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== Periodic table == | |||
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! style="text-align:left; background:white" | <small>[[Group (periodic table)|Group]]</small> | |||
! style="background:#e8e8e8;" | [[Alkali metal|1]] | |||
! style="background:#f0f0f0;" | [[Alkaline earth metal|2]] | |||
! style="background:#e8e8e8;" | [[Group 3 element|3]] | |||
! style="background:#f0f0f0;" | [[Group 4 element|4]] | |||
! style="background:#e8e8e8;" | [[Group 5 element|5]] | |||
! style="background:#f0f0f0;" | [[Group 6 element|6]] | |||
! style="background:#e8e8e8;" | [[Group 7 element|7]] | |||
! style="background:#f0f0f0;" | [[Group 8 element|8]] | |||
! style="background:#e8e8e8;" | [[Group 9 element|9]] | |||
! style="background:#f0f0f0;" | [[Group 10 element|10]] | |||
! style="background:#e8e8e8;" | [[Group 11 element|11]] | |||
! style="background:#f0f0f0;" | [[Group 12 element|12]] | |||
! style="background:#e8e8e8;" | [[Boron group|13]] | |||
! style="background:#f0f0f0;" | [[Carbon group|14]] | |||
! style="background:#e8e8e8;" | [[Pnictogen|15]] | |||
! style="background:#f0f0f0;" | [[Chalcogen|16]] | |||
! style="background:#e8e8e8;" | [[Halogen|17]] | |||
! style="background:#f0f0f0;" | [[Noble gas|18]] | |||
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| style="background:#e8e8e8;" | Pnictogens | |||
| style="background:#f0f0f0;" | Chalcogens | |||
| style="background:#e8e8e8;" | Halogens | |||
| style="background:#f0f0f0;" | Noble gases | |||
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== Ememir (Sumerian conlang)== | == Ememir (Sumerian conlang)== | ||
=== Phonology === | === Phonology === | ||
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=====Characteristics===== | =====Characteristics===== | ||
=====Conjugation===== | =====Conjugation===== | ||
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! rowspan="3" | Transitive !! colspan="6" | Perfective !! colspan="6" | Imperfective | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="4" | Subject !! rowspan="2" | Stem !! rowspan="2" | Object !! colspan="4" | Object !! rowspan="2" | Stem !! rowspan="2" | Subject | |||
|- | |||
! Base !! Past !! Present !! Future !! Base !! Past !! Present !! Future | |||
|- | |||
! 1sg | |||
| '''ʔ''' || ī || ē || ā || rowspan="6" | STEM || (e)n || '''n''' || in || en || an || rowspan="6" | STEM || (e)n | |||
|- | |||
! 2sg | |||
| '''e''' || e || eh || ah || (e)s || '''s''' || is || es || as || (e)s | |||
|- | |||
! 3sg | |||
| '''n''', '''b'''|| in, ib || en, eb || an, ab || Ø || '''n''', '''b'''|| in, ib || en, eb || an, ab | |||
|- | |||
! 1pl | |||
| '''d''' || id || ed || ad || (e)nden || '''d''' || id || ed || ad || (e)nden | |||
|- | |||
! 2pl | |||
| '''z''' || iz || ez || az || (e)nzen || '''z''' || iz || ez || az || (e)nzen | |||
|- | |||
! 3pl | |||
| '''š''' || iš || eš || aš || (e)š || '''š''' || iš || eš || aš || (e)nē | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan="3" | Intransitive !! colspan="6" | Perfective !! colspan="6" | Imperfective | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="4" | - !! rowspan="2" | Stem !! rowspan="2" | Subject !! colspan="4" | - !! rowspan="2" | Stem !! rowspan="2" | Subject | |||
|- | |||
