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The present, past and future tenses are ''be-'', ''ki-'' and ''sa-'' respectively. The present tense is also used as a timeless tense. | The present, past and future tenses are ''be-'', ''ki-'' and ''sa-'' respectively. The present tense is also used as a timeless tense. | ||
''''' | '''''Kimezhov ma-shmer la-detkvisi.''''' | ||
PAST-find DEF man | PAST-find NOM.DEF-man ACC.DEF limestone | ||
'' | ''The man who found the limestone.'' | ||
Verbs do not inflect for person but they do inflect for number (except for the copula): the plural suffix is ''-eba''. | Verbs do not inflect for person but they do inflect for number (except for the copula): the plural suffix is ''-eba''. | ||
The negative suffix is ''-tso'', and when fused with the plural it becomes ''- | The negative suffix is ''-tso'', and when fused with the plural it becomes ''-sia''. The negative form of the copula is ''tso'', which is the same in the plural. | ||
Participial forms are used in the perfect and progressive aspects. | Participial forms are used in the perfect and progressive aspects. | ||
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Tsrovesh or Tzrovesh is a language of Southern Etalocin, inspired by Hebrew and Georgian.
Most Clotrician linguists classify it as an isolate.
Introduction
Phonology
Orthography
Tsrovesh is most commonly written with the Thensarian alphabet.
Consonants
The consonants are the same as in Israeli Hebrew, plus ch /tʃ/, dz /dz/, zh /ʒ/ and dj /dʒ/.
Vowels
The vowels are the same as in Israeli Hebrew or Georgian.
Prosody
Stress
Intonation
Phonotactics
Tsrovesh phonology is slightly less restrictive than Israeli Hebrew but much more so than Georgian. As in both languages, initial consonant clusters appear frequently in Tsrovesh, for example:
- Tsrovesh (the name of the language)
- ldag (door)
- shmer (man)
- tsnakhat (dream)
- gzin (to shine)
- vlo (to live)
- lvar (to play)
- tmezhov (to find)
- tkeshet (regardless)
- shvili (for me)
Medial consonant clusters are also common:
- ertma (spider)
- detkvisi (limestone)
- opkhram (reed)
Morphophonology
Morphology
Nouns
Nouns have 6 cases: nominative, accusative, genitive, dative, instrumental, and locative.
Verbs
The present, past and future tenses are be-, ki- and sa- respectively. The present tense is also used as a timeless tense.
Kimezhov ma-shmer la-detkvisi.
PAST-find NOM.DEF-man ACC.DEF limestone
The man who found the limestone.
Verbs do not inflect for person but they do inflect for number (except for the copula): the plural suffix is -eba.
The negative suffix is -tso, and when fused with the plural it becomes -sia. The negative form of the copula is tso, which is the same in the plural.
Participial forms are used in the perfect and progressive aspects.
Syntax
Constituent order
Tsrovesh sentence structure is VSO and head-final, except for complementizer phrases and prepositional phrases. Tsrovesh is not zero-copula; the word for 'to live' is used as a copula. Word order is strict, and topicalization occurs with the suffix -eti.
Noun phrase
The adjective comes before the noun in Tsrovesh:
ha udvanit ertma = the happy spider
(udvanit = happy, ertma = spider)
But relative clauses are placed after the noun:
ertma, li-ves ha-shmer kikhaven = spider who the man killed
Verb phrase
Sentence phrase
Conjunctions
et = and
Dependent clauses
Numbers
azar, kin, tvagi, lutsmi, chorti, mevti, ushkni, voherbi, adorgi, ktela, ktela azareb, ktela kineb, ktela tvagib, ktela lutsmib, ...
20 = ktela mekin