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| Kanzorél || Fresh Water || Gaenðyl || Kenzor || Kuznur | | Kanzorél || Fresh Water || Gaenðyl || Kenzor || Kuznur | ||
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| Azator || Orchard || Azdor || Ezdür || | | Azator || Orchard || Azdor || Ezdür || Qayqarayumbāt ("A Great Stand of Trees") | ||
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| Aeredon || Overlook || Aerðyn || Erdün || | | Aeredon || Overlook || Aerðyn || Erdün || Siħyanki ("Advantageous view from a higher elevation for the purpose of attack") | ||
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| Nemkil || Corner || Naengileð || Kotash ("Meeting Place") || Xunnaš ("Rough Ground") | | Nemkil || Corner || Naengileð || Kotash ("Meeting Place") || Xunnaš ("Rough Ground") | ||
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| Ketra || Split || Girédra || Ketra || | | Ketra || Split || Girédra || Ketra || Qirāt | ||
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| Karhō || Crossroads || Karhon || Oyür ("Ridgeline") || Qarħaq ("Sinew, thread") | | Karhō || Crossroads || Karhon || Oyür ("Ridgeline") || Qarħaq ("Sinew, thread") | ||
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| Nargoi || Rivers Bend || Nergoïs || Nargoy || Narrūy | | Nargoi || Rivers Bend || Nergoïs || Nargoy || Narrūy | ||
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| Verhális || West Wind || Verhális || Okyur ("Windy") || | | Verhális || West Wind || Verhális || Okyur ("Windy") || Uqqūr | ||
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| Anthō/Aenthō || Fortress || Aeyaţin || Ansha || Nināha | | Anthō/Aenthō || Fortress || Aeyaţin || Ansha || Nināha | ||
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==Determiners== | ==Determiners== | ||
Determiners perform several functions in Corrádi. Before NPs, they mark the subject argument of a copula before its complement. | Determiners perform several functions in Corrádi. Before NPs, they mark the subject argument of a copula before its complement. The principal determiner is ''im'', although another particle ''zan'', appears in rare occurrences. There is no apparent difference between the particles, though some scholars speculate that ''zan'' may be an archaism. | ||
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=Syntax= | =Syntax= | ||
==Constituent order== | ==Constituent order== | ||
Corradi is a VSO language, although the position of the verb can vary, yielding SVO and SOV orders. The relative position of the subject to the object is stricter: the object may precede the subject only if topicalized by the particle ''na''. Possessums precede their possessor, | Corradi is a VSO language, although the position of the verb can vary, yielding SVO and SOV orders. The relative position of the subject to the object is stricter: the object may precede the subject only if topicalized by the particle ''na''. Possessums precede their possessor, whilst adjectives follow their noun heads. | ||
==Noun phrase== | ==Noun phrase== | ||
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| IPA = | | IPA = | ||
| morphemes = dor-anz-a amzig míoren danta ko-nz-i regum-on perda mos. | | morphemes = dor-anz-a amzig míoren danta ko-nz-i regum-on perda mos. | ||
| gloss = flee-PST-1P place.name place.name after destroy-PST-3PL people-CNSTR spear | | gloss = flee-PST-1P place.name place.name after destroy-PST-3PL people-CNSTR spear city | ||
| translation = We fled to Amzig from Miyoren after the People of the Spear sacked the city. | | translation = We fled to Amzig from Miyoren after the People of the Spear sacked the city. | ||
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