! Base !! Past !! Present !! Future !! Base !! Past !! Present !! Future | |||
|- | |||
|- | |||
! 1sg | |||
| rowspan="6" | - || rowspan="6" | i || rowspan="6" | e || rowspan="6" | a || rowspan="6" | STEM || (e)n || rowspan="6" | - || rowspan="6" | i || rowspan="6" | e || rowspan="6" | a || rowspan="6" | (+ed) || (e)n | |||
|- | |||
! 2sg | |||
| (e)s || (e)s | |||
|- | |||
! 3sg | |||
| Ø || Ø | |||
|- | |||
! 1pl | |||
| (e)nden || (e)nden | |||
|- | |||
! 2pl | |||
| (e)nzen || (e)nzen | |||
|- | |||
! 3pl | |||
| (e)š || (e)š | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
<br> | |||
'''Forms of the prefixes:''' | |||
* -C > -Cen | |||
* -V > -v̄n (vowel lenthening) | |||
* -v̄ > -ūwen; -īyen; -ēyen; -āen | |||
=====Full paradigm===== | |||
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|+ '''Conjugation''' | |+ '''Conjugation''' | ||
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! !! colspan="3" | Perfective !! colspan="3" | Imperfective | ! !! colspan="3" | Perfective !! colspan="3" | Imperfective | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Transitive !! Subject | ! Transitive !! Subject !! Stem !! Object !! Object !! Stem !! Subject | ||
|- | |- | ||
! 1sg | ! 1sg | ||
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| n-V-eš (in) || || eš || || || enē | | n-V-eš (in) || || eš || || || enē | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Intransitive !! !! Stem !! Subject !! !! Stem !! Subject | ||
|- | |- | ||
! 1sg | ! 1sg | ||
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|} | |} | ||
* subject/patient = absolutive | * subject/patient = absolutive (patient = accusative object of transitive verbs; subject = nominative subject of intransitive verbs) | ||
* agent = ergative | * agent = ergative (agent = nominative subject of transitive verbs) | ||
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" | =====Prefixes===== | ||
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" | |||
|+ '''Other prefixes''' | |+ '''Other prefixes''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
! !! Initial person<br>suffixes !! Dative !! Cominative !! Terminative<br>ablative !! Local<br>prefixes | ! !! Ventive !! Initial person<br>suffixes !! Dative !! Cominative !! Terminative<br>ablative !! Local<br>prefixes | ||
|- | |- | ||
! 1sg | ! 1sg | ||
| mu/m || ma || rowspan="8" | '''da''' ''with'' || rowspan="8" | '''ta''' ''from''<br>'''ši''' ''to(wards)'' || rowspan="8" | '''ni''' ''in(to)''<br>'''e''' ''on(to)'' | | mu/mū || mu/m || ma || rowspan="8" | '''da''' ''with''<br>(''ventive: '''(V)mda''''') || rowspan="8" | '''ta''' ''from''<br>'''ši''' ''to(wards)''<br>(''ventive: '''(V)mta/mši''''') || rowspan="8" | '''ni''' ''in(to)''<br>'''e''' ''on(to)'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
! 2sg | ! 2sg | ||
| e/r || ra | | mu (mye) || e/r || ra (ira) | ||
|- | |- | ||
! 3sg p | ! 3sg p | ||
| n (in) || na | | (V)m || n (in) || na (ina) | ||
|- | |- | ||
! 3sg i | ! 3sg i | ||
| b (ib) || ba | | (V)mm || b (ib) || ba | ||
|- | |- | ||
! 1pl | ! 1pl | ||
| me || me | | mē || me || me | ||
|- | |- | ||
! 2pl | ! 2pl | ||
| enē || enē | | || enē || enē (inē) | ||
|- | |- | ||
! 3pl | ! 3pl | ||
| ne/nnē || ne | | mu || ne/nnē || ne | ||
|- | |- | ||
