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| [[Themsaran/Themsaran|Themsármai: '''Gávthā themsármā''']]
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| {{Infobox language
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| |name = Themsaran
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| |nativename = ''themsármā''
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| |pronunciation= /θè̞msarꜜmaː/
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| |region = Tálsỳm
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| |extinct = 220 v.T.
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| |familycolor=#ddff00
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| |fam1= [[Zachydic languages|Zachydic]]
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| |fam2= [[Raxo-Talsmic languages|Raxo-Talsmic]]
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| |fam3= [[Talsmic languages|Talsmic]]
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| |script=Themsaran script, Raxic script
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| |iso3=qth
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| |notice=IPA
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| }}
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| {{ClassMeter
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| |Name = {{PAGENAME}}
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| |NativeName = gávthā themsármā
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| |Type = Fusional
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| |Alignment = nominative-accusative, head-marking
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| |adjective = first
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| |adposition = first
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| |adverb= mixed
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| |article= first
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| |relativeclause = first
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| |nounclause = first
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| |order = VSO
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| |Tonal = Yes
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| |Genders = Masculine/feminine
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| |Declined = Yes
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| |Conjugated = Yes
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| |Case = no
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| |Number = Yes
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| |Definiteness = Yes
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| |Gender = Yes
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| |Voice = Yes
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| |Mood = Yes
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| |Person = Yes
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| |Number = Yes
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| |Tense = Yes
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| |Aspect = Yes
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| |}}
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| Themsaran is my first constructed language, for my conworld of Hheergrem. It is intended to be a head-initial, head-marking language with a plausible development from an erstwhile dependent-/double-marking language. The grammar, syntax and morphology has been heavily influenced by Semitic and Celtic languages, with some drawing from Japanese, while the aesthetics draws on Germanic, Celtic, Finnish, Semitic, and [[w:Gyeongsang dialect|Gyeongsang Korean]]. The grammar is also an experiment on using inflections and agreement to show grammatical relations without case, which explains the gender system (however minimalistic), the different types of switch-reference on verbs, the applicative voice and borderline polysynthesis. So I guess it ends up a tad more like some Native American languages. Other purposes of my language include mixing in un-English verb syntax, such as the use of optatives in subordinate clauses, and using principally non-finite subordinate clauses in the indicative.
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| ==todo==
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| *Develop script
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| *Find way to add dual number. ✓
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| *Tabulate lists
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| *Examples for everything
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| *Changing epenthetic vowel to ''y'' ✓
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| *Correct aesthetics
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| **"Cleaner", less Slavic. That's a start. ✓
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| *Expand explanation on infinitive and supine
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| *Ditch thematic vowels?
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| ==Notes on notation==
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| ===Glossary===
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| *''H'': vowel hiatus with next syllable
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| *''N'': denotes a homorganic nasal
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| *''Z'': denotes ''r'' before a vowel or voiced C, ''s'' before a voiceless C, ''z'' before ''z''
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| ==Background==
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| :''See also: [[Themsaran/Sound changes from Proto-Talsmic]].
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| The '''Themsaran''' (/ˈθɛmsɑɹən/) '''language''' (Themsaran: ''gávthā themsármā'' [gáʊ̯fθàː θè̞msármàː] "the Themsaran mouth") was traditionally classified into a [[Talsmic languages|separate subbranch]] of the [[Zachydic languages|Zachydic]] language family, along with other para-Themsaran languages which are/were natively spoken in the island of Tálsỳm off the northwestern coast of the Pattiya subcontinent. (Since then, Talsmic's [[Raxo-Talsmic languages|close ties]] to Ractamic languages, such as Raxic, has gained widespread recognition.) Due to its long period of isolation and substrate influence (the substrate is sometimes speculated to have been a head-initial polysynthetic language), Themsaran was a typological and lexical outlier in the Zachydic family, within which it was distinguished by its heavily head-marking inflection in both clauses and possessive NPs as well as its strongly head-initial syntax. It also notably employs a combination of tone changes and affixes to convey grammatical information. The language possesses mixed fusional and agglutinative inflection, and nominative-accusative morphosyntax (mostly). The name of the language comes from the Themsár region, from whose dialect arose the prestige language of the island. This elevated language existed in a state of diglossia with the diverse and often mutually unintelligible vernacular "dialects". Noble Themsaran was used as a living language by the ruling class for a period spanning 600 years until its demise in the year ca. 220 v.c., and was continued to be used as an important literary, academic and religious language on the island and surrounding mainland areas.
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| ==Phonology==
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| ===Consonants===
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| Noble Themsaran (''gávthā ħéntā'') used 23 consonants (24 if /ʔ/ is analyzed as becoming silent V_V), a rather modest inventory for a Zachydic language.
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| {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 700px; text-align:center;"
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| ! colspan="11"|Consonants
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| ! |Bilabial
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| ! |Labio-dental
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| ! |Dental
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| ! |Alveolar
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| ! |Palatal
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| ! |Velar
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| ! |Radical
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| ! |Glottal
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| ! colspan="2" style="" |Nasal
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| | '''m''' /m/
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| |colspan="2"| '''n''' /n/
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| | '''n''' [ŋ]
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| ! rowspan="2" |Plosive
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| ! |<small>voiceless</small>
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| | '''p''' /p/
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| |colspan="2"| '''t''' /t/
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| | '''c''' /k/
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| | '''q''' /ʡ/
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| | (ʔ)
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| ! |<small>voiced</small>
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| | '''b''' /b/
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| |colspan="2"| '''d''' /d/
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| | '''g''' /g/
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| ! rowspan="2" style="" |Fricative
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| ! |<small>voiceless</small>
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| |rowspan="2" | '''f''' /ɸ~β/
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| | '''th''' /θ/
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| | '''s''' /s/
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| |rowspan="2"| '''ch''' /x~ɣ/
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| |rowspan="2" | '''ħ''' /ħ~ʜ~ʢ/
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| |rowspan="2" | '''h''' /h~ɦ/
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| ! |<small>voiced</small>
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| | '''v''' /v/
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| | '''ð''' /ð/
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| | '''z''' /z/
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| ! colspan="2" |Affricate
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| |colspan="3"| '''ŧ''' /t̪s̪~ts~tɕ~tʃ/
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| ! colspan="2" |Approximant
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| | '''v''' [ʋ]
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| | '''ı''' /j/
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| ! colspan="2" |Trill
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| |colspan="2"| '''r''' /r/
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| ! colspan="2" |Lateral app.
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| |colspan="2"| '''l''' /l/
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| | '''ł''' /ʎ/
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| [v] is in free variation with [ʋ]. [ʔ] may occur only in morpheme boundaries.
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| Geminate /x/ and /θ/ are represented respectively by ''cch'' and ''tth'' in the Romanization.
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| ====Conditioned allophony====
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| {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 570px; text-align:center;"
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| ! style="width: 120px; "|Phoneme
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| ! style="width: 120px; " |Allophone
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| ! style="width: 120px; " |Condition(s)
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| | rowspan="2"| /ħ/
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| | [ħ~ʜ]
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| | #_, C[+voiceless]_, V_V
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| | C[+voiced]_
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| | /h/
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| | V_V, C[+voiced]_
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| | /n/
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| | [ŋ]
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| | _C[+velar/radical]
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| | C[+obstruent, ±voiced]
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| | C[+obstruent, ∓voiced]
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| | _C[+obstruent, -guttural, ∓voiced]
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| ===Vowels===
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| Themsaran has six vowels, short and long. Short vowels have one mora (except for epenthetic ''i/y'' which has zero morae), and long vowels have two morae. Short vowels in open syllables were pronounced approximately 1.5 times as long as short vowels in closed syllables; long vowels in closed syllables, 2.5 times as long; open long vowels, thrice as long.
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| {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 540px; text-align:center;"
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| ! rowspan="2" style="width: 90px; "|
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| ! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Front
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| ! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Central
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| ! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Back
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
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| !style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
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| ! style="" |Close
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| | '''i''' /i/
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| | '''ī''' /iː/
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| | '''y''' /ʉ̜/
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| | '''ȳ''' /ʉ̜ː/
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| | '''u''' /u/
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| | '''ū''' /uː/
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| ! style="" |Mid
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| | '''e''' /e̞/
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| | '''ē''' /e̞ː/
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| | '''o''' /o̞/
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| | '''ō''' /o̞ː/
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| ! style="" |Open
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| | '''a''' /a/
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| | '''ā''' /aː/
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| '''y ȳ''' is a close central half-rounded vowel.
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| The short high vowels and ''a'' are mid-centralized: '''a i u y''' are pronounced [ɐ ɪ ʊ ʏ̜̈].
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| The following are the diphthongs, all falling: '''ai au eu ei ie uo''' /ai au eu ei ie~ia uo~ua/. All diphthongs are bimoraic.
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| ===Tone===
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| Pitch accent, or tone, is phonemic in Themsaran. The following is the notation for tones:
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| ! style="width: 90px; "|
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| ! style="width: 90px; " |Short
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| ! style="width: 90px; " |Long
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| ! style="width: 90px; " |Diphthong
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| ! style="" |Unmarked
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| | '''a'''
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| | '''ā'''
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| | '''ai'''
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| ! style="" |Initial high/falling
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| | '''á'''
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| | '''ā́'''
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| | '''ái'''
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| ! style="" |Initial rising
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| | '''-'''
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| | '''ā̌'''
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| | '''aí'''
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| ! style="" |Non-initial tonic
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| | '''á'''
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| | '''ā́'''
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| | '''ái'''
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| The pitch accent of a word (of more than one mora) consists of two components: the lexical tone, and the position of the downstep (the latter is confined to appear after the 3rd-to-last mora). A low-tone word starts low and has the highest pitch at the tonic mora, which is immediately before the downstep, whereafter the pitch drops sharply. A high-tone word is consistently high until the downstep in theory, but it was probably natural for the pitch to dip to some extent approaching the downstep in longer words.
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| The following rules govern the marking of Themsaran pitch accent:
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| #The initial syllable is marked if it is the tonic syllable. If it is not, it is marked as "high".
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| #If the tonic syllable is non-initial, it is marked with an acute accent.
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| If the downstep occurred word-finally, the first syllable of a following high tone word would have slightly lower pitch. In [[w:Pausa|pausa]], a word final high short syllable is realized as a falling, short vowel.
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| Clitics, unmarked, phonologically behave as parts of the following word and inherit the tone of the following word. Preceding a word with high lexical tone, the clitic is marked as high.
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| ===Stress===
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| The first syllable is very lightly stressed, and there are no secondary stress phenomena.
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| ===Phonotactics===
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| The maximal syllable structure is CCCıVCC, where V is any vowel or diphthong, and the second consonant in the complex coda must be an obstruent. /h/ is disallowed to occur in coda; radicals are prohibited word-finally. Up to CCCı medial clusters are permitted.
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| Permitted initial CC- clusters:
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| *[any obstruent except ''v''] + {''l'', ''r'', ''n''}
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| *[non-labial obstruent] + {''v'', ''m''}
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| *''f'' + {''t'', ''ŧ'', ''c'', ''ch'', ''q'', ''ħ''}
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| *''s'' + {''p'', ''f'', ''t'', ''th'', ''ŧ'', ''c'', ''ch'', ''q'', ''ħ''}
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| *''ch'' + {''t'', ''ŧ''}
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| *''c'' + {''th'', ''s''}
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| *''m'' + {''l'', ''r'', ''n''}
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| Permitted CCC- clusters:
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| *s + {p, t, ŧ, c, q} + {l, r, n}
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| *f + {t, ŧ, c, ħ} + {l, r, n}
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| Permitted -CC clusters:
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| *Any geminate excepting ''vv'', ''ıı'', ''qq'', ''ħħ'', ''hh''
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| *{m, n, l, r, v} + {any coronal obstruent}
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| *{n, l, r} + {any non-radical, non-labial obstruent}
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| *{m} + {p, b, f}
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| *{l, r} + {p, b, f}
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| *{f, s} + {t, ŧ, c}
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| *{p, f} + {s, t, th}
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| *s + {p, t, ŧ, c}
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| *ch + {t, ŧ}
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| *c + {th, s}
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| Permitted medial clusters are, roughly, those which begin like final clusters, may or may not have an "intersection" segment and end like initial clusters.
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| ====Vowel hiatus====
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| Vowels hiatus if a /*ʔ/ (or sometimes /*h/ or /*j/) used to be between them. If the vowel is not part of the diphthong and it has low tone it is marked with the grave accent.
