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|name = Fyai Thǔvn
|name = Fyai Thǔvn
|nativename = Fyai Thǔvn
|nativename = Fyai Thǔvn
|pronunciation = [ɸʲai tʰɯβ̞n]
|pronunciation = ɸʲai tʰɯβ̞n
|speakers = 4000
|speakers = 4000
|fam1 = Shwain
|fam1 = Shwain
|ancestor = Proto-Shwain
|creator = User:Shemtov
|setting = Tau-Ceti 2
|date = no date
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The language is strongly analytic and isolating, so there is hardly any morphology.  
The language is strongly analytic and isolating, so there is hardly any morphology.  
==The Copula==
The copula is "witr" and occurs where verbs would occur:
Fyolrt pyǔ witr
sun star COP.
"The sun is a star"
==Pronouns and demonstratives==
==Pronouns and demonstratives==
'''Pronouns''':  
'''Pronouns''':  
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This: sunr
This: sunr


==Adjectives and Numerals==
==Adjectives, Numerals and Adverbs==
Adjectives come before the noun:
Adjectives come before the noun:


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"3 fat men"
"3 fat men"
Adverbs are words that are otherwise adjectives that come before the verb:
Cók pyïrp mat vae
man bread fast eat
"(The/A) Man eats the bread quickly"


==General Noun Syntax==
==General Noun Syntax==
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(The/A) Man and (the/a) woman eat bread and meat"
(The/A) Man and (the/a) woman eat bread and meat"
When an utterance has both a direct and indirect object, the indirect object comes first, and they are separated by the particle "ma":
Sérk im  ma  thǔvn  góeltr.
we  you  IND.OB bay welcome
"We welcome you to the bay".


==Tense and Mood==
==Tense and Mood==
Tense and Moodis marked by particles at the beginning of an utterance.
Tense and Mood are marked by particles at the beginning of an utterance.
There are  2 tenses, past and non-past.
There are  2 tenses, past and non-past.
The Past marking is <L'oi> and non-past utterances are unmarked.
The Past marking is <L'oi> and non-past utterances are unmarked.
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Mood particles:
Mood particles:


Subjunctive (if):  Pó
 


Conditional:  Nóin
Conditional:  Nóin
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Imperative: Vǎv
Imperative: Vǎv


Volitive: Ma
Dubtative: Lǎwn
 
 
Mood particles come after the past tense particle.
 
The Conditional particle is used before a clause when to indicate that a  following clause will happen if the first clause would be fulfilled:
 
Nóin soe phuwk, vak ilr.
 
"CON.  child sleep people act.evilly
 
"If the child sleeps, people will do bad things"
 
 
The potential mood is used to indicate that the speaker believes the action in the clause happened or will happen:
 
L'oi ne soe phuwk
 
PST. POT. child sleep
 
"The child probably slept."
 
The imperative is used to give commands or suggestions:
 
Vǎv  phuwk
 
IMP.  sleep
 
"Go to sleep"


Hortative: ïlr


Dubtative: Lǎwn




Mood particles come after the past tense particle.
The dubtative mood is used to indicate that the speaker believes the action in the clause probably didn't happen or will not happen:


L'oi lǎwn cók pyïrp vae
L'oi lǎwn cók pyïrp vae
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"And when they migrated from the east, they found a valley"
"And when they migrated from the east, they found a valley"
==Verbs of motion==
The following verbs can be used to denote certain motions toward the object:
We- Ablative
Ro - Lative
Fa- Prolative (Move through)
cók lre̋lt ro
man woman LAT.
"(The) man moved towards (the) woman"
They can also be used with other verbs of motion, as such:
cók lre̋lt we malrt
man woman ABL.  walk
"(The) man walked away from (the) woman"
"Ro" can also be placed after a verb in the non-past tense to simulate the future tense:
Cók pyïrp vae ro
man bread eat LAT.
"(The/A) Man will eat bread"