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* {{green|naĝar}} {{blue|iri}}{{red|še}} {{blue|ib}}{{red|še}}ĝen{{green|Ø}} - ''the carpenter went to the city'' | * {{green|naĝar}} {{blue|iri}}{{red|še}} {{blue|ib}}{{red|še}}ĝen{{green|Ø}} - ''the carpenter went to the city'' | ||
* lugal{{blue|e}} nin{{yellow|ra}} iri{{orange|ya}} {{green|ē}} i{{yellow|na}}{{orange|ni}}{{blue|n}}du{{green|Ø}} - ''a house was built for the queen by the king in the city'' | * lugal{{blue|e}} nin{{yellow|ra}} iri{{orange|ya}} {{green|ē}} i{{yellow|na}}{{orange|ni}}{{blue|n}}du{{green|Ø}} - ''a house was built for the queen by the king in the city'' | ||
* When a vocalic suffix is added before the ventive prefix, the vowel is added: '''īm-''', '''ūm-''', and '''ām-''' | |||
** '''īmĝen''' - he came here ''(m+ĝen+Ø)'' | |||
** '''īmmaĝen''' - he came away ''(m+ba+ĝen+Ø)'' | |||
=====Performatives===== | |||
Prefix: '''u-/ū-''' (> '''ul-''' when followed by verb root) | |||
* relative past (when/after) - only with perfective verbs<br> | |||
Prefix: '''i-/ī-''' | |||
* present forms, perfective<br> | |||
Prefix: '''a-''' (> '''al-''' when followed by verb root) | |||
* imperfective; al- in imperatives? <br> | |||
<br> | |||
Modal prefixes: | |||
* NEGATIVE '''nu-''' (la-, li-) ''not'' | |||
* PRECATIVE '''hé-''' (ha-, hu-) ''may he, he should, whether'' | |||
* COHORTATIVE '''ga-''' (gi4-, gú-) ''may I, I shall'' | |||
* PROHIBITIVE '''na-''' ''may he not'' | |||
* AFFIRMATIVE '''na-''' ''he shall (shall he not?)'' | |||
* VETITIVE '''ba-ra-''' ''can not, must not'' | |||
* PROSPECTIVE '''ù-''' (a-, ì-) ''when, after'' | |||
* CONTRAPUNCTIVE '''ši-''' (ša-, šu-) ''so, therefore'' | |||
* FRUSTRATIVE '''nu-uš-''' ''if only'' | |||
* CONJUNCTIVE '''(i)n-ga-''' ''and, also, furthermore'' | |||
=====Imperfective stems===== | |||
Formation: | |||
* affixiation: '''-e''' (-ū > -ūwe, -ā > -āe, -ē > -ēye, -ī > -īye, -a/e/i/u > -ā/ē/ī/ū) | |||
* reduplication: | |||
** type 1: ĝar > ĝaĝa | |||
** type 2: ḫal(a) > ḫalḫa | |||
* suppletive root | |||
=====Copula===== | =====Copula===== | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! 2sg | ! 2sg | ||
| - | | -mes || =mes | ||
|- | |- | ||
! 3sg | ! 3sg | ||
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====Other ==== | ====Other ==== | ||
=====Nominalising suffix -wa===== | |||
* '''lugale hay indū > lugal lu hay indū{{blue|wa}}''' | |||
** ''the king built the house > the king, the man who built the house'' | |||
<br> | |||
* '''hay badū > hay dū{{blue|wa}}''' | |||
** ''the house was built > the house that was built'' | |||
<br> | |||
* '''lugale hay maḫ indū''' | |||
** ''the king built the lofty temple'' | |||
* '''hay maḫbita''' | |||
** ''from that lofty temple'' | |||
* '''hay maḫ lugale [hay maḫ] dū{{blue|wa}}bita''' | |||
** ''from that lofy temple built by the king'' | |||
<br> | |||
* '''hay šub{{blue|wa}}''' | |||
** ''the house that collapsed > the collapsed house'' | |||
* '''hay dū{{blue|wa}}''' | |||
** ''the house that was built > the built house'' | |||
* '''inim dūg{{blue|wa}}''' | |||
** ''the word that was spoken > the spoken word'' | |||
<br> | |||
* '''lue hay indū > hay lue dū{{blue|wa}}''' | |||
** ''the man built the house > the house built by the man'' | |||
=== Vocabulary === | === Vocabulary === |
Latest revision as of 01:32, 3 October 2014