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| Examples:
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| *''lōsaé'' 'blue' (f. sg. attr. indef.)
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| ===Phonological rules===
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| *''*mʔ, *nʔ, *lʔ, *rʔ'' > ''mp, nt, lt, rt''
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| *''*mh, *nh, *lh, *rh'' > ''mf, nth, lth, rth''
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| *coronal obstruent + sibilant<sub>i</sub> > sibilant<sub>i</sub>sibilant<sub>i</sub>
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| *CC[+resonant]{C, #} > CyC[+resonant]{C, #}
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| **Cyı{C, #} > Ci{C, #}
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| *CC[-resonant]C > CiC[-resonant]C
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| *''ıy[ː]'' > ''i[ː]''
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| *''z'' > ''r'' / V_C[-semivowel, +voiced, ~{/z/}]
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| *''h'' > [ː~] / _C[+fricative]
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| *''*ʔ'' > [ː~] / _C
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| *''c'' > ''ch'' / _{''d'', ''t'', ''ŧ''}
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| *''*tk'', ''*ck'' ''*tkʰ'' > ''cht'', ''chŧ'', ''cth''
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| *''q''
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| **> ''ħ'' / _{''t'', ''ŧ''}
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| **> ''v'' / _C[+voiced +obstruent]
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| *''nr'' > ''ndr'', ''lr'' > ''ldr''
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| <!--===Post-classical readings===
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| The greatest variation is found in palatalization and the treatment of tone, radicals and interdentals.
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| |+ '''Readings of Themsaran'''
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| ! Grapheme||Classical||[[Tizian|Tiz]]||[[Snaħħian|Sn]]||[[Qelorian|Qel]]||Ozt
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| ! '''m'''
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| | /m/ || || /m/ || /m/ ||
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| ! '''p'''
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| | /p/ || || /p/ || /p/ ||
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| ! '''b'''
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| | /b/ || || /b/ || /b/ ||
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| ! '''f'''
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| | /ɸ/ || || /ɸ~β/ || /f/ ||
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| ! '''n'''
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| | /n/ || || /n̪/ || /n/ ||
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| ! '''t'''
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| | /t/ || || /t̪/ || /t/ ||
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| ! '''d'''
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| | /d/ || || /d̪/ || /d/ ||
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| ! '''th'''
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| | /θ/ || || /t̪/ || /s/ ||
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| ! '''ð'''
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| | /ð/ || || /d̪/ || /z/ ||
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| ! '''s'''
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| | /s/ || || /s/ || /s/ ||
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| ! '''z'''
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| | /z/ || || /z/ || /z/ ||
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| ! '''ŧ'''
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| | /ts~tɕ~tʃ/ || || /ts/ || /ʃ/ ||
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| ! '''ł'''
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| | /ʎ/ || || /l/ || /j/ ||
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| ! '''c'''
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| | /k/ || || /k/ || /k/ ||
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| ! '''g'''
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| | /g/ || || /g/ || /g/ ||
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| ! '''ch'''
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| | /x/ || || /x/ || /x/ ||
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| ! '''q'''
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| | /ʡ/ || || /ʕ/ || /q/ ||
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| ! '''ħ'''
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| | /ħ/ || || /ħ/ || /χ/ ||
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| ! '''l'''
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| | /l/ || || /l/ || /l/ || /l/
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| ! '''r'''
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| | /r/ || || /r/ || /r/ || /r/
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| ! '''v'''
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| | /v~ʋ/|| || /f~v/ || /v/ || /w/
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| ! '''ı'''
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| | /j/ || || /j/ || /j/ || /j/
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| ! '''h'''
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| | /h/ || || /h/ || Ø || Ø
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| ==Orthography==
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| [[Image:Themsaran_tone_diacritics.png|right|thumb|Early forms of tone diacritics in Themsaran script, written under or over a vowel letter.|240px]]
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| The standardized Themsaran alphabet is a native alphabetic script, with thirty letters in addition to diacritics for vowel length and tones.
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| R, D, Z, Ł, İ, A, Ħ, F, M, L, G, C, H, B, S, V, O, I, Q, Ð, Y, CH, T, Ŧ, N, TH, P, E, U
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| ==Morphology==
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| ===Nouns===
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| Nouns and adjectives have a rich morphology, albeit less ornate than verbs. They inflect for number, definiteness and possessedness, but not for case. Nouns have three numbers (singular, dual and plural) and two genders (masculine and feminine), and belong in one of three declensions. In third- and fourth-person possessed forms, Themsaran makes a distinction, realized tonally, between the ''absolute'' possessed form, which indicates a noun possessed by a pronoun, and the ''conjunct'' possessed form, used to indicate a possessive relationship between two nouns and agreeing with the gender of the possessor.
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| Proper names are indeclinable, i.e. they are always definite, and cannot be possessed.
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| ====Number====
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| Dual is used for body parts (e.g. ''timqâr'' 'eyes') as well as opposing or complementary concepts (e.g. ''ry̌thrie'' which denotes the two sexes or grammatical genders, as opposed to plural ''ry̌thrir'' which refers to 'classes/categories' in general). The associative suffix ''-yng-'' may be combined with the dual to form the associative dual (e.g. ''rommyngâr'' 'two sides/pages of a paper', ''vōligyngâir'' 'marriage').
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| ====Definiteness====
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| Definite forms are used as the vocative. Definiteness is used more often than in English, but less than in continental European languages. Names of deities or deifications are primarily indefinite, but take definite agreement.
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| ====First declension====
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| :''See also [[User:Ílchőfti Lēmáthīd/Themsaran/Nominal subparadigms|tables for declension subparadigms]].''
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| The first declension consists primarily of masculine nouns. Nouns ending in a consonant may contain an epenthetic ''y'' to break up forbidden consonant clusters, particularly those ending in resonants. The ''ħ''- and ''q''- stem nouns always end in ''-ā'', and this mutates to ''-aħ-''/''-aq'' before a ending beginning with a vowel, and exhibits the form ''-aC-'' before an ending beginning with any consonant. (Some nouns ending in ''-ng'' are underlyingly (and alternate with) ''nħ-'' or ''nq-'' stems.) The ''h''-stems have a long vowel ending by default, which shortens in front of a consonant ending, along with gemination of any fricative-onset endings. The ı-stem nouns, ending in ''-i'', display the ''-i'' before a possessive suffix beginning with a consonant, and a ''-ı'' before one beginning with a vowel. Geminate stems end in a long vowel plus a final consonant in their base forms, which changes to a short vowel + geminate.
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| ! colspan="7"| '''First declension'''
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| ! colspan="2" style="width:200px;" |Singular
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| ! colspan="2" style="width:200px;" |Dual
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| ! colspan="2" style="width:200px;" |Plural
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| |-
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| !|Indefinite
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| !|Definite
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| !|Indefinite
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| !|Definite
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| !|Indefinite
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| !|Definite
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| |-
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| !scope="row"|Unpossessed
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| |''-''Ø
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| |''-ē''
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| |''-ār''
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| |''-ō''
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| |''-ach''
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| |''-uot''
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| |-
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| !scope="row"|1sg
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| |''-cyn''
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| |''-n''
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| |''-ōcyn''
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| |''-ōn''
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| |''-ūcyn''
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| |''-ūn''
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| |-
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| !scope="row"|2sg.m
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| |''-cize''
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| |''-ze''
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| |''-ōcize''
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| |''-ōze''
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| |''-ūcize''
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| |''-ūze''
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| |-
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| !scope="row"|2sg.f
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| |''-cive''
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| |''-ve''
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| |''-ōcive''
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| |''-ōve''
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| |''-ūcive''
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| |''-ūve''
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| |-
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| !scope="row"|3sg.m
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| |''-cy''
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| |''-y''
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| |''-ōcy''
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| |''-ōv''
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| |''-ūcy''
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| |''-ū''
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| |-
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| !scope="row"|3sg.f
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| |''-ci''
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| |''-i''
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| |''-ōci''
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| |''-ōī''
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| |''-ūci''
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| |''-ȳ''
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| |-
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| !scope="row"|4sg.m
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| |''-chŧy''
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| |''-ŧy''
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| |''-ōchŧy''
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| |''-ōŧy''
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| |''-ūchŧy''
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| |''-ūŧy''
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| |-
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| !scope="row"|4sg.f
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| |''-chŧī''
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| |''-ŧī''
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| |''-ōchŧī''
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| |''-ōŧī''
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| |''-ūchŧī''
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| |''-ūŧī''
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| |-
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| !scope="row"|1dl.ex
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| |''-crin''
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| |''-rin''
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| |''-ōcrin''
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| |''-ōrin''
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| |''-ūcrin''
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| |''-ūrin''
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| |-
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| !scope="row"|1dl.in
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| |''-chtið''
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| |''-tið''
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| |''-ōchtið''
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| |''-ōtið''
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| |''-ūchtið''
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| |''-ūtið''
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| |-
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| !scope="row"|2dl
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| |''-cryth''
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| |''-ryth''
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| |''-ōrcryth''
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| |''-ōryth''
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| |''-ūcryth''
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| |''-ūryth''
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| |-
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| !scope="row"|3dl.m
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| |''-cōr''
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| |''-ōr''
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| |''-ōrcōr''
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| |''-ōvōr''
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| |''-ūcōr''
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| |''-ūōr''
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| |-
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| !scope="row"|3dl.f
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| |''-cȳr''
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| |''-ȳr''
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| |''-ōrcȳr''
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| |''-ōvȳr''
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| |''-ūcȳr''
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| |''-ūvȳr''
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| |-
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| !scope="row"|4dl.m
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| |''-chŧōr''
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| |''-ŧōr''
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| |''-ōchŧōr''
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| |''-ōŧōr''
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| |''-ūchŧōr''
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| |''-ūŧōr''
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| |-
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| !scope="row"|4dl.f
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| |''-chŧȳr''
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| |''-ŧȳr''
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| |''-ōchŧȳr''
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| |''-ōŧȳr''
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| |''-ūchŧȳr''
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| |''-ūŧȳr''
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| |-
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| !scope="row"|1pl.ex
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| |''-cam''
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| |''-am''
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| |''-ōcam''
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| |''-ōam''
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| |''-ūcam''
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| |''-ūam''
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| |-
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| !scope="row"|1pl.in
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| |''-cynt''
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| |''-nt''
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| |''-ōcynt''
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| |''-ōnt''
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| |''-ūcynt''
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| |''-ūnt''
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| |-
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| !scope="row"|2pl
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| |''-clys''
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| |''-ys''
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| |''-ōclys''
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| |''-ōs''
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| |''-ūclys''
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| |''-ūs''
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| |-
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| !scope="row"|3pl.m
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| |''-cech''
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| |''-eich''
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| |''-ōcech''
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| |''-ōich''
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| |''-ūcech''
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| |''-ūch''
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| |-
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| !scope="row"|3pl.f
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| |''-cer''
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| |''-eir''
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| |''-ōcer''
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| |''-ōir''
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| |''-ūcer''
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| |''-ūr''
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| |-
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| !scope="row"|4pl.m
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| |''-chŧech''
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| |''-ŧeich''
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| |''-ōchŧech''
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| |''-ōŧech''
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| |''-ūchŧech''
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| |''-ūŧech''
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| |-
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| !scope="row"|4pl.f
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| |''-chŧer''
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| |''-ŧeir''
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| |''-ōchŧer''
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| |''-ōŧer''
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| |''-ūchŧer''
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| |''-ūŧer''
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| |}
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| ====Second declension====
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| The second declension consists of mainly feminine nouns.
