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=Grammar= | |||
==Nouns== | |||
===Gender=== | |||
There are 3 genders: | There are 3 genders, which are applied with semantic intent: | ||
* Male: | * Male: | ||
:: | :: Male-gendered animals, things being emphasised in a masculine way*, and technically the -er suffix. | ||
::: <em>e.g. ram, soldier</em> | |||
: | |||
:: | |||
* Female | * Female | ||
:: | :: Female-gendered animal, things being emphasised in a feminine way*, romanticised concepts and abstractions, most derivational suffixes | ||
::: <em>e.g. ewe, valkyrie</em> | |||
* Neuter | * Neuter | ||
:: Animals (in a collective or non-individualistic sense), vehicles (but personified vehicles are typically female), machines (see prev., female gender can act as a respectful familiar diminutive), diminutives suffixes, etc. | :: Animals (in a collective or non-individualistic sense), vehicles (but personified vehicles are typically female), machines (see prev., female gender can act as a respectful familiar diminutive), diminutives suffixes, etc. | ||
::: <em>e.g. sheep, land</em> | |||
<nowiki>*</nowiki><em>The use of emphasis is determined by the speaker's intent and background.</em> | |||
===Number=== | |||
Nouns form the plural with: | Nouns form the plural with: | ||
* -er if they end in a consonant, are unaffixed, and are male, | * -er if they end in a consonant, are unaffixed, and are male, | ||
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* and -s if they end in a (phonemic) vowel. | * and -s if they end in a (phonemic) vowel. | ||
Neuter nouns do not need to mark for plurality. | These affixes also have secondary and tertiary partitive and derivational meanings. | ||
Neuter nouns do not need to mark for plurality, but often employ umlauting, sometimes with a final dummy vowel (-e). | |||
<!--Or umlaut e.g. fisch but schäf/schäp. | |||
Maybe schäfe? Vs schap/schàf egc.--> | |||
==Pronouns== | |||
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I(s)ch, mi(s)ch, mein | |||
Dau, di(s)ch, dein | |||
Wei, uns, unser | |||
Jau, Er, Erer | |||
--> | |||
===Personal=== | |||
===Determiners=== | |||
==Verbs== | |||
==Phrasing== | ==Phrasing== | ||
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* Do you have a hammer? | * Do you have a hammer? | ||
:: S'da n hammer bei di(s)ch? | :: S'da n hammer bei di(s)ch? | ||
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The -ch here simply stands for a voiceless lenition-prone final velar rather than always /x ç/. | The -ch here simply stands for a voiceless lenition-prone final velar rather than always /x ç/. | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:16, 23 August 2017
Grammar
Nouns
Gender
There are 3 genders, which are applied with semantic intent:
- Male:
- Male-gendered animals, things being emphasised in a masculine way*, and technically the -er suffix.
- e.g. ram, soldier
- Male-gendered animals, things being emphasised in a masculine way*, and technically the -er suffix.
- Female
- Female-gendered animal, things being emphasised in a feminine way*, romanticised concepts and abstractions, most derivational suffixes
- e.g. ewe, valkyrie
- Female-gendered animal, things being emphasised in a feminine way*, romanticised concepts and abstractions, most derivational suffixes
- Neuter
- Animals (in a collective or non-individualistic sense), vehicles (but personified vehicles are typically female), machines (see prev., female gender can act as a respectful familiar diminutive), diminutives suffixes, etc.
- e.g. sheep, land
- Animals (in a collective or non-individualistic sense), vehicles (but personified vehicles are typically female), machines (see prev., female gender can act as a respectful familiar diminutive), diminutives suffixes, etc.
*The use of emphasis is determined by the speaker's intent and background.
Number
Nouns form the plural with:
- -er if they end in a consonant, are unaffixed, and are male,
- -en if they end in a consonant or suffix, and are female,
- and -s if they end in a (phonemic) vowel.
These affixes also have secondary and tertiary partitive and derivational meanings.
Neuter nouns do not need to mark for plurality, but often employ umlauting, sometimes with a final dummy vowel (-e).