Periodic table
Periodic table | ||||||||||||||||||
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Group | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
Alkali metals | Alkaline earth metals | Pnictogens | Chalcogens | Halogens | Noble gases |
Ememir (Sumerian conlang)
Phonology
Bilabial | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |
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Nasal | m [m] | n [n] | ĝ [ŋ] | ||
Plosive | p [pʰ/p] b [p/b] | t [tʰ/t] d [t/d] | k [kʰ/k] g [k/g] | ||
Fricative | s [s] | š [ʃ] | h [x] | ||
Affricate | z [t͡s] (r̂ [t͡sʰ]) | ||||
Approximant | (y/i [j] ?) | (w/u [w] ?) | |||
Trill | r [r/ɾ] | ||||
Flap or tap | (r̂ ?) | ||||
Lateral app. | l [l] |
Front | Back | |
---|---|---|
Close | i [i] (ī [i:] ?) | u [u] (ū [u:] ?) |
Mid | e [e] (ē [e:]?) | (o [o] (ō [o:] ?) ?) |
Open | a [a] (ā [a:] ?) |
Grammar
Nouns
Characteristics
NOMINAL CHAIN:
1) [NOUN] + [ADJECTIVE + POSSESSIVE/DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUN + PLURAL (e/i)n(e)] + [CASE]
2) [PRONOUN] + [CASE]
Plurals:
- -(e)n(e) for human and -(i)n(e) for non-human
- reduplication (stands for "all the X", mostly non-human) > full or partial
Cases
Substantives | |||
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Case | Suffixes | Notes | |
Human | Non-h. | ||
Genitive | -ak/-a/-k | ||
Ergative | -e | subject of transitive verbs (agent) | |
Absolutive | -Ø | subject of intransitive verbs (argument); object of transitive verbs (patient) | |
Dative | -ra/-r | -/? | indirect object; complementary with locative (or directive?) for non-human |
Directive | -/? | -e > -ye | motion arriving at, position next to; indirect obejct (non-human) |
Locative | -/? | -a > -ya | motion into, position inside; rarely used for human |
Locative 2 | -/? | -ne | |
Terminative | -še | motion towards | |
Adverbiative | -eš | in the manner of < "how?" | |
Ablative | -ta | place/time from where (non-human); instrument; from the place of X (human) | |
Comitative | -da > -ga | with/and, in company | |
Equative | -gen | like/as |
Declension
Case | king (h) | mother (h) | tree (n) | city (n) | kings (h) | mothers (h) | trees (n) | cities (n) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Genitive | lugala(k) | amā(k) | ĝeša(k) | eria(k) | lugalena(k) | amana(k) | ĝešina(k) | erina(k) |
Ergative | lugale | amae | ĝeše | erie | lugalenē | amanē | ĝešinē | erinē |
Absolutive | lugal | ama | ĝeš | eri | lugalen(ē) | aman(ē) | ĝešin(ē) | erin(ē) |
Dative | lugalra/lugalar | amar(a) | ĝešra/ĝešar | erir(a) | lugalenēr(a) | aman̄ēr(a) | ĝešinēr(a) | erinēr(a) |
Directive | lugalye | amaye | ĝešye | eriye | lugalen[ē]ye | aman[ē]ye | ĝešin[ē]ye | erin[ē]ye |
Locative | lugalya | amaya | ĝešya | eriya | lugalen[ē]ya | aman[ē]ya | ĝešin[ē]ya | erin[ē]ya |
Terminative | lugalše/lugalaš | amaše | ĝešše/ĝešaš | eriše | lugalen[ē]še | aman[ē]še | ĝešin[ē]še | erin[ē]še |
Adverbiative | lugaleš | amaeš | ĝešeš | erieš | lugaleneš | amanēš | ĝešinēš | erinēš |
Ablative | lugalta | amata | ĝešta | erita | lugalen[ē]ta | aman[ē]ta | ĝešin[ē]ta | erin[ē]ta |
Comitative | lugalga | amaga | ĝešga | eriga | lugalen[e]ga | aman[ē]ga | ĝešin[ē]ga | erin[ē]ga |
Equative | lugalgen | amagen | ĝešgen | erigen | lugalen[ē]gen | aman[ē]gen | ĝešen[ē]gen | erin[ē]gen |
Pronouns