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| ! colspan="7"| '''Second declension'''
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| ! colspan="2" style="width:200px;" |Singular
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| ! colspan="2" style="width:200px;" |Dual
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| ! colspan="2" style="width:200px;" |Plural
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| |-
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| !|Indefinite
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| !|Definite
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| !|Indefinite
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| !|Definite
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| !|Indefinite
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| !|Definite
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| |-
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| !scope="row"|Unpossessed
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| |''-e''
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| |''-ā''
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| |''-air''
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| |''-ie''
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| |''-ir''
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| |''-ina''
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| |-
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| !scope="row"|1sg
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| |''-acyn''
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| |''-ān''
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| |''-iecyn''
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| |''-ien''
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| |''-ancyn''
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| |''-ānyn''
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| |-
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| !scope="row"|2sg.m
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| |''-acyze''
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| |''-āze''
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| |''-iecyze''
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| |''-ieze''
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| |''-ancyze''
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| |''-ānze''
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| |-
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| !scope="row"|2sg.f
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| |''-acyve''
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| |''-āve''
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| |''-iecyve''
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| |''-ieve''
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| |''-ancyve''
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| |''-ānve''
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| |-
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| !scope="row"|3sg.m
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| |''-acy''
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| |''-au''
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| |''-iecy''
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| |''-iev''
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| |''-ancy''
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| |''-āny''
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| |-
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| !scope="row"|3sg.f
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| |''-acī''
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| |''-ai''
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| |''-iecī''
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| |''-ieī''
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| |''-ancī''
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| |''-ānī''
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| |-
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| !scope="row"|4sg.m
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| |''-aciŧy''
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| |''-āŧy''
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| |''-iechŧy''
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| |''-ieŧy''
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| |''-anciŧy''
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| |''-ānŧy''
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| |-
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| !scope="row"|4sg.f
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| |''-aciŧi''
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| |''-āŧi''
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| |''-iechŧi''
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| |''-ieŧi''
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| |''-anciŧi''
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| |''-ānŧi''
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| !scope="row"|1dl.ex
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| |''-acrin''
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| |''-ārin''
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| |''-iecrin''
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| |''-ierin''
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| |''-ancrin''
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| |''-ārin''
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| !scope="row"|1dl.in
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| |''-achtið''
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| |''-ātið''
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| |''-iechtið''
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| |''-ietið''
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| |''-anchtið''
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| |''-āntið''
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| !scope="row"|2dl
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| |''-acryth''
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| |''-āryth''
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| |''-iecryth''
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| |''-ieryth''
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| |''-ancryth''
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| |''-ārryth''
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| !scope="row"|3dl
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| |''-acōr''
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| |''-āvōr''
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| |''-iecōr''
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| |''-ievōr''
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| |''-ancōr''
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| |''-ānōr''
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| !scope="row"|3dl
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| |''-acȳr''
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| |''-āvȳr''
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| |''-iecȳr''
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| |''-ievȳr''
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| |''-ancȳr''
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| |''-ānȳr''
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| !scope="row"|4dl.m
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| |''-achŧōr''
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| |''-āŧōr''
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| |''-iechŧōr''
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| |''-ieŧōr''
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| |''-āchŧōr''
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| |''-ānŧōr''
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| !scope="row"|4dl.f
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| |''-achŧȳr''
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| |''-āŧȳr''
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| |''-iechŧȳr''
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| |''-ieŧȳr''
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| |''-āchŧȳr''
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| |''-ānŧȳr''
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| !scope="row"|1pl.ex
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| |''-acam''
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| |''-ām''
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| |''-iecam''
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| |''-eiam''
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| |''-ancam''
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| |''-ānam''
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| !scope="row"|1pl.in
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| |''-acynt''
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| |''-ānt''
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| |''-iecynt''
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| |''-ient''
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| |''-ancynt''
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| |''-ānynt''
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| !scope="row"|2pl
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| |''-aclys''
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| |''-ālys''
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| |''-ieclys''
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| |''-ielys''
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| |''-anclys''
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| |''-ānnys''
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| !scope="row"|3pl.m
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| |''-acech''
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| |''-aich''
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| |''-iecech''
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| |''-iech''
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| |''-ācech''
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| |''-ānech''
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| !scope="row"|3pl.f
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| |''-acer''
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| |''-āver''
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| |''-iecer''
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| |''-ier''
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| |''-ancer''
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| |''-āner''
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| |-
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| !scope="row"|4pl.m
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| |''-achŧech''
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| |''-āŧech''
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| |''-iechŧech''
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| |''-ieŧech''
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| |''-āchŧech''
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| |''-ānŧech''
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| |-
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| !scope="row"|4pl.f
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| |''-achŧer''
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| |''-āŧer''
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| |''-iechŧer''
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| |''-ieŧer''
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| |''-āchŧer''
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| |''-ānŧyr''
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| |}
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| ====Tonal patterns of nominals====
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| Every noun falls under one of two tonal paradigms, derived from the Proto-Talsmic relic classifier clitic system:
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| *'''Unpossessed:''' {{sc|*noun<nowiki>=</nowiki>clf}}
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| *'''Free possessed:''' {{sc|*possessum-suffix}}
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| *'''Bound possessed:''' {{sc|*possessum-suffix<nowiki>=</nowiki>clf possessor}}
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| The classifier clitic was deleted while determining the downstep pattern of the noun. By corollary the absolute possessed forms have non-final downstep, and the unpossessed and conjunct forms have the same pattern (exceptions occur when the word ended in ''*ʔ''), the choice of which is lexically determined.
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| Adjectives will agree with the tonal pattern of the nouns they modify.
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|
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| ====Irregular nouns====
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| Irregular nouns are the following:
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| *''cár'' 'human being', plural ''itávach''
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| ====Fossilized case marking====
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| A descendant of a language with developed noun and adjective cases, Themsaran preserves vestigial case marking. The nominal and adjectival endings are themselves diachronically derived from case markers in the ancestral Proto-Talsmic language:
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| =====Irregular definiteness=====
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| The definite unpossessed inflection is a generalization from the accusative case, which marked the definite direct object in addition to adverbial uses, certain oblique objects and time expressions. The indefinite base endings diachronically stem from the genitive case (from its partitive meaning and frequency in prepositional phrases); the predicative adjective endings as well as most forms where possessive suffixes are attached, come from the nominative.
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| Definiteness is required:
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| *in some time expressions (e.g. ''nǐeðām''/''minâm''/''crúomâm'' (< *''nējƶā-mī'' etc.) "today"/"tonight"/"tomorrow", ''nǐeðāŧ'' ("that day"), ''crúomâ/ra̋zā/ħíngā/minâ'' "in the morning/at daytime/at dusk/at night")
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| *in some adverbial expressions.
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| =====Fossilized oblique cases=====
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| The frozen oblique cases (ablative, instrumental/locative and allative) are largely found in two lexical classes: adverbs and prepositions.
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| Ablatives, found in causal expressions, end in ''-ēn'', ''-ān'', and ''-īn'' for the first, second and third declensions respectively; the instrumental/locative ends in ''-īl'' (1) or ''-ai'' (2); and the allative, often found in purpose expressions, ends in ''-thŧ''.
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| The instrumental/locative suffix ''-īl'' derive adverbs and prepositions of location, manner or concern. The feminine counterpart ''-ai'' form adverbs from original feminine nouns, and has derived "in language X" adverbs and the instrumental preposition ''nai'' itself.
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| ===Adjectives===
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| Attributive adjectives agree in number, definiteness, gender and possessedness with their heads. The following differences with nouns should be noted:
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| *Absolute possessive form of adjectives modifies the conjunct possessive of nouns.
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| *Indefinite attributive adjectives do not agree in possession.
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| *Possessum forms agree with definite possessum forms.
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| Predicate adjectives are declined differently than attributive adjectives; predicative adjectives carry the downstep on a non-final syllable, while the attributive adjectives have to agree with the downstep of the noun.
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| Adjectives also take degree inflection (positive, "less/least", "more/most", elative, "X enough", "too X"). Adjectives exhibit tonal ablaut like those of nouns.
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| ====Declension====
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| =====Attributive adjectives=====
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| !colspan="4"|Declension 1: Masculine
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| |-
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| !|
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| !|Singular
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| !|Dual
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| !|Plural
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| |-
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| !|Indefinite
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| |''-''Ø
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| |''-ār''
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| |''-ach''
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| |-
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| !|Definite
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| |''-ē''
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| |''-ō''
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| |''-uot''
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| |-
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| !|Possessum
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| |''-a''
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| |''-ōr''
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| |''-u''
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| |-
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| !colspan="4"|Declension 2: Feminine
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| |-
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| !|
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| !|Singular
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| !|Dual
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| !|Plural
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| |-
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| !|Indefinite
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| |''-e''
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| |''-air''
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| |''-ir''
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| |-
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| !|Definite
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| |''-ā''
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| |''-ie''
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| |''-ina''
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| |-
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| !|Possessum
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| |''-ar''
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| |''-ȳr''
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| |''-ȳn''
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| |-
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| !colspan="4"|Declension 3: Masculine
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| |-
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| !|
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| !|Singular
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| !|Dual
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| !|Plural
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| |-
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| !|Indefinite
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| |''-i''
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| |''-iār''
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| |''-iach''
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| |-
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| !|Definite
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| |''-ī''
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| |''-ivie''
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| |''-ıuot''
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| |-
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| !|Possessum
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| |''-i''
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| |''-iōr''
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| |''-iu''
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| |-
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| !colspan="4"|Declension 3: Feminine
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| |-
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| !|
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| !|Singular
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| !|Dual
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| !|Plural
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| |-
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| !|Indefinite
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| |''-i''
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| |''-ier''
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| |''-īr''
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| |-
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| !|Definite
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| |''-ī''
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| |''-ivie''
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| |''-īna''
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| |-
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| !|Possessum
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| |''-ir''
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| |''-ier''
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| |''-īn''
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| |}
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| =====Predicative adjectives=====
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| !colspan="4"|Predicative adjectives
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| !colspan="4"|Declension 1/2
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| |-
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| !|
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| !|Singular
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| !|Dual
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| !|Plural
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| |-
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| !|Masculine
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| |''-a''
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| |''-ōr''
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| |''-u''
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| |-
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| !|Feminine
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| |''-ar''
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| |''-ȳr''
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| |''-ān''
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| |-
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| !colspan="4"|Declension 3
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| |-
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| !|
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| !|Singular
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| !|Dual
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| !|Plural
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| |-
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| !|Masculine
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| |''-i''
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| |''-iōr''
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| |''-iu''
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| |-
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| !|Feminine
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| |''-ir''
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| |''-īr''
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| |''-iān''
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| |}
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|
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| ====Degree====
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style="width: 300px; text-align: center;"
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| |-
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| ! colspan="2"| '''Degree affixes'''
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| |-
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| ! width="110px"|comparative
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| | width="190px"|''-ên, -enn-'' (1/2, ''g'')
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| |-
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| !|elative
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| |''-rŷn'' (''th'')
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| |-
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| !|negative comparative
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| |''-ôm'' (''g'')
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| |-
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| !|excessive
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| |''-thál'' (''c'')
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| |-
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| !|suffective
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| |''-érs'' (''c'')
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| |-
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| !|defective
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| |''-őf'' (''c'')
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| |-
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| |}
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|
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| Adjectives with degree inflections may be nominalized (e.g. ''ħēdāthry̌nīd'' "supreme strength" < ''ħēdāthrŷn'' "the very strongest").
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|
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| ====Adverb formation====
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| The adverbial suffix is ''-ēr'', and it can mean "[adjective]ly", or "like a [noun]" (latter meaning is less productive).
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|
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| ===Pronouns===
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| ====Personal====
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| The independent personal pronouns are used in equational sentences, and for emphasis of what is already indexed on the heads, be it the subject, the direct object, or an oblique argument.
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|
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style="width: 350px; text-align: center;"
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| |-
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| !colspan="4"| '''Independent personal pronouns'''
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| |-
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| !style="width: 50px; "|
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| !style="width: 100px; "|Singular
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| !style="width: 100px; "|Dual
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| !style="width: 100px; "|Plural
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| |-
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| !|1.ex
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| |rowspan="2"|''ná''
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| |''trân''
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| |''châm''
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| |-
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| !|1.in
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| |''qâð''
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| |''távên''
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| |-
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| !|2.m
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| |''zêi''
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| |rowspan="2"|''râth''
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| |rowspan="2"|''slâs''
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| |-
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| !|2.f
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| |''vêi''
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| |-
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| !|3.m
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| |''vá''
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| |''vôr''
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| |''vû''
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| |-
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| !|3.f
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| |''vî''
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| |''vŷr''
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| |''vân''
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| |-
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| !|4.m
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| |''ŧá''
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| |''ŧôr''
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| |''ŧû''
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| |-
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| !|4.f
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| |''ŧî''
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| |''ŧŷr''
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| |''ŧân''
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| |}
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|
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| Adding the ''ħe-'' (''ħè-'') prefix creates intensified pronouns.
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|
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| ====Demonstrative====
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| The demonstratives have identical endings to personal pronouns in the feminine singular, the dual and the plural. The adnominal demonstratives are ''mé'' (near speaker), ''ħé'' (near hearer), and ''ŧá'' (distal; identical to 4th person pronoun), and the pronominal demonstratives are ''ím(é)'', ''íð(á)'', and ''íŧ(á)''.
