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The emphatic pronoun is ''koo'' in all persons and numbers. It serves the same role as Irish emphatic forms.
The emphatic pronoun is ''koo'' in all persons and numbers. It serves the same role as Irish emphatic forms.


* qwsmws 'I go'
* ''qwsmws'' 'I go'
* qwsmws koo / koo qwsmws '''I'' go'
* ''qwsmws koo'' / ''koo qwsmws'' '''I'' go'


[[Category:Conlangs]]
[[Category:Conlangs]]
[[Category:Angai]]
[[Category:Angai]]

Revision as of 03:04, 29 October 2024

Qwbmwdqwg /ʔə˥mə˨˩˨ʔə˧˩̤/ is a tritonal root language spoken in Verse:Angai.

Phonology

  • vowels: w oo /ə ã/
  • consonants: q m k /ʔ m k~h/
  • tones: -b -0 -x -s -t -j -v -g -d -z -l /˥ ˧ ˩˧ ˩ ˨˩ˀ ˥˧ ˨˦ ˧˩̤ ˨˩˨ ˧˦˧ ˧˩/

The -0 tone only occurs in function words and affixes.

Morphology

Most Qwbmwdqwg roots are tritonal. Some roots in the qwT1mwT2kwT3 verb stem:

  • qwlmwbkwj = to preside
  • qwbmwdkwg = to speak
  • qwxmwbkwb = to hear
  • qwjmwgkwd = to see
  • qwbmwxkws = to eat
  • qwzmwxkwv = to drink

Some roots are bitonal, such as qwxkwj 'to stand' and qwskws 'to go'.

Nouns

The plural marker is -qoob: mwbkwx 'bird', mwbkwxqoob 'birds'.

Patterns

(b-j-v 'to do' is used as the placeholder root)

Verbs

Infinitive: qwlmwlkwd 'to sleep'
Person Non-past Past/Stative
1sg qoolmwlqwd qwlkwlqoodqoox
2sg koolmwlqwd qwlkwlqoodkwt
3sg moolmwlqwd qwlkwlqood
1pl qoolmwlqood qwlkwlqoodqoov
2pl koolmwlqood qwlkwlqoodkoov
3pl moolmwlqood qwlkwlqoodmooj
Participle moolqwlqwd
Verbal noun qwlmwlkwd

Patterns

(b-j-v 'to do' is used as the placeholder root)

Syntax

Noun phrases

Noun phrases acting as constituents need the determiner qw:

Compare:
qwdkwlqwb qw qwbmwdqwg.
Qwbmwdqwg is easy.
qwbmwdqwg kw.
This is Qwbmwdqwg.

Emphasis

The emphatic pronoun is koo in all persons and numbers. It serves the same role as Irish emphatic forms.

  • qwsmws 'I go'
  • qwsmws koo / koo qwsmws 'I go'