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===Nouns===
===Nouns===
Chuaimisc nouns fall into three declension classes. First declension nouns pluralize by slenderizing their final consonants, and second declension nouns pluralize by adding final ''-a'' or ''-e''. Most nouns belong to the third declension, where nouns pluralize in ''-s'', ''-as'', or ''-es''.
Chuaimisc nouns fall into three declension classes. First declension nouns pluralize by slenderizing their final consonants, and second declension nouns pluralize by adding final ''-a'' or ''-e''. Most nouns belong to the third declension, where nouns pluralize in ''-s'', ''-as'', or ''-es''.
Like in Greek and unlike in Irish, there are no morphological mutations.


===Verbs===
===Verbs===

Revision as of 01:17, 1 September 2019

Khuamnisht
Khuamnisht
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Indo-European


Chuaimisc /xuəmʲisʲc/ is a Greek and Irish-inspired sister of Time Traveler English. It is significantly more agglutinative than English, and has broad and slender consonants like Irish.

Morphology

Nouns

Chuaimisc nouns fall into three declension classes. First declension nouns pluralize by slenderizing their final consonants, and second declension nouns pluralize by adding final -a or -e. Most nouns belong to the third declension, where nouns pluralize in -s, -as, or -es.

Like in Greek and unlike in Irish, there are no morphological mutations.

Verbs

Verb conjugation
Weak: lupha 'love' Strong: bhéd 'bind' Semi-strong: choll 'grasp'
Imperative lupha! bhéd! choll!
Present lupha(is) bhéd(ais) choll(ais)
Preterite lalupha(is) bhaibhéd(ais) cacholl(ais)
Subjunctive (PAz irrealis + *wekw-) laluphóc(ais) bhédóc(ais) chollóc(ais)
Future (PAz irrealis + *h2el-) luphall(ais) bhédall(ais) chollall(ais)
Perfect (PAz stative + *steh2-) luphasta(is) bhédsta(is) chollsta(is)
Pluperfect (PAz stative + *ste-steh2-) luphasast(ais) bhédsast(ais) chollsast(ais)
Active part. luphad bhédad chollad
Passive part. luphadh bhédann chollann