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|
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| When a demonstrative modifies a noun phrase, the noun and adjective modified take the indefinite form if unpossessed, and the definite form if possessed.
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|
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| ====Reflexive====
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| The reflexive pronoun is ''cthên'', identical to the gender and number of the subject.
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|
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| ====Reciprocal====
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| The reciprocal pronoun, "each other", is ''narnâi''. It originated from an adverb that was later reanalyzed as a pronoun.
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|
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| ===Table of correlatives===
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style="width: 600px; text-align: center;"
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| !colspan="10"|Table of correlatives
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| !style="width: 60px; "|
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| !style="width: 240px; "|Interrogative
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| !style="width: 240px; "|Near speaker
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| !style="width: 240px; "|Near hearer
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| !style="width: 240px; "|Distal
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| !style="width: 240px; "|Existential
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| !style="width: 240px; "|Negational
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| !style="width: 240px; "|Elective
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| !style="width: 240px; "|Collective
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| !style="width: 240px; "|Distributive
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| |-
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| !|Adnominal
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| |rowspan=2|''ıé'' (who);<br/>''ıî'' (fem., rare);<br/>''ıán'' (what)
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| |''mé''
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| |''ħé''
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| |''ŧá''
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| |''navé''
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| |rowspan="2" colspan="2"|''ıaıért;'' ''la [...] ıé'', ''la [...] ıán''
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| |rowspan=2|''rôg'', ''mýs'' (adjective)
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| |rowspan=2|''thivé''
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| |-
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| !|Pronominal
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| |''ímé''
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| |''ívá''
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| |''íŧá''
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| |''mércár'' (human); ''mérsát'' (nonhuman)
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| |-
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| !|Place
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| |''ıách''
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| |''mách*; dátè*''
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| |''ħách''
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| |''ŧách''
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| |''smárıán''
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| |''la ıách''
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| |''smárthivé''
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| |-
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| !|Origin
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| |''gléıách;'' ''glêm;'' ''ıáchên''
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| |''glémách/máchên*; glédát/dátên*''
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| |''gláħách;'' ''ħáchên''
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| |''gléŧách;'' ''ŧáchên''
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| |''glé smárıán''
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| |''gle la ıách''
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| |''glé smárthivé''
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| |-
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| !|Destination
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| |''vóıách;'' ''ıáchast''
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| |''vómách/máchast*; vódát/dátast*''
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| |''vóħách;'' ''ħáchast''
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| |''vóŧách;'' ''ŧáchast''
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| |''vó smárıán''
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| |''vo la ıách''
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| |
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| |''vó smárthivé''
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| |-
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| !|Time
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| |''ıápse'', ''ıéma''
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| |''gáma''
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| |colspan= '2'|''sónēŧ''
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| |''mérrâc''
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| |''fûot''
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| |
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| |''pidħîl''
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| |''gilslé''
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| |-
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| !|Quantity/Extent
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| |''ıávēth''
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| |''mévēth''
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| |''ħévēth''
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| |''ŧévēth''
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| |''-''
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| |''-''
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| |''-''
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| |''-''
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| |''-''
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| |-
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| !|Manner/Quality
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| |''ıêr''
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| |''mêr''
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| |''ħêr''
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| |''ŧêr''
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| |''gîemıêr''
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| |''la ıêr''
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| |
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| |''rőcthȉl''
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| |''-''
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| |-
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| !|Cause
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| |''ıên''
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| |''mên''
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| |''ħên''
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| |''ŧên''
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| |''navên''
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| |
| |
| |
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| |
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| |''-''
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| |-
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| !|Purpose
| |
| |''ıást'', ''ıergâi''
| |
| |''mést''
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| |''ħést''
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| |''ŧést''
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| |''navést''
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| |
| |
| |
| |
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| |''-''
| |
| |}
| |
| <nowiki>*</nowiki>The difference between the two words for 'here' is that of clusivity: ''mách'' means "where I am/we(exc) are or pointing" whereas ''dáte'' means "where we(inc) are".
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|
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| In highly humble language (roughly equivalent to German ''Ihr''), the "near speaker" and "near hearer" demonstratives are used in epithets for 1st and 2nd person respectively in lieu of grammatical 1st or 2nd person. (e.g. ''clûdil mé'': "this humble subject", ''áchyr ħé/tīné ħî/slǐeve ħî'': Your Majesty/Highness; lit. "that king/hand/throne", ''domárvaryl/a̋thmavaryl ħé/a̋thmīd ħî'', "that called one/sanctified one/holiness"; used to address a priest, ''mách/ħách'' generic humble language, used for locative obliques as substitutes for 1st or 2nd person inflected prepositions)
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|
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| ===Verbs===
| |
| Verbs have elaborate but quite regular inflection. Finite verbs are marked for TAM, mirativity, voice (active and mediopassive), the subject's person, number, and gender and, if the direct object is definite, is obligatorily marked with the (usually direct) object's person, number, and gender in most TAMs, except in the imperative and the prohibitive. For example: ''Nés{{blue|ai}} zárr'' (kill-ACT.PRES.1SG cat.SG.INDEF 'I kill a cat') against ''Nes{{blue|ainý}} zárrē'' (kill-ACT.PRES.1SG{{blue|>3SG.M}} cat-SG.DEF 'I kill the cat'). The verb may agree with an indirect object (which is typically animate) instead of with the direct object. Object agreement is often omitted in poetry. Verbs also have several non-finite forms, used with various subordinating conjunctions and relative clauses.
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|
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg"
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| |+'''Themsaran finite verb template'''
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| !−3!!−2!!−1!!0!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!/Downstep
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| |-
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| |Applicative prefix||Mood/Evidential/Mirative||Imperfective prefix||'''STEM'''||Supplementary aspect||Causative||Passive||TAM/Subject||Object||TAM/Subject
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| |}
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|
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| Note that Themsaran verbs display so-callsed first-conjunct agreement as common amongst VSO languages, i.e. in the case of a subject composed of two or more noun phrases with a coordinator, the verb will agree with the first noun phrase.
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| ====Tense-Aspect-Mood====
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|
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| =====Basic TAMs=====
| |
| The basic tenses, marked with a combination of tone, suffixes and prefixes, are:
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| *Imperative
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| *Present
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| *Past perfective
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| *Past imperfective
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| *Future
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| *Jussive
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|
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| ======Imperative======
| |
| The imperative is used to issue positive, direct orders.
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|
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| ======Present======
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| The present is used for events that take/are taking place in the present time, or for gnomic statemnets.
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|
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| ======Past perfective======
| |
| The past perfective, preterite, or aorist is for events that were completed at some point in time in the past.
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|
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| ======Past imperfective======
| |
| The past imperfective indicates a background event or events that happened in the past frequently or over a period of time. Therefore it corresponds to past frequentative, habitual or progressive.
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|
| |
| The imperfective prefix ''yn-'' displays a number of special behaviors:
| |
|
| |
| *assimilates to labials ''p b f m''
| |
| *mutates to ''ynt-'' before a stem beginning with a vowel, liquid, ''ı'' or ''v''
| |
| *mutates to ''ynth-'' before a stem beginning with ''h''.
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|
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| ======Future======
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| The future denotes an event predicted to occur some time in the future. It is aspect-indifferent.
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|
| |
| ======Jussive======
| |
| The jussive is a finite verb form that bears a wide range of uses:
| |
| * optatives (wishes), polite requests and hortatives (urging).
| |
| :'''''Ðuodisá áromzé'''''
| |
| :<small>be_long-JUSS.3SG.F life-DEF.2SG.M</small>
| |
| :''May your life be long!''
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| * prohibitions, with the prohibitive marker.
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| :'''''Hám scőtîr!'''''
| |
| :<small>PROH walk/2SG.JUSS</small>
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| :''Don't walk!''
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| * imperatives in indirect speech, with the complementizer ''ne''
| |
| :'''''Cýlês ne stúmî.'''''
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| :<small>urge/PFV.3SG.M COMP return/JUSS.1SG</small>
| |
| :''He urged that I go back.''
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| * impersonal instructions, in the passive
| |
| :'''''chaustivasá hadísā ýrnȳnâ'''''
| |
| :<small>lower.PASS-JUSS.3SG.F note-DEF.SG second-DEF.SG.F</small>
| |
| :''the second note is to be lowered''
| |
| * purpose clauses:
| |
| ** with a relativizer
| |
| ** after a conditional conjunction ''nit'', ''ar'', or ''gin'', or less commonly after ''vórêl ne'', it expresses "in order that...".
| |
| :'''''ħéistê rin chénvamá'''''
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| :<small>word-DEF REL say-PASS-JUSS.3SG.M</small>
| |
| :''the word to say/the word that should be said''
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| * to express a question of what should be done.
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| :'''''Iêr vamenavâi?'''''
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| :<small>how advocate-PASS-JUSS.1SG</small>
| |
| :''How am I to defend myself?''
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|
| |
| =====Supplementary aspects=====
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|
| |
| ======Inceptive======
| |
| The inceptive expresses the beginning of a imperfective period in time of the action, and is expressed by the suffix ''-iħ-'' placed after the stem.
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| ======Cessative======
| |
| The cessative expresses the end of an imperfective period in time of the action, and is expressed by is the suffix ''-rth-''. It can also express perfect in certain circumstances.
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|
| |
| =====Supplementary moods=====
| |
| The mirative, marking information, inference or realization new to the speaker, is marked by a prefix consisting of first consonant of stem + e + last consonant of stem. The subjunctive, used for doubtful statements and for hypothetical outcomes, is marked by a similar prefix, with said consonants in reverse order.
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|
| |
| :'''''{{blue|gýl}}ga̋lies!'''''
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| :/gʉ́lgaːꜜliɜs/
| |
| :<small>{{blue|RDPL}}-ga̋lìes |gloss = {{blue|MIR}}-sing-PRES.3SG.F</small>
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| :''how she singeth!''
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|
| |
| :'''''{{blue|lýg}}ga̋lies'''''
| |
| :/lʉ́ggaːꜜliɜs/
| |
| :{{blue|RDPL}}-ga̋lìes
| |
| :{{blue|SBJV}}-sing-PRES.3SG.F
| |
| :''she supposedly sings/she would sing''
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|
| |
| ====Voice====
| |
| =====Basic voices=====
| |
| ======Active======
| |
| The active voice is the default voice, used when the subject is the agent of the verb.
| |
| ======Mediopassive======
| |
| The mediopassive marks the subject as a patient of the verb. Apart from passivity, mediopassives may have a derivational function; they may indicate reflexive or involuntary/spontaneous actions with active intransitives, (''scőtvati machīnýn'' "my legs walk by themselves, without my control") or change of state for statives (which is what the copula ''gîe'' is used for in the mediopassive). As such there are quite a few deponent verbs, verbs that are inherently mediopassive, and also mediopassive counterparts of active intransitive verbs.
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|
| |
| =====Supplementary voices=====
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| ======Causative======
| |
| The causative expresses causation or facilitation of the action. It is indicated by the suffix ''-stâi'' after the singular imperative.
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|
| |
| ======Applicative======
| |
| The applicative promotes an oblique object of a verb to the direct object position (for example, ''thrāpâi'' 'fight (a battle)' > ''lōthrāpâi'' 'fight (someone)'), and downgrades the core object argument to an oblique argument. An applicative prefix is used to qualify the relationship of the new object to the base verb. In the passive, the applicative finds much syntactic utility in constructing impersonal statements about an oblique object.
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|
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style="width: 200px; text-align: center;"
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| |-
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| !colspan="2"|Applicative prefixes
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| |-
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| ! Themsaran !! Gloss
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| |-
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| | ''viN-'' || instrumental ({{sc|ins}})
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| |-
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| | ''mi-'' || locative ({{sc|loc}})
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| |-
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| | ''lō-'' || comitative ({{sc|com}})
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| |-
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| | ''aZ-'' || telic ({{sc|tel}})
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| |-
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| | ''raN-'' || miscellaneous roles
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| |}
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|
| |
| =====Non-finite forms=====
| |
| The non-finite forms are the participle and two infinitives.
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|
| |
| The participle is principally used in relative clauses. The tense of a participle is relative to the tense of the main clause.