Personal
Aboslutive | Ergative | Dative | Dimensional | |
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1sg | ĝe | ĝe/ĝē | ĝār(a) | ĝāda; ĝāta; ĝāše |
2sg | ze | ze/zē | zār(a) | zāda; zāta; zāše |
3sg | ane; ibe | ane; ibe | aner(a); iber(a) | aneda/anega; aneta; aneša |
1pl | den | den | denra/denar(a) | denda/denga; denta; denše |
2pl | zen | zen | zenra/zenar(a) | zenda/zenga; zenta; zenše |
3pl | an(e)nē | an(e)nē | an(e)nēr(a) | an(e)nēda/an(e)nēga; an(e)nēta; an(e)nēše |
Possessive
Absolutive | Genitive | Locative | Ergative | Directive | Dative | Dimensional | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1sg | -ĝu | -ĝa | -ĝya | -ĝu | -ĝye | -ĝur(a) | -ĝuda | -ĝunē |
2sg | -zu | -za | -zya | -zu | -zye | -zur(a) | -zuda | -zunē |
3sg | -(a)ni; -bi | -(a)na; -ba | -(a)nya; -bya | -(a)ne; -be | -(a)nye; -bye | -(a)nir(a); -bir(a) | -(a)nida/-(a)niga; -bida/-biga | -(a)ninē; -binē |
1pl | -me | -ma | -mya | -me | -mye | -mer(a) | -meda/-mega | -menē |
2pl | -zene | -zena | -zenya | -zene | -zenye | -zener(a) | -zeneda/-zenega | -zenenē/-zennē |
3pl | -(a)nne; -bīne | -(a)nna; -bīna | -(a)nnya; -bīnya | -(a)nne; -bīne | -(a)nnye; -bīnye | -(a)nner(a); -bīner(a) | -(a)nneda/-(a)nnega; -bīneda/-bīnega | -(a)nnenē; -bīnenē/-bīnnē |
Examples:
- lugalĝu - my king : lugalme - our king
- lugalzu - your king : lugalzene - your king
- lugalani - his/her king : lugalanne - their king
- lugalbi - its king : lugalbīne - their king
- lugalĝunē - my kings : lugalmenē - our kings
- lugalzunē - your kings : lugalzenenē your kings (zenene > zennē?)
- lugalaninē - his/her kings : lugalannenē - their kings
- lugalbinē - its kings : lugalbīnenē - their kings (binene > bīnnē?)
Other
Interrogative:
- ana - what > anašam - why ~ anam - why
- aba - who
- agin - how ~ anagin - how
- mea - where > meše - whither, meta - whence
- (ud - when) ?
Indefinite:
- name any > luname - some(one), any(one), no (one), none, niĝname - something, anything, nothing, kiname - somewhere, nowhere, uname - sometime, never
Reflexive:
- ne(te) - self > neĝu - myself, nezu - yourself, nebi - itself, neteni - himself
Relative: -- ? --
- lu - the person (who)
- niĝ - the thing (which)
- ki - the place (where)
- aba - (the one) who
- ana - (that) which
Demonstrative:
- nen - this > -ne, -ney (word-final)
- -bē - that > -bey (word-final)
- -ri - yonder
- ūr/yūr/yur - that
Adjectives
Numerals
Cardinal
Numbers | Notes | ||
---|---|---|---|
1 | diš | ||
2 | min | ||
3 | eš | ||
4 | limmu | ||
5 | ya | ||
6 | āš | = 5+1 ? | |
7 | umin | = 5+2 | |
8 | ussu | ||
9 | (ilimmu) | īmmu | = 5+4 |
10 | yu | ||
11 | dišu | = 1+10 | |
12 | minu | = 2+10 | |
13 | eššu | = 3+10 | |
14 | miyu | ||
15 | iyu | ||
16 | āššu | ||
17 | iminu | ||
18 | ussuyu | ||
19 | īmmuyu | ||
20 | niš | ||
30 | ušu | = 3x10 | |
40 | nimin | = 20x2 | |
50 | ninnu | = 40+10 | |
60 | ĝešd | ||
70 | ušumu | = 3x10x2+10 | |
80 | ĝešniš | = 60+20 | |
90 | šumiš | = 70+20 | |
100 | numuš | ||
120 | ĝešmin | = 60x2 | |
240 | ĝešlimmu | = 60x4 | |
420 | ĝešumin | = 60x7 | |
600 | ĝešdu | = 60x10 | |
1200 | ĝešumin | = 600x2 | |
3600 | šar | (60x60) | |
36000 | šaru | = 60x10 | |
216000 | šargal | = big-3600 (60x60x60) |
Ordinal
Suffix: -kam(ma)
- 1st: merga(ma)
- 2nd: niškam(ma)
- 3rd: eškam(ma)
- 4th: limmukam(ma)
- etc.
