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==Words==
==Words==
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''Paucal'': This number is always used to refer to more than oen of someones teeth, regardless if the acctual quantity goes beyond standard Paucal.
''Paucal'': This number is always used to refer to more than oen of someones teeth, regardless if the acctual quantity goes beyond standard Paucal.


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Latest revision as of 13:55, 26 April 2021

Numbers

Singular

Paucal

While paucal usually refers to any number between 2 and 6, but also up to 9 depending on the person, there are exceptions to the rule.

Dual objects

Objects that are commonly occuring two at a time, eyes, arms, hands, legs, feet etc, the paucal refer to only two then and all above uses plural.

Countable body parts

Body parts that are countable, fingers, teeth and such, but not hair as hair is just too many to count, the paucal refer to that entire quantity regardless of the acctual quantity and any subset of them, with the exception of a single one. Humans have for example 32 teeth, all of them or any subset, will still be paucal while it is far above the usual paucal level.

Plural

Tempus

Elaborates usage of tempuses

Aortis

  • An action that was done in the past: Expresses an action that is viewed as a completed event.

Consequentum

  • Consequentative: Describes an action being the consequence of something else previously in the past.

Historal Causum

  • Past causative: Describes an action in the past being the cause of other events in time after.
  • Historical: Describes an event that occured in the past and is accepted as historical fact.

Past Initio

  • Started past: Describes anaction being started in the past.

Ingressus

  • Paused action: Expresses an action that was temporarly paused. "I was walking and then stopped for icecream"
  • An action interrupted by another action: Expresses an action that was in progress when another action took place. "I was walking when he came along"
  • Resumed action: Expresses an action that was resumed after having been stopped. "I continued walking"
  • Progressed Past: Describes an action that was progressed in the past. "I was walking"

Finitum

  • Terminated present: Action being terminated/stopped in the present.

Plerum

  • Universal: Expresses things that are universal, independed of time and space. "water boils at 100°"
  • Habitual: Expresses things that one does habitually. "I walk to work"
  • Cyclic: Expresses things that occures in a cyclic or semicyclic manner.

Futurum Consequenta

  • Consequentative Future: Describes an action that will happen because of something else.
  • Consequence: Describes an action that is the consequence of previous actions
  • Neccesitive Future: Describes an action that must happen or highly likely to happen because of earlier events

Initio

  • Inceptive Present: Describes an action that is started in the present. "I am starting to walk"
  • Conitnued future: Describes an action that will be continued in the future after havingbeen ceased prior. "I will conitnue walking"
  • Progressive future: Describes an action that is progressed in the future. "I will be going"

Present

  • Acctual Present: The action occures this very instance
  • Continued Present: Continue an action this instant that was previously stopped

Pausa

  • Paused action: Action that is currently paused

Futurum

  • Future Event: Expresses an action that will be done in the future.
  • Habitual: Expresses an action done habitually in the present or future

Causum

  • Causative: Expresses events that is or will cause something

Futurm Initio

  • Initiate future: Describes an event that is started in the future.

Futurum Termius

  • Paused future: Describes an event or action that will be paused and then resumed in the future.
  • Terminated future: Describes an event or action that will be terminated in the future and never continued.
  • Non-existent future: Describes an event that is unlikely to ever occure and most likely never will.

Words

dötsm

Paucal: This number is always used to refer to more than oen of someones teeth, regardless if the acctual quantity goes beyond standard Paucal.