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|
| |
| The infinitive is used in reason clauses, time clauses, indirect speech (as the infinitive copula ''va̋cs'' + participle) whose truth is believed strongly by the speaker, and more rarely purpose clauses. The possessor of the infinitive represents the verb's subject.
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|
| |
| The supine is used as a complement to certain verbs and in any other situation calling for a verb with no independent subject or TAM, and is used adverbially with prepositions. The ''supine absolute'' construction formed with the supine indicates a manner of action or simultaneous action. The possessor of the supine represents the verb's object.
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|
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| ====Conjugation====
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| :''See also [[Themsaran/Verbal subparadigms|tables for conjugation subparadigms]].''
| |
| Shown below are the final and combining forms of subject suffixes of the three conjugation paradigms: the first conjugation, with null thematic vowel, the second conjugation, with thematic vowel ''a'', and the third conjugation, with thematic vowel ''e''. The citation form is the 1st person jussive. The zero theme vowel conjugation often contains irregularities from interactions between the final consonant and the ending (in fact some alteration occurs for all consonants except ''m'', ''r'' and ''ch'', unless the stem-terminating consonant is part of a cluster) and hence includes [[User:Ílchőfti Lēmáthīd/Themsaran/Verbal subparadigms|many subconjugations]].
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| =====Subject affixes=====
| |
| '''NB.''' When the combining suffixes are shown without a tonic syllable, the tonic syllable alternates between the object affix and the stem/theme vowel depending on the object affix.
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|
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| Similar forms are often distinguished by tone:
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|
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| Non-final/mobile tonic syllable: ''vezórma'' 'we (exc) encounter', ''vezormālýs'' 'we encounter you'<br/>
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| Final/fixed tonic syllable: ''vezormá'' 'may he encounter', ''vezormā́lys'' 'may he encounter you'
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|
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|
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style=" text-align: center;"
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| |-
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| !colspan="4" | Imperative
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| |-
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| !style="width: 50px; "|
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| !style="width: 125px; "|Singular
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| !style="width: 125px; "|Dual
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| !style="width: 125px; "|Plural
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| |-
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| !|1.in
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| |''-''
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| |''-ħar, -ħri-''<br/>''-áħar, -aħri-''<br/>''-éħar, -eħri-''
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| |''-ns, -nsi-''<br/>''-ans, -ansi-''<br/>''-ens, -ensi-''
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| |-
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| !|2
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| |''-Ø, -e<sup>H</sup>-''<br/>''-á, -ā́-''<br/>''-é, -ḗ-''
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| |''-rs, -rsi-''<br/>''-ars, -arsi-''<br/>''-ers, -ersi-''
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| |''-ls, -lsi-''<br/>''-als, -alsi-''<br/>''-els, -elsi-''
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| |-
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| !colspan="4" | Present
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| |-
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| !style="width: 50px; "|
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| !style="width: 125px; "|Singular
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| !style="width: 125px; "|Dual
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| !style="width: 125px; "|Plural
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| |-
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| !|1.ex
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| |''-ī, -īn-''<br/>''-ai, -ain-''<br/>''-ei, -ein-''
| |
| |''-dir, -dr-''<br/>''-adir, -adr-''<br/>''-edir, -edr-''
| |
| |''-ma, -mā-''<br/>''-ama, -amā-''<br/>''-ema, -emā-''
| |
| |-
| |
| !|1.in
| |
| |''-''
| |
| |''-ħare, -ħrē-''<br/>''-áħare, -aħrē-''<br/>''-éħare, -eħrē-''
| |
| |''-nse, -nsē-''<br/>''-anse, -ansē-''<br/>''-ense, -ensē-''
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| |-
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| !|2
| |
| |''-yr, -yr-''<br/>''-ar, -ar-''<br/>''-er, -er-''
| |
| |''-rse, -rsē-''<br/>''-arse, -arsē-''<br/>''-erse, -ersē-''
| |
| |''-lse, -lsē-''<br/>''-alse, -alsē-''<br/>''-else, -elsē-''
| |
| |-
| |
| !|3/4.m
| |
| |''-e, -m-''<br/>''-a, -am-''<br/>''-e, -em-''
| |
| |rowspan="2"|''-ir, -iri-''<br/>''-air, -airi-''<br/>''-eir, -eiri-''
| |
| |''-vi, -vie-''<br/>''-avi, -avie-''<br/>''-evi, -evie-''
| |
| |-
| |
| !|3/4.f
| |
| |''-is, -isi-''<br/>''-ais, -aisi-''<br/>''-eis, -eisi-''
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| |''-ti, -tie-''<br/>''-ati, -atie-''<br/>''-eti, -etie-''
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| |-
| |
| !colspan="4" | Past perfective
| |
| |-
| |
| !style="width: 50px; "|
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| !style="width: 125px; "|Singular
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| !style="width: 125px; "|Dual
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| !style="width: 125px; "|Plural
| |
| |-
| |
| !|1.ex
| |
| |''-ýn, -ýn-''<br/>''-án, -án-''<br/>''-én, -én-''
| |
| |''-sid, -sid-''<br/>''-ásid, -ásid-''<br/>''-ésid, -ésid-''
| |
| |''-mi, -mī-''<br/>''-ámi, -amī-''<br/>''-émi, -emī-''
| |
| |-
| |
| !|1.in
| |
| |''-''
| |
| |''-tar, -tar-''<br/>''-átar, -atar-''<br/>''-étar, -etar-''
| |
| |''-tā, -tā-''<br/>''-átā, -atā-''<br/>''-étā, -etā-''
| |
| |-
| |
| !|2
| |
| |''-ýr, -ýr-''<br/>''-ár, -ár-''<br/>''-ér, -ér-''
| |
| |''-rith, -rith-''<br/>''-árith, -arith-''<br/>''-érith, -erith-''
| |
| |''-lith, -lith-''<br/>''-álith, -alith-''<br/>''-élith, -elith-''
| |
| |-
| |
| !|3/4.m
| |
| |''´s, -sam-''<br/>''-as, -asam-''<br/>''-es, -esam-''
| |
| |rowspan="2"|''-srí, -sríe-''<br/>''-asrí, -asríe-''<br/>''-esrí, -esríe-''
| |
| |''-sví, -svíe-''<br/>''-asví, -asvíe-''<br/>''-esví, -esvíe-''
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| |-
| |
| !|3/4.f
| |
| |''-sar, -sar-''<br/>''-ásar, -asar-''<br/>''-ésar, -esar-''
| |
| |''-stí, -stíe-''<br/>''-astí, -astíe-''<br/>''-estí, -estíe-''
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| |-
| |
| !colspan="4" | Past imperfective
| |
| |-
| |
| !style="width: 50px; "|
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| !style="width: 125px; "|Singular
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| !style="width: 125px; "|Dual
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| !style="width: 125px; "|Plural
| |
| |-
| |
| !|1.ex
| |
| |''yn-ýn, yn-ýn-''<br/>''yn-án, yn-án-''<br/>''yn-én, yn-én-''
| |
| |''yn-sid, yn-sid-''<br/>''yn-ásid, yn-ásid-''<br/>''yn-ésid, yn-ésid-''
| |
| |''yn-mi, yn-mī-''<br/>''yn-ámi, yn-amī-''<br/>''yn-émi, yn-emī-''
| |
| |-
| |
| !|1.in
| |
| |''-''
| |
| |''yn-tar, yn-tar-''<br/>''yn-átar, yn-atar-''<br/>''yn-étar, yn-etar-''
| |
| |''yn-tā, yn-tā-''<br/>''yn-átā, yn-atā-''<br/>''yn-étā, yn-etā-''
| |
| |-
| |
| !|2
| |
| |''yn-ýr, yn-ýr-''<br/>''yn-ár, yn-ár-''<br/>''yn-ér, yn-ér-''
| |
| |''yn-rith, yn-rith-''<br/>''yn-árith, yn-arith-''<br/>''yn-érith, yn-erith-''
| |
| |''yn-lith, yn-lith-''<br/>''yn-álith, yn-alith-''<br/>''yn-élith, yn-elith-''
| |
| |-
| |
| !|3/4.m
| |
| |''yn-´s, yn-´sam-''<br/>''yn-ás, yn-ásam-''<br/>''yn-és, yn-ésam-''
| |
| |rowspan="2"|''yn-srí, yn-sríe-''<br/>''yn-asrí, yn-asríe-''<br/>''yn-esrí, yn-esríe-''
| |
| |''yn-sví, yn-svíe-''<br/>''yn-asví, yn-asvíe-''<br/>''yn-esví, yn-esvíe-''
| |
| |-
| |
| !|3/4.f
| |
| |''yn-sar, yn-sar-''<br/>''yn-ásar, yn-asar-''<br/>''yn-ésar, yn-esar-''
| |
| |''yn-stí, yn-stíe-''<br/>''yn-astí, yn-astíe-''<br/>''yn-estí, yn-estíe-''
| |
| |-
| |
| !colspan="4" | Future
| |
| |-
| |
| !style="width: 50px; "|
| |
| !style="width: 125px; "|Singular
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| !style="width: 125px; "|Dual
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| !style="width: 125px; "|Plural
| |
| |-
| |
| !|1.ex
| |
| |''-ḗn, -ḗn-''<br/>''-ā́n, -ā́n-''<br/>''-íen, -íen-''
| |
| |''-ḗdir, -ēdr-''<br/>''-ā́dir, -ādr-''<br/>''-íedir, -iedr-''
| |
| |''-ḗma, -ēmā-''<br/>''-ā́ma, -āmā-''<br/>''-íema, -iemā-''
| |
| |-
| |
| !|1.in
| |
| |''-''
| |
| |''-ḗħar, -ēħrē-''<br/>''-ā́ħar, -āħrē-''<br/>''-íeħar, -ieħrē-''
| |
| |''-ḗnse, -ēnsē-''<br/>''-ā́nse, -ānsē-''<br/>''-íense, -iensē-''
| |
| |-
| |
| !|2
| |
| |''-ḗr, -ēr-''<br/>''-ā́r, -ā́r-''<br/>''-íer, -íer-''
| |
| |''-ḗrse, -ērsē-''<br/>''-ā́rse, -ārsē-''<br/>''-íerse, -iersē-''
| |
| |''-ḗlse, -ēlsē-''<br/>''-ā́lse, -ālsē-''<br/>''-íelse, -ielsē-''
| |
| |-
| |
| !|3/4.m
| |
| |''-ḗ, -ēm-''<br/>''-ā́, -ām-''<br/>''-íe, -iem-''
| |
| |rowspan="2"|''-ḗri, -ēri-''<br/>''-ā́ri, -āri-''<br/>''-íeri, -ieri-''
| |
| |''-ḗvi, -ēvie-''<br/>''-ā́vi, -āvie-''<br/>''-íevi, -ievie-''
| |
| |-
| |
| !|3/4.f
| |
| |''-ḗsi, -ēsi-''<br/>''-ā́si, -āsi-''<br/>''-íesi, -iesi-''
| |
| |''-ḗti, -ētie-''<br/>''-ā́ti, -ātie-''<br/>''-íeti, -ietie-''
| |
| |-
| |
| !colspan="4" | Jussive
| |
| |-
| |
| !style="width: 50px; "|
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| !style="width: 125px; "|Singular
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| !style="width: 125px; "|Dual
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| !style="width: 125px; "|Plural
| |
| |-
| |
| !|1.ex
| |
| |''-ī́, -ī́n-''<br/>''-ái, -áin-''<br/>''-éi, -éin-''
| |
| |''-rdá, -rdā́-''<br/>''-ardá, -ardā́-''<br/>''-erdá, -erdā́-''
| |
| |''-mir, -miri-''<br/>''-ámir, -amiri-''<br/>''-émir, -emiri-''
| |
| |-
| |
| !|1.in
| |
| |''-''
| |
| |''-ħart, -ħarti-''<br/>''-áħart, -aħarti-''<br/>''-éħart, -eħarti-''
| |
| |''-nt, -nti-''<br/>''-ant, -anti-''<br/>''-ent, -enti-''
| |
| |-
| |
| !|2
| |
| |''-îr, -îr-''<br/>''-áir, -áir-''<br/>''-éir, -éir-''
| |
| |''-rt, -rti-''<br/>''-art, -arti-''<br/>''-ert, -erti-''
| |
| |''-lt, -lti-''<br/>''-alt, -alti-''<br/>''-elt, -elti-''
| |
| |-
| |
| !|3/4.m
| |
| |''-má, -mā́-''<br/>''-amá, -amā́-''<br/>''-emá, -emā́-''
| |
| |rowspan="2"|''-irá, -irā́-''<br/>''-ará, -arā́-''<br/>''-erá, -erā́-''
| |
| |''-ħá, -ħā́-''<br/>''-aħá, -aħā́-''<br/>''-eħá, -eħā́-''
| |
| |-
| |
| !|3/4.f
| |
| |''-isá, -isā́-''<br/>''-asá, -asā́-''<br/>''-esá, -esā́-''
| |
| |''-tá, -tā́-''<br/>''-atá, -atā́-''<br/>''-etá, -etā́-''
| |
| |}
| |
|
| |
| =====Non-finite forms=====
| |
| The participle is formed by the suffix ''-ryl, -rl-''.
| |
|
| |
| The infinitive is formed by suffixing ''-s'' to the 2nd person masculine singular imperative.