Verbs
Characteristics
Conjugation
Transitive | Perfective | Imperfective | ||||||||||
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Subject | Stem | Object | Object | Stem | Subject | |||||||
Base | Past | Present | Future | Base | Past | Present | Future | |||||
1sg | ʔ | ī | ē | ā | STEM | (e)n | n | in | en | an | STEM | (e)n |
2sg | e | e | eh | ah | (e)s | s | is | es | as | (e)s | ||
3sg | n, b | in, ib | en, eb | an, ab | Ø | n, b | in, ib | en, eb | an, ab | |||
1pl | d | id | ed | ad | (e)nden | d | id | ed | ad | (e)nden | ||
2pl | z | iz | ez | az | (e)nzen | z | iz | ez | az | (e)nzen | ||
3pl | š | iš | eš | aš | (e)š | š | iš | eš | aš | (e)nē | ||
Intransitive | Perfective | Imperfective | ||||||||||
- | Stem | Subject | - | Stem | Subject | |||||||
Base | Past | Present | Future | Base | Past | Present | Future | |||||
1sg | - | i | e | a | STEM | (e)n | - | i | e | a | (+ed) | (e)n |
2sg | (e)s | (e)s | ||||||||||
3sg | Ø | Ø | ||||||||||
1pl | (e)nden | (e)nden | ||||||||||
2pl | (e)nzen | (e)nzen | ||||||||||
3pl | (e)š | (e)š |
Forms of the prefixes:
- -C > -Cen
- -V > -v̄n (vowel lenthening)
- -v̄ > -ūwen; -īyen; -ēyen; -āen
Full paradigm
Perfective | Imperfective | |||||
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Transitive | Subject | Stem | Object | Object | Stem | Subject |
1sg | ʔ (ī) | en | ʔ (ī) | en | ||
2sg | e (e) | en | e (e) | en | ||
3sg p | n (in) | Ø | n (in) | e | ||
3sg i | b (ib) | Ø | (b) (ib) | e | ||
1pl | enden | enden | ||||
2pl | enzen | enzen | ||||
3pl | n-V-eš (in) | eš | enē | |||
Intransitive | Stem | Subject | Stem | Subject | ||
1sg | en | (+ed) | en | |||
2sg | en | (+ed) | en | |||
3sg p | Ø | (+ed) | Ø | |||
3sg i | Ø | (+ed) | Ø | |||
1pl | enden | (+ed) | enden | |||
2pl | enzen | (+ed) | enzen | |||
3pl | eš | (+ed) | eš |
- subject/patient = absolutive (patient = accusative object of transitive verbs; subject = nominative subject of intransitive verbs)
- agent = ergative (agent = nominative subject of transitive verbs)
Prefixes
Ventive | Initial person suffixes |
Dative | Cominative | Terminative ablative |
Local prefixes | |
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1sg | mu/mū | mu/m | ma | da with (ventive: (V)mda) |
ta from ši to(wards) (ventive: (V)mta/mši) |
ni in(to) e on(to) |
2sg | mu (mye) | e/r | ra (ira) | |||
3sg p | (V)m | n (in) | na (ina) | |||
3sg i | (V)mm | b (ib) | ba | |||
1pl | mē | me | me | |||
2pl | enē | enē (inē) | ||||
3pl | mu | ne/nnē | ne |
Examples:
- nin lugalda indatušØ - the queen sat with the king
- naĝar iriše ibšeĝenØ - the carpenter went to the city
- lugale ninra iriya ē inaninduØ - a house was built for the queen by the king in the city
- When a vocalic suffix is added before the ventive prefix, the vowel is added: īm-, ūm-, and ām-
- īmĝen - he came here (m+ĝen+Ø)
- īmmaĝen - he came away (m+ba+ĝen+Ø)
Performatives
Prefix: u-/ū- (> ul- when followed by verb root)
- relative past (when/after) - only with perfective verbs
Prefix: i-/ī-
- present forms, perfective
Prefix: a- (> al- when followed by verb root)
- imperfective; al- in imperatives?
Modal prefixes:
- NEGATIVE nu- (la-, li-) not
- PRECATIVE hé- (ha-, hu-) may he, he should, whether
- COHORTATIVE ga- (gi4-, gú-) may I, I shall
- PROHIBITIVE na- may he not
- AFFIRMATIVE na- he shall (shall he not?)
