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==Basic grammar== | ==Basic grammar== | ||
The basic word order of the Nevotak language is SVO, however, OSV and | The basic word order of the Nevotak language is SVO, however, OSV and VOS are acceptable; Adjectives, Genitives, Demonstratives and Numerals are placed before the noun they modify; Adverbs modifying adjectives are normally placed before the adjective they modify, and adverbials modifying verbs are placed before or after the verb they modify, however, adverbs derivated from adjectives are normally placed before the verb they modify. Negation words are placed before the word they negate. | ||
The Nevotak language has no inflections, and it has only a few derivations. Besides, actual meanings of sentences frequently depend on the context they appear. | The Nevotak language has no inflections, and it has only a few derivations. Besides, actual meanings of sentences frequently depend on the context they appear. | ||
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*wa ke tar res - "you are taller than him." At here, ke means "tall" | *wa ke tar res - "you are taller than him." At here, ke means "tall" | ||
Superlatives can be formed by using the phrase | Superlatives can be formed by using the phrase hi-has("first"). For example: | ||
*wa | *wa hi has ke - "you are the tallest." | ||
===Adpositional Phrases=== | ===Adpositional Phrases=== | ||
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===Relative and Nominal Clauses=== | ===Relative and Nominal Clauses=== | ||
The Nevotak language has prenominal and postnominal relative clauses, postnominal relative clauses are normally started with the word "res" or "hat", or ended with the word "tak"; prenominal relative clauses are ended with the word "bi" or "re" or nothing at all, however, a prenominal relative clause without any ending word are frequently seen as a modifying component of a compound word. For example, all the phrases below can mean "the meat the king had eaten": | The Nevotak language has prenominal and postnominal relative clauses, postnominal relative clauses are normally started with the word "res" or "hat", or ended with the word "tak" or "zak"; prenominal relative clauses are ended with the word "bi" or "re" or nothing at all(nothing at all is more common), however, a prenominal relative clause without any ending word are frequently seen as a modifying component of a compound word. For example, all the phrases below can mean "the meat the king had eaten": | ||
*riba kezh bek tak | *riba kezh bek tak | ||
*riba res kezh bek | *riba res kezh bek | ||