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|
| |
| The supine is formed by ''-m'' to the 2nd person masculine singular imperative.
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|
| |
| The action noun is formed by ''-né'' (''g'') to the 2nd person masculine singular imperative.
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|
| |
| =====Allomorphy of the mediopassive suffix=====
| |
| The mediopassive suffix is ''-vâi''. The only irregularity is that the present tense 3pl.m subject suffix is ''-vaħi'', ''-vaħie-''.
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|
| |
| =====Non-finite forms of the passive=====
| |
| The infinitive is formed by adding ''-v(e)n'', and the action noun is formed by ''-vné''.
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|
| |
| The static passive is formed with the patient suffix ''-met(é)''.
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|
| |
| ====Object affixes====
| |
| The object affixes combine at the end of the verb to agree with the definite direct object or indirect object. Indirect objects are given higher priority than direct objects.
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|
| |
| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style="width: 1000px; text-align: center;"
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| |-
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| !colspan="22" |'''Object affixes'''
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| |-
| |
| !|Condition
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| !|1sg
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| !|2sg.m
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| !|2sg.f
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| !|3sg.m
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| !|3sg.f
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| !|4sg.m
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| !|4sg.f
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| !|1dl.ex
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| !|1dl.in
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| !|2dl
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| !|3dl.m
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| !|3dl.f
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| !|4dl.m
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| !|4dl.f
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| !|1pl.ex
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| !|1pl.in
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| !|2pl
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| !|3pl.m
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| !|3pl.f
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| !|4pl.m
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| !|4pl.f
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| |-
| |
| !|''-C-''
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| |''+ -yn''
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| |rowspan="8"|''+ -ze''
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| |rowspan="8"|''+ -ve''
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| |''+ -y''
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| |''+ -i''
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| |rowspan="6"|''+ -ŧy''
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| |rowspan="6"|''+ -ŧī''
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| |rowspan="6"|''+ -ren''
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| |rowspan="6"|''+ -tið''
| |
| |''+ -yth''
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| |rowspan="2"|''+ -ō''
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| |''+ -ie''
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| |rowspan="6"|''+ -ŧō''
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| |rowspan="6"|''+ -ŧie''
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| |rowspan="2"|''+ -am''
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| |''+ -ynt''
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| |''+ -ys''
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| |''+ -ū''
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| |''+ -īn''
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| |''+ -ŧū''
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| |''+ -ŧīn''
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| |-
| |
| !|''-i-, -u-,'' hiatus
| |
| |rowspan="5"|''+ -n''
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| |''+ -v''
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| |''+ -ī''
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| |rowspan="5"|''+ -ryth''
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| |rowspan="5"|''+ -vie''
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| |rowspan="5"|''+ -nt''
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| |rowspan="5"|''+ -lys''
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| |rowspan="5"|''+ -ch''
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| |rowspan="5"|''+ -r''
| |
| |rowspan="5"|''+ -ŧech''
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| |rowspan="5"|''+ -ŧer''
| |
| |-
| |
| !|''-ā-''
| |
| |'''''-au'''''
| |
| |'''''-ai'''''
| |
| |''+ -vō''
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| |''+ -m''
| |
| |-
| |
| !|''-ē-''
| |
| |'''''-eu'''''
| |
| |'''''-ei'''''
| |
| |rowspan="2"|''+ -ō''
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| |rowspan="2"|''+ -am''
| |
| |-
| |
| !|''-ī-''
| |
| |rowspan="2"|''+ -v''
| |
| |rowspan="2"|''+ -ī''
| |
| |-
| |
| !|''-ie-''
| |
| |''+ -vō''
| |
| |'''''-eiam'''''
| |
| |}
| |
|
| |
| ===Prepositions===
| |
| Prepositions in Themsaran are inflected with pronominal enclitics. If the resulting combination is monosyllabic the syllable takes ´ or ˆ as the accent. If disyllabic (unless 1s, 3mp and 3fp) the second takes the ´ accent.
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|
| |
| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style="width: 700px; text-align: center;"
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| |-
| |
| !colspan="22" |'''Inflection of prepositions'''
| |
| |-
| |
| !|
| |
| !|1sg
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| !|2sg.m
| |
| !|2sg.f
| |
| !|3sg.m
| |
| !|3sg.f
| |
| !|4sg.m
| |
| !|4sg.f
| |
| !|1dl.ex
| |
| !|1dl.in
| |
| !|2dl
| |
| !|3dl.m
| |
| !|3dl.f
| |
| !|4dl.m
| |
| !|4dl.f
| |
| !|1pl.ex
| |
| !|1pl.in
| |
| !|2pl
| |
| !|3pl.m
| |
| !|3pl.f
| |
| !|4pl.m
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| !|4pl.f
| |
| |-
| |
| !|Regular
| |
| |''-n''
| |
| |''-ze''
| |
| |''-ve''
| |
| |''-(v)y''
| |
| |''-i''
| |
| |''-ŧy''
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| |''-ŧi''
| |
| |''-ren''
| |
| |''-tið''
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| |''-yth''
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| |''-(ı)ār''
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| |''-(ı)air''
| |
| |''-ŧār''
| |
| |''-ŧair''
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| |''-am''
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| |''-nt''
| |
| |''-ys''
| |
| |''-ch''
| |
| |''-r''
| |
| |''-ŧech''
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| |''-ŧer''
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| |-
| |
| !|Example
| |
| |''astýn''
| |
| |''astyzé''
| |
| |''astvé''
| |
| |''astý''
| |
| |''astí''
| |
| |''asteŧý''
| |
| |''asteŧí''
| |
| |''astrén''
| |
| |''astytíð''
| |
| |''astyth''
| |
| |''astıâr''
| |
| |''astıâir''
| |
| |''astyŧâr''
| |
| |''astyŧâir''
| |
| |''astám''
| |
| |''astýnt''
| |
| |''astýs''
| |
| |''astéch''
| |
| |''astér''
| |
| |''astyŧéch''
| |
| |''astyŧér''
| |
| |}
| |
|
| |
| The following prepositions have completely regular inflection:
| |
| * ''ast'' 'without, except' (negation of comitative)
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| * ''chang'' 'concerning'
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| * ''det'' 'towards, until'
| |
| * ''dietrem'' 'inside, amidst'
| |
| * ''dismar'', ''hasfîer'' 'instead of''
| |
| * ''énħēn'' 'because of'
| |
| * ''gletrem'' 'out of'
| |
| * ''had'' 'like, as, in correspondence to'
| |
| * ''inír'' 'like the X that it is'
| |
| * ''lyr'' 'agent'
| |
| * ''mel'' 'agent' (interchangable with ''lyr'')
| |
| * ''oles'' 'until'
| |
| * ''pram'' 'unlike'
| |
| * ''qal'' 'before, in front of'
| |
| * ''rimên'' 'because of'
| |
| * ''sűnân'' 'despite'
| |
| * ''tor'' 'because of (implication)'
| |
| * ''trig'' 'around'
| |
| * ''ŧani'' (ı-stem) 'after'
| |
| * ''vórêl'' 'for, for sake of'
| |
| * ''zom'' 'between'
| |
| * ''ðymai'' 'without' (negation of instrumental)
| |
|
| |
| The following prepositions are irregular:
| |
|
| |
| *''ā, āC'' 'with (comitative)'
| |
| *''di, d''' 'in, at (locative)'
| |
| *''vo'' 'to, for (dative)'
| |
| *''nai'' 'by, with (instrumental)'
| |
| *''la'' 'also'
| |
| *''gle, gl''' 'from, out of (ablative/partitive)'
| |
| *''pī'' 'against'
| |
|
| |
| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style="width: 700px; text-align: center;"
| |
| |-
| |
| !colspan="22" |'''Inflection of irregular prepositions'''
| |
| |-
| |
| !|
| |
| !|1sg
| |
| !|2sg.m
| |
| !|2sg.f
| |
| !|3sg.m
| |
| !|3sg.f
| |
| !|4sg.m
| |
| !|4sg.f
| |
| !|1dl.ex
| |
| !|1dl.in
| |
| !|2dl
| |
| !|3dl.m
| |
| !|3dl.f
| |
| !|4dl.m
| |
| !|4dl.f
| |
| !|1pl.ex
| |
| !|1pl.in
| |
| !|2pl
| |
| !|3pl.m
| |
| !|3pl.f
| |
| !|4pl.m
| |
| !|4pl.f
| |
| |-
| |
| !|''ā''
| |
| |''aħán''
| |
| |''aħzé''
| |
| |''aħvé''
| |
| |''aħá''
| |
| |''aħé''
| |
| |''aħŧý''
| |
| |''aħŧí''
| |
| |''aħrén''
| |
| |''âð''
| |
| |''aħrýth''
| |
| |''aħôr''
| |
| |''aħŷr''
| |
| |''aħŧôr''
| |
| |''aħŧŷr''
| |
| |''âm''
| |
| |''ânt''
| |
| |''āħlýs''
| |
| |''āħách''
| |
| |''āħár''
| |
| |''āħŧéch''
| |
| |''āħŧér''
| |
| |-
| |
| !|''di''
| |
| |''dîen''
| |
| |''dîeze''
| |
| |''dîeve''
| |
| |''dîev''
| |
| |''dî''
| |
| |''dîeŧy''
| |
| |''dîeŧi''
| |
| |''dîeren''
| |
| |''dîeð''
| |
| |''dîeryth''
| |
| |''dievôr''
| |
| |''dievŷr''
| |
| |''dieŧôr''
| |
| |''dieŧŷr''
| |
| |''dîem''
| |
| |''dîent''
| |
| |''dielýs''
| |
| |''dîech''
| |
| |''dîer''
| |
| |''dîeŧech''
| |
| |''dîeŧer''
| |
| |-
| |
| !|''vo''
| |
| |''vôdyn''
| |
| |''vôzze''
| |
| |''vôvve''
| |
| |''vû''
| |
| |''vŷ''
| |
| |''vōŧý''
| |
| |''vōŧí''
| |
| |''vōrén''
| |
| |''vôð''
| |
| |''vōrýth''
| |
| |''vōvôr''
| |
| |''vōvŷr''
| |
| |''vōŧôr''
| |
| |''vōŧŷr''
| |
| |''vōðám''
| |
| |''vônt''
| |
| |''vôlýs''
| |
| |''vōðéch'', ''vôch''
| |
| |''vōðér'', ''vôr''
| |
| |''voŧéch''
| |
| |''voŧér''
| |
| |-
| |
| !|''nai''
| |
| |''nâin''
| |
| |''naizé''
| |
| |''naivé''
| |
| |''naivý''
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| |''naıî''
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| |''naiŧý''
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| |''naiŧî''
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| |''nairén''
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| |''naitíð''
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| |''nairýth''
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| |''naivôr''
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| |''naivŷr''
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| |''naiŧôr''
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| |''naiŧŷr''
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| |''nāıám''
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| |''nâint''
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| |''nâis''
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| |''nâich''
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| |''nâir''
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| |''naiŧéch''
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| |''naiŧér''
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| |-
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| !|''la''
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| |''lâin''
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| |''laizé''
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| |''laivé''
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| |''laivý''
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| |''laiî''
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| |''laiŧý''
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| |''laiŧî''
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| |''lairén''
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| |''lâið''
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| |''lairýth''
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| |''laivôr''
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| |''laivŷr''
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| |''laiŧôr''
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| |''laiŧŷr''
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| |''laıám''
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| |''lâint''
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| |''lâis''
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| |''lâich''
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| |''lâir''
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| |''laŧéch''
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| |''laŧér''
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| !|''gle''
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| |''glên''
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| |''glēzé''
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| |''glēvé''
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| |''glēvý''
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| |''glēî''
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| |''glēŧý''
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| |''glēŧî''
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| |''glērén''
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| |''glêð''
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| |''glērýth''
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| |''gleôr''
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| |''gleŷr''
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| |''gleŧôr''
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| |''gleŧŷr''
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| |''glēám''
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| |''glênt''
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| |''glês''
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| |''glêch''
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| |''glêr''
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| |''glēŧéch''
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| |''glēŧér''
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| |-
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| !|''pī''
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| |''pîn''
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| |''pīzé''
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| |''pīvé''
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| |''pīvý''
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| |''pīî''
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| |''pīŧý''
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| |''pīŧî''
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| |''pīrén''
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| |''pîð''
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| |''pīrýth''
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| |''pīvôr''
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| |''pīvŷr''
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| |''pīŧôr''
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| |''pīŧŷr''
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| |''pîm''
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| |''pînt''
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| |''pîs''
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| |''pîch''
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| |''pîr''
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| |''pīŧéch''
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| |''pīŧér''
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| |}
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| ====Uses of the dative====
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| The dative preposition ''vo'' is often used for semantic experiencers:
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| :'''''vû nobáva'''''
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| :<small>DAT-3SG.M be_diseased(PASS)-3SG.M</small>
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| :''he (lit. to him) is sick''
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|
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| The pronominal [[w:ethical dative]] is used to express some form of interest in the matter.