- VETITIVE ba-ra- can not, must not
- PROSPECTIVE ù- (a-, ì-) when, after
- CONTRAPUNCTIVE ši- (ša-, šu-) so, therefore
- FRUSTRATIVE nu-uš- if only
- CONJUNCTIVE (i)n-ga- and, also, furthermore
Imperfective stems
Formation:
- affixiation: -e (-ū > -ūwe, -ā > -āe, -ē > -ēye, -ī > -īye, -a/e/i/u > -ā/ē/ī/ū)
- reduplication:
- type 1: ĝar > ĝaĝa
- type 2: ḫal(a) > ḫalḫa
- suppletive root
Copula
Independent | Enclitic | |
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1sg | -men | =men |
2sg | -mes | =mes |
3sg | -me | =(a)m |
1pl | -menden | =menden |
2pl | -menzen | =menzen |
3pl | -meš | =meš |
Other
Nominalising suffix -wa
- lugale hay indū > lugal lu hay indūwa
- the king built the house > the king, the man who built the house
- hay badū > hay dūwa
- the house was built > the house that was built
- lugale hay maḫ indū
- the king built the lofty temple
- hay maḫbita
- from that lofty temple
- hay maḫ lugale [hay maḫ] dūwabita
- from that lofy temple built by the king
- hay šubwa
- the house that collapsed > the collapsed house
- hay dūwa
- the house that was built > the built house
- inim dūgwa
- the word that was spoken > the spoken word
- lue hay indū > hay lue dūwa
- the man built the house > the house built by the man
Vocabulary
Vocabualry | ||
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Conlang | Sumerian | English |
lugal | lugal | king |
eri | iri/eri | city, town |
Examples
General
- dumu - son (absolutive)
- dumuni - her/his son (possessive + absolutive)
- dumune - by her/his son (possessive + ergative)
- dumube - by that son (demonstrative + ergative)
- dumun - sons (absolutive)
- dumu-dumu - all the sons (reduplication + absolutive)
- dumu turra - for the small son (adjective + dative case (-ra))
- dumu turani - his/her small son (adjective + possessive + absolutive)
- dumu turbira - for that small son (adjective + demonstrative + dative)
- dumu turenēr(a) - for the small sons (adjective + plural + dative)
- dumuninēr(a) - for his/her sons (possessive + plural + dative)
- dumu turbēnēda - with those small sons (adjective + demonstrative + plural + comitative case (-da))
- amanigin - like her mother
- dumusaĝ lugalagin - like the first-born son of the king
Genitive
- ē lugala(k) - the house of the king {é} + {lugal+ak} + Ø
- ē lugala(k)ya - in the house of the king {é} + {lugal+ak} + ya
- dumu lugalanake - by the son of his house {dumu} + {lugal+ani+ak} + e
- šeš tur lugal mahakenē - the young brothers of the lofty king {šeš+tur} + {lugal+mah+ak} + ene + Ø
- šeš tur lugal mahzabēnē - those young brothers of your lofty king {šeš+tur} + {lugal+mah+zu+ak} + bi + ene + Ø
- ē dumua - the house of the son (é dumu+ak+Ø)
- ē dumu lugalaka - the house of the son of the king (é dumu lugal+ak+ak+Ø)
- ē dumu lugal Urimak(a)ka - the house of the son of the king of Ur (é dumu lugal úri(m)ki+ak+ak+ak+Ø)
- ANTICIPATORY:
- lugala diĝirani - of the king his god = the god of the king (lugal+ak diĝir+(a)ni+Ø)
- udua lugalbi - of the sheep its owner = the owner of the sheep (udu+ak lugal+bi+Ø)
- PREDICATIVE:
- ĝākam - it is of me = it is mine (ĝá+ak+am)
- zākam - it is yours (za+ak+am)
- anekam - it is his/hers (ene+ak+am)
- denakam - it is ours
- zenakam - it is yours
- annēkam - it is theirs (enene+ak+am)
- kubey [ku] ĝākam - that silver is [silver] of me = that silver is mine
- luney [lu] iribākam - this man is [a man] of that city = this man is of that city