun and "//to be//", for example //sa'n// means //I'm//.
-  * //-'s// as a contraction of the pronoun and "//should//" or "//ought to//", for example //sa's// means //I should//.
-===== Plural form =====
-Plural nouns are denoted using the suffix //-'a//, e.g. //vahr'a// would be //worlds//.
-===== Words Derived From Nouns =====
-==== Adjectives ====
-  * //-'is//, meaning "//having the attributes of -//", e.g. //adaryr'is// would be //nightmarish//.
-  * //-'ei//, meaning "//not having the attributes of -//", e.g. //aiit'ei// would be //optionless//.
-==== Nouns ====
-  * //-'iij//, meaning "//a group that has (or is) -//"((roughly equivalent to //-hood// or //-ship// in English)), e.g. //valcee'iij// might be used to describe a particular group of warriors ("//a group that has strength//").
-  * //iku'-//, meaning "//virtual -//"((simulated, electronic or digital, but without any connotation of non-existence)), e.g. //iku'preeth// would be a blog.
-  * //ji'-//, describing connected space between two or more of the base noun((roughly equivalent to the English prefix //inter-//)), //ji'los̈a// could be "//interplanetary space//"((To get only the adjective "//interplanetary//", apply an adjective modifier: //ji'los̈a'is//)).
-===== Adjective Inflection =====
-  * //-'ar// denoting "//more -//", e.g. //temi'ar// for //warmer//.
-  * //-'arar// denoting "//most -//", e.g. //khalei'arar// for //craziest//.
-  * //-ma// to create an adverb((This does not usually stack with //'is// (unless it's necessary to remove ambiguities). For example, //szamhama// is //securely// (from the noun //szamha//, security, synonymous with and reduced from //szamha'isma//), and //khaleima// is //crazily// (from the adjective //khalei//).)).
-===== Verb Inflection =====
-All base forms of verbs end in a [[language:alphabet|vowel]] and an //s//:
-  * //-as//\\ the most common form, as in //sras̈as// (to plead)
-  * //-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)
-The alterations made to the base form can either be:
-  * 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//".
-  * active negation, //ta'-//, doing the opposite of something; //ta'vedys// would be "//to forget//".
-  * tenses; the 's' is dropped for these:
-    * future II ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conditional_mood&oldid=554020209#German|present conditional]]), //o-form//
-      * //sa -so//
-      * //e -no//
-      * //na -o//
-      * //na'a -io//
-      * //ka/ra/zetu -to//
-      * //va -sol//
-    * future, //aye-form//
-      * //sa -saye//
-      * //e -naye//
-      * //na -ie//
-      * //na'a -ye//
-      * //ka/ra/zeto -taye//
-      * //va -sayees//
-    * present tense, //reduced base form//
-      * //sa -s//
-      * //e -n//
-      * //na -//
-      * //na'a -i//
-      * //ka/ra/zetu -t//
-      * //va -sis//
-    * past tense, //es-form//
-      * //sa -ses//
-      * //e -nes//
-      * //na -es//
-      * //na'a -ies//
-      * //ka/ra/zetu -tes//
-      * //va -sises//
 ===== Sentence Structure =====