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|
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| ===Numerals===
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| Themsaran employs a pure vigesimal numeral system. In transcriptions of Themsaran, if positional numerals are desired, the vigesimal positional numerals should be used.
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style=" text-align: center;"
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| !style="width: 120px; "|''n''
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| !style="width: 120px; "|''n''th
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| !style="width: 120px; "|''n'' times
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| !style="width: 120px; "|''n'' each/at a time
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| !style="width: 120px; "|1/''n''
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| !style="width: 120px; "|''n'' days
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| !style="width: 120px; "|''n'' years
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| |-
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| |''ıîes''
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| |''ıínáth''
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| |''ıíster''
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| |''ıíssle''
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| |''ıissínde''
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| |''ıíníeð''
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| |-
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| |1
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| |''cêm''
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| |''féldrŷn''
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| |''ce̋mter''
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| |''cêmslè''
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| |''-''
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| |''ce̋míeð''
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| |''dóvîem''
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| |-
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| |2
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| |''títhâr''
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| |''ýrnŷn''
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| |''tíster''
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| |''tístle''
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| |''ra̋ħé''
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| |''títhíeð''
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| |''tívîem''
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| |-
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| |3
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| |''nárge''
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| |''palnáth''
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| |''nárter''
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| |''nársle''
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| |''nárgínde''
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| |''náríeð''
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| |''nárvîem''
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| |-
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| |4
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| |''mulé''
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| |''muláth''
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| |''múlter''
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| |''mulslé''
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| |''mulínde''
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| |''mulǐeð''
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| |''mulvîem''
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| |-
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| |5
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| |''nilŧé''
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| |''nilŧáth''
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| |''nílŧer''
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| |''nilslé''
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| |''nilŧínde''
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| |''nilŧǐeð''
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| |''nilvîem''
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| |-
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| |6
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| |''ftāmé''
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| |''ftāmáth''
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| |''ftǎmter''
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| |''ftāmslé''
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| |''ftāmínde''
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| |''ftāmǐeð''
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| |''ftāvîem''
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| |-
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| |7
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| |''rūdé''
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| |''rūdáth''
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| |''rǔtter''
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| |''rūsslé''
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| |''rūdínde''
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| |''rūdǐeð''
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| |''rūvîem''
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| |-
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| |8
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| |''lozedé''
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| |''lozedáth''
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| |''lóster''
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| |''lorlé''
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| |''lozínde''
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| |''lozǐeð''
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| |''lorvîem''
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| |-
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| |9
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| |''fárvé''
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| |''fárváth''
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| |''fárter''
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| |''fárslé''
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| |''fárvínde''
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| |''fáríeð''
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| |''fárvîem''
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| |10/A<sub>20</sub>
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| |''ħȳré''
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| |''ħȳráth''
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| |''ħ̌yrter''
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| |''ħȳrslè''
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| |''ħȳrínde''
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| |''ħȳríeð''
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| |''ħȳvîem''
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| |11/B<sub>20</sub>
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| |''ħȳrcêm''
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| |''ħȳrcēmáth''
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| |12/C<sub>20</sub>
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| |''ħȳrtithâr''
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| |''ħȳrtitháth''
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| |-
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| |13/D<sub>20</sub>
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| |''ħȳrnárge''
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| |''ħȳrnargáth''
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| |-
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| |14/E<sub>20</sub>
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| |''ħȳrmulé''
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| |-
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| |15/F<sub>20</sub>
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| |''ħȳrnilŧé''
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| |-
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| |16/G<sub>20</sub>
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| |''ħȳrftāmé''
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| |17/H<sub>20</sub>
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| |''ħȳrrūdé''
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| |-
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| |18/J<sub>20</sub>
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| |''ħȳrlozzedé''
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| |-
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| |19/K<sub>20</sub>
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| |''ħȳrfarvé''
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| |-
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| |20/10<sub>20</sub>
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| |''nevsé''
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| |''nevsáth''
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| |''nétvèr''
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| |''nevsré''
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| |''nevsínde''
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| |''nevǐeð''
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| |-
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| |21/11<sub>20</sub>
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| |''nevsicêm''
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| |40/20<sub>20</sub>
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| |''títhnûr''
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| |-
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| |60/30<sub>20</sub>
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| |''nárgûr''
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| |-
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| |80/40<sub>20</sub>
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| |''mulûr''
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| |-
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| |100/50<sub>20</sub>
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| |''nilŧûr''
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| |-
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| |120/60<sub>20</sub>
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| |''ftāmûr''
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| |-
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| |140/70<sub>20</sub>
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| |''rūdûr''
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| |-
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| |160/80<sub>20</sub>
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| |''lordûr''
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| |-
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| |180/90<sub>20</sub>
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| |''fárvûr''
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| |-
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| |200/A0<sub>20</sub>
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| |''ħȳrûr''
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| |220/B0<sub>20</sub>
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| |''ħȳrcēmûr''
| |
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| |-
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| |240/C0<sub>20</sub>
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| |''ħȳrtithnûr''
| |
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| |-
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| |400/100<sub>20</sub>
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| |''ŧaflé''
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| |''ŧafláth''
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| |''ŧáflèr''
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| |''ŧafslé''
| |
| |''ŧaflínde''
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| |''ŧaflǐeð''
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| |-
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| |20<sup>3</sup>/1000<sub>20</sub>
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| |''idré''
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| |''idráth''
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| |''ídrer''
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| |''idreslé''
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| |''idrínde''
| |
| |''idrǐeð''
| |
| |
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| |-
| |
| |20<sup>4</sup>/10000<sub>20</sub>
| |
| |''zathné''
| |
| |''zathnáth''
| |
| |''záster''
| |
| |''zathneslé''
| |
| |''zathrínde''
| |
| |''zathnǐeð''
| |
| |
| |
| |}
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|
| |
| The numeral is a noun that takes the definiteness inflection on behalf of the noun phrase (as a corollary, with a demonstrative the numeral is "indefinite" as well), whilst the noun is in the form "unmarked" in definiteness (indefinite for unpossessed, definite for possessed).
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| <!--
| |
| {{gloss
| |
| |phrase = nárgè glűanàch
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| |IPA=/nárꜜge glúəꜜnax/
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| |morphemes = nárg-è glűan-àch
| |
| |gloss = three-INDEF mushroom-PL.INDEF
| |
| |translation=three mushrooms}}
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|
| |
| {{gloss
| |
| |phrase = nárgȁ glűanàch
| |
| |IPA=/nárꜜgaː glúəꜜnax/
| |
| |morphemes = nárg-ȁ glűan-àch
| |
| |gloss = three-DEF mushroom-PL.INDEF
| |
| |translation=the three mushrooms}}
| |
|
| |
| {{gloss
| |
| |phrase = nárgȁ glűanûgit
| |
| |IPA=/nárꜜgaː glúənuꜜugit/
| |
| |morphemes = nárg-ȁ glűan-ûgit
| |
| |gloss = three-DEF mushroom-2SG.M>PL.DEF
| |
| |translation=your three mushrooms}}
| |
|
| |
| {{gloss
| |
| |phrase = nárgè glűanûgit mû
| |
| |IPA=/nárꜜge glúənuꜜugit muꜜu/
| |
| |morphemes = nárg-è glűan-ûgit mû
| |
| |gloss = three-INDEF mushroom-2SG.M>PL.DEF this.M.PL
| |
| |translation=these three mushrooms of yours}}
| |
| -->
| |
| The distributive suffix can be appended to the "''n'' times" numeral to express "''n'' times each"; e.g. ''ftāmterslé'' (six times each).
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|
| |
| The numerals can be combined with possessive suffixes to denote "(the) ''n'' of us/you/them" ''mullaŧís'' "four of you", ''mullâis'' "the four of you".
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|
| |
| ==Syntax==
| |
| ===Word order and fronting===
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| The default constituent order is (time-place)-verb-subject-pronominal oblique object-direct object-(place-time). Any constituent may be topicalized or focalized by being placed in front of the verb. The syntactic difference between topicalization and focalization is that a topicalized noun phrase is the absolute first constituent of a clause while focalized noun phrases have to follow pre-verbal adjuncts such as negation. New information adverbs such as ''la'' (also) tend to topicalize, and restrictive adverbs such as ''vid'' (only) tend to focus.
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|
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| ==="Emphasis"===
| |
|
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| ====Topicalization====
| |
| The clause begins with the topicalized noun phrase, then a 3rd or 4th person pronoun corresponding to the subject is used in the sentence. If the topic is the object of a finite verb, a 3rd or 4th person object suffix is used on the verb.
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|
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| ====Focalization====
| |
| Themsaran focusing fronts the whole noun phrase (prepositions and all), unlike topicalization in which the topic is appositional and is expressed with a prepositional pronoun in the clause. If the focus is the subject fronting with no pronoun is used. Focusing may alternatively employ a type of cleft construction, with fronting of the focused noun phrase, by using the inverse verbal or prepositional object corresponding to the role of the focus in the sentence. The cleft construction is the one used when the focus is the direct object.
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|
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| ===Noun phrases===
| |
| Numerals precede nouns; possessors follow their possessa (with poetic exceptions); demonstratives occur after attributive adjectives, which follow nouns. Inflected quantifiers (uninflected quantifiers, such as ''rôg'' "every/all", precede the numeral) come after the adjective by default, but precede the noun when a demonstrative is used and precede the numeral when a numeral is used. Within these boundaries there is a lot of leeway; an attributive adjective or a demonstrative can occupy any position between its head and the relative clause.
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| ====Distributive possession====
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| To express the meaning of "our/your/their respective NP" (in both dual and plural), the last noun of the NP is reduplicated in absolute possessed forms. The persons are decomposed as follows:
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| *1{{sc|ex.m}}: noun-1{{sc|sg}}›{{sc|sg}} noun-3{{sc|sg.m}}›{{sc|sg}} or noun-3{{sc|sg.m}}›{{sc|sg}} noun-1{{sc|sg}}›{{sc|sg}}
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| *1{{sc|ex.f}}: noun-1{{sc|sg}}›{{sc|sg}} noun-3{{sc|sg.f}}›{{sc|sg}} or noun-3{{sc|sg.f}}›{{sc|sg}} noun-1{{sc|sg}}›{{sc|sg}}
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| *1{{sc|in.m}}: noun-2{{sc|sg.m}}›{{sc|sg}} noun-1{{sc|sg}}›{{sc|sg}} or noun-1{{sc|sg}}›{{sc|sg}} noun-2{{sc|sg.m}}›{{sc|sg}}
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| *1{{sc|in.f}}: noun-2{{sc|sg.f}}›{{sc|sg}} noun-1{{sc|sg}}›{{sc|sg}} or noun-1{{sc|sg}}›{{sc|sg}} noun-2{{sc|sg.f}}›{{sc|sg}}
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| *2{{sc|.m}}: noun-2{{sc|sg.m}}›{{sc|sg}} noun-2{{sc|sg.m}}›{{sc|sg}}
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| *2{{sc|.f}}: noun-2{{sc|sg.f}}›{{sc|sg}} noun-2{{sc|sg.f}}›{{sc|sg}}
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| *3{{sc|.m}}: noun-3{{sc|sg.m}}›{{sc|sg}} noun-3{{sc|sg.m}}›{{sc|sg}}
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| *3{{sc|.f}}: noun-3{{sc|sg.f}}›{{sc|sg}} noun-3{{sc|sg.f}}›{{sc|sg}}
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| *4{{sc|.m}}: noun-4{{sc|sg.m}}›{{sc|sg}} noun-4{{sc|sg.m}}›{{sc|sg}}
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| *4{{sc|.f}}: noun-4{{sc|sg.f}}›{{sc|sg}} noun-4{{sc|sg.f}}›{{sc|sg}}
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|
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|
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|
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| These exact forms are usually used disregarding the finer aspects of gender composition in the group. Thus, for example, if the only male in a group speaks of "our (exclusive) respective villages", he will still say ''chmásán chmásâu'' "my village his village".
