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Joined 11 October 2023
- This page is a copy of the Fandom page of my main conlang Fruwi, it will be integrated into the page soon.
- Head Direction Possessive Phrase Either
- Adpositional Phrase First
- Verb Phrase First
- Adjective Phrase Final
- Dominant Marking Possessive Phrase Either
- Adpositional Phrase Zero?
- Verb Phrase Both (verb marks for person of direct Object, word order means case)
- Writing Direction Modern English
- Verbs conjugate according to...
- Voice, Person(SUBJ)
- Tense, Aspect
- Volition, Number
Classification
- Nouns
- [PREP - ART] - [DET.INDF - DET.DEF] - NUM - CL - ADJ(s) - NOUN
- compound adj : all over six feet tall trees
- either articles or determiners, cannot have both
- no relative clauses
- Verbs
- ADV - MODL - [VOICE-VOLITION] - [ASPECT-STEM-TENSE-PER-NUM]
Grammar
Conjunctions
Cöordinating conjunctions (Independent - Independent)
goes before the subject and needs COMMA
- Mary walked to the party, but she was unable to walk home.
Subordinating conjunctions (Independent - Dependent)
goes after the subject and needs multiple SENTENCES
- I fed the cat. I after brushed my teeth. FRU
- after I fed the cat, I brushed my teeth. ENG
- I brushed my teeth after I fed the cat. ENG
- I slept. I because was sleepy. FRU
- because I was sleepy, I slept. ENG
- I slept because I was sleepy. ENG
also used for subjunctive mood with word for "if" - WORD GOES HERE
Dual Conjunctions (and, or, nor, xor...)
"English" | Oñ Fruwi | NOTE |
---|---|---|
and | (...)gai | all |
xor | (...)bai | only one |
or | (...)dai | at least one |
nand | in(...)gai | max 1 |
nxor | in(...)bai | both or none |
nor | in(...)dai | none |
(...) = first item
Serial Conjunctions
"English" | Oñ Fruwi |
---|---|
and | (...)gaisi |
xor | (...)baisi |
or | (...)daisi |
nand | sijin(...)gaisi |
nxor | sijin(...)baisi |
nor | sijin(...)daisi |
(...) = first→ second-last items
- The verbs part needs major reworking since i have changed it since then
Moods
Imperative
- Instruction
- “Go”
- At start of Sentence always
- Warning
- N/A(Use Infinitive of verb)
Interrogative
- Yes/No
- just put "Or not" at the end of a normal sentence
- "Wh" Interrogative
- “Ger/Gerañ” as Stative Case; dO or iO, dO -> S in passive. “Ber/Berañ” as Active Case (use inplaceof x in Indicative clause)
- before or after verb add -thing EX: “Ger-Yukeni” means What=time-STAT
- tojho Īmi ítte Ger (Your name is X -> Your name is what-STAT) ACT STAT(dO) S
- tojho Īmi ítte Gerañ (Your name is X-P -> Your name is what-P-STAT) ACT STAT(dO) P
- Ger fe yisʌ To (X PASS eat you-ACTI -> what-STAT PASS eat you-ACTI) PASS STAT(dO) S
- Gerañ fe yisʌ To (X-P eat you-ACTI -> what-P-STAT PASS eat you-ACTI) PASS STAT(dO) P
- To slipta áro Ger-Yukeni (You-ACTI sleep at X -> You-ACTI sleep at what=time-STAT) ACT STAT(iO) S
- To slipta áro Gerañ-Yukeniñ (You-ACTI sleep at X-P -> You-ACTI sleep at what=times-P-STAT) ACT STAT(iO) P
- Ber-Mano doyisʌdi Ōgge (X HAB-is=eating-?S-PAST this-O-STAT -> who HAB-is=eating-0S-PAST this-O-STAT) ACT ACTI S
- Berañ-Manoñ doyisʌdiñ Ōgge (X-P HAB-are=eating-?P-PAST this-O-STAT -> who-P HAB-is=eating-0P-PAST this-O-STAT) ACT ACTI P
- Ōgge fe doyisedi Ber-Mano (X HAB-is=eating-?S-PAST this-O-STAT -> who HAB-is=eating-0S-PAST this-O-STAT) PASS ACTI S
- Ōgge fe doyisʌdiñ Berañ-Manoñ (X-P HAB-are=eating-?P-PAST this-O-STAT -> who-P HAB-is=eating-0P-PAST this-O-STAT) PASS ACTI P
Derivative Morphology
Participle (Verb -> ADJ)
add a <qa> to the end Ex: <vekocheqa Qoita> /vekʰot͡ʃeɣa ɣoitʰa/ "cooked goat"
Possessive /Genitive
(use as seperate words with nouns ; go to pronouns page for use with pronouns)
Dependent | Headless Dependent? | Head? | |
---|---|---|---|
oñ Fruwi | jho | je | co |
IPA | /d͡ʒo/ | /d͡ze/ | /t͡so/ |
Use | 's | 's | of |
Example | It is John's dog
It is John's (*a) dog |
It is John's
It is John's [It] |
It is Dog of John
It is (a) dog of John |