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|
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| ===Equational sentences===
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| The copula ''[[Themsaran/va̋cî|va̋cî]]'' is rarely used in the present indicative in full (not relative) clauses. Instead, an equational sentence begins with the subject, and a 3rd- or a 4th-person pronoun (cliticized and therefore toneless) agreeing with the subject may be used anywhere in the sentence, or omitted (as is often the case, as the predicate adjectives and the end of each noun phrase are quite transparent). The uncliticized pronoun is used when the subject is pronominal or when the copular pronoun is used at the end of a clause.
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|
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| ===Predicative possession===
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| "X has Y" is expressed with the construction "''[[Themsaran/Verbal subparadigms#mér|mér]]'' Y ''vo'' X", or "''mér''-[pronoun affix for pronominal X] Y" if X is animate. If X is inanimate, the construction ''X ā Y'' ('X is with Y'), or ''X ast Y'' ('X is without Y') is used. (''Mér'' is a suppletive verb.)
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|
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| :'''''Mérvìen híltámsach.'''''
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| :<small>exist/PRES.3PL.M-1SG evidence-PL.INDEF</small>
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| :''I have proof.''
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|
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| ===Coordinating conjunctions===
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| ''at'': or
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|
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| ''ie'': and (also 'but, while, whereas' with topicalized clauses)
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|
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| ''íeláð'': however, nevertheless, moreover
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|
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| ''nesi'': but (rather)
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|
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| ''nu'': xor/nand
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|
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| ''seim'': but, yet, however
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|
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| ===Subordinating clauses===
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| Themsaran prefers sentences with one independent (tensed realis) clause, with infinitives, jussives or participles in subordinate clauses (except usually in complement clauses). Using a finite verb in a dependent clause instead of an infinitive or participle carries focus, on the verb or another constituent.
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|
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| ====Subordinating conjunctions====
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style="width: 500px; text-align: center;"
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| !|Themsaran
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| !|Gloss
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| |''ach''
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| ||although||
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| |''ānne''
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| ||when (with finite verb)||
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| |''ar''
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| ||if ("situational"; P causes Q to occur)||if the condition is predicted to occur, then use future for protasis
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| |''eir''
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| ||because, for||
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| |''gin''
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| ||if (metaphorical/counterfactual)||
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| |''isi''
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| ||only if (rare)||
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| |''ne''
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| ||that (complementizer)||
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| |''nit''
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| ||if ("epistemic"; P logically implies Q)||
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| |''nitrôg/trôg''
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| ||whoever/whatever (generic relativizer)||
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| ||''rin''
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| ||that, which (specific relativizer)||
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| ||''surith''
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| ||which (sentential relativizer)||
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| ====Time clauses====
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| Time clauses are constructed with a preposition and the infinitive with the possessor as subject.
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| :'''''āl lēvasýn''' (lit. with my running)''
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| :''while I run/was running (imperfective)''
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| :'''''dí tángrysi ātmán''' (lit. at my mother's being-born)''
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| :''when my mother was born (perfective)''
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| :'''''qal riessví''''' (lit. before your coming)''
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| :''before you came/come''
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| :'''''zom ħǒcasi mirchâ ie umrēsí''''' (lit. between the sun's rising and its setting)''
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| :''after the sun rises until it sets.''
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| ====Relative clauses====
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| The participial relative clause is introduced with a participle. An active participle's possessor is the object and a passive participle's possessor is the agent.
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| The finite relative clause is introduced optionally with a relativizer ''rin'' (specific) or ''nitrôg/trôg'' (non-specific; etymologically "whenever"). When the head is omitted, the relativizer is mandatory. To modify a sentence with a relative clause the relativizer ''surith'' is used instead.
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| ====Complement clauses====
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| Themsaran uses chiefly finite complement clauses, unlike for other types of subordinate clauses. The distinction between indicative and subjunctive moods can be used to indicate whether the speaker's degree of belief:
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| :'''''ne fcíni̋lvi d'iermâ'''''
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| :''(the fact) that they excel in war''
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| :'''''ne líffcini̋lvi d'iermâ'''''
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| :''(the allegation) that they excel in war''
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| Using a non-finite complement clause entails using the verb ''va̋cî'' with a participle.
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| ===Negation===
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| Negation of finite verbs is performed by the pre-verbal clitic ''tir'', except in the future, where the particle ''vēt'' is used with the jussive.
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| The predicate negator is ''dâr''.
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| Imperatives and jussives are negated by using the irrealis negation clitic ''ham'' with the jussive. ''Hám'' may be used as a standalone exclamation ("do not!"/"may it not happen!").
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| The negation of ''mér'' (in non-jussive forms) is ''íris''.
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| Infinitives are negated with ''tíessù''.
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| ===Coreferentiality===
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| There are several situations where the strictly head-marking language tracks coreferentiality, or which agreeing noun a verb or pronoun taking a given agreement refers to.
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| ====Proximate/obviative affixes====
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| The 3rd person, or proximate, object marks foreground or central referents, usually the first one or the most animate/possessing one mentioned soon after it. while the 4th person, or obviative, object refers to background or peripheral referents. The third person and the fourth person combine as 3+4=3, and when parts of a proximate plural is taken out, the first noun phrase to be taken out is the new 3rd person.
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| ====Comparison====
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| ====="Than"=====
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| The comparative particle 'than' is ''rā''. Themsaran enables one to discriminate "He loved me more than she [loved me]" and "He loved me more than [he loved] her", by focusing the argument in the main clause that is compared. The comparative phrase is by default placed after the subject or verb, and the compared noun phrase is stated, or repeated with a pronoun.
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| {{gloss
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| |phrase = vá yntarpsýn slá ra̋ ŧî
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| |IPA=/vá ʉntàrpsʉnꜜ sláꜜ ráːt͡ʃíꜜiː/
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| |morphemes = vá ynt-arb-s-n/ slá rā ŧî
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| |gloss = 3SG.M PAST.IPFV-teach/PAST.IPFV.3/4SG.M>1SG more.ADV than 4SG.F
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| |translation=He taught me more than she did.}}
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| {{gloss
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| |phrase = ná yntarpsýn slá ra̋ ŧî
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| |IPA=/náː ʉntàrpsʉnꜜ sláꜜ ráːt͡ʃiꜜiː/
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| |morphemes = ná ynt-arb-´s-n/ slá rā ðî
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| |gloss = 1SG PAST.IPFV-teach/PAST.IPFV.3/4SG.M>INV.SG.M more.ADV than 4SG.F
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| |translation=He taught me more than he did her.}}
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| Note that the fronting does not automatically imply that the fronted noun phrase is compared, but simply that it is given the most focus. The compared argument is the closer argument to the comparative:
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| {{gloss
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| |phrase = ná yntarpsýn vá slá ra̋ ŧî
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| |IPA=/náː ʉntàrpsʉnꜜ váꜜ sláꜜ ráːt͡ʃiꜜiː/
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| |morphemes = ná ynt-arb-´s-n/ vá slá rā ŧî
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| |gloss = 1SG PAST.IPFV-teach/PAST.IPFV.3/4SG.M>1SG 3SG.M more.ADV than 4SG.F
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| |translation=It is I whom he taught more than she did.}}
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| ====="Surpass"=====
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| Themsaran also, more succinctly, allows comparison by incorporating the adjective into the verb ''fcínêi'' 'surpass'. Unsurprisingly this construction is rather common for predicative comparisons:
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| |phrase = Giemofcíneich arbalgâst.
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| |IPA=
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| |morphemes = giem(o)-fcin-eich arbâlg-āst
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| |gloss = intelligent-surpass-/1SG.PRES>3PL.M teacher.1SG>DEF.PL
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| |translation=I am smarter than my teachers.}}
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| ====Indirect speech====
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| If the complement clause's subject corefers with the subject of the main clause, it is left unstated in the complement clause. Otherwise the third- or fourth-person pronoun is used as the subject as appropriate.
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| ==="Impersonal" sentences===
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| Impersonal pronouns do not exist in Themsaran. The verb is put into the mediopassive (or mediopassive of causative or applicative, as appropriate) with the subject as patient/object, or no subject if there is no patient.
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| :'''''scőtèv nárgìeð glé chmásán det cazrê'''''
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| :''one walks (lit. it is walked) for three days from my village to the coast''
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| ===Modal constructions===
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| Themsaran is poor in true modal and auxiliary verbs; "adverbial" and "adjectival" modal constructions are more common. Deontic modalities tend to be expressed adjectivally, while situational and epistemic modalities tend to have adverbial expressions. All modal expressions come before the (negation-) lexical verb (e.g. ''Jêr méŧar ħlomaréch thyrfāmâst!'' "How dare you betray my brothers!", note that the verb is in the preterite).
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| ====Modal adjectives====
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| *''lāmérse'': "it is sufficient to..."
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| *''ıalúne'': "advisable".
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| *''re̋dáme'': "necessary", used to express need to do something.
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| *''thirvúre'': "charged/required/compulsory"; moral obligation, "ought to".
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| *''tírēné'': "permitted", used to express permissibility.
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| ====Modal adverbs====
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| *''ídâ'': "ably", used to express ability to do something.
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| *''mőŧēr'': equivalent of "dare".
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| *''łámīl'': "possibly", used to express epistemic possibility.
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| *''tóssēr'': "seemingly".
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| *''arzên'': "certainly", used to express speaker's certainty (English epistemic "must").
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| *''spádīl'' "in truth", "indeed".
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| *''teizēr'': "successfully".
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| ====Modal verbs====
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| "To want" is ''srétî''. It is used (chiefly with an intransitive verb) in the infinitive, always with a subject possessor (''Srétȉ mispasén d'insé'' "I want to travel in a city", lit. "I want my traveling in a city"), or with transitive verbs in the supine (definite direct objects are marked).
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| ===Periphrastic causatives===
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| Using a periphrastic construction to express causatives often has the implicature of downplaying the agency of the agent or the degree of compulsion involved in the causation. Said nuances can be fine-tuned further with the choice of the auxiliary verb of causation.
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| *''flúotêi'' - 'to cause', a neutral verb.
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| *''bēslinâi'' - 'to force'.
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| *''astaqruofâi'' - 'to coax, cajole'.
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| ==Derivational morphology==
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| ===Affixal===
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| ====Nouns and Adjectives====
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| *''-ácse'' (''f'', ''c''): [noun]-manship, proper way of [verb]ing/being [adjective]
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| *''-álg-'' (''c''): semantic agent of [verb]
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| *''-átte'' (''f'', ''c''): domain, place of [noun/adjective] (''víssî'' 'sell' > ''víssátte'' 'market')
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| *''-áth'' (''c''): adjectival suffix
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| *''-ber'' (''m'', ''c''): resultative of [verb]
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| *''-d-/-de'': nominalizer (less productive)
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| *''-dr-'' (''c''): -ful
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| *''[most often infinitive]-iħe'' (''f'' ''c''): nominalizer of [verb]
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| *''-in'' (''m'' ''g'', not very productive): semantic patient of (verb)
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| *''-índ-'' (''c''): diminutive (''ħrôm'' 'horse' > ''ħrōmínd'' 'foal, colt')
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| *''-ing'' (''g''): group noun (''ħy̌ring'' 'group of ten; decad' < ''ħȳré'' 'ten')
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| *''-īd'' (''f'', ''2'', ''c''): abstract noun; ''thrȳzamétīd'' 'definiteness (grammatical)' < ''thrȳzámet'' 'remembered' (stative passive ptcp.)
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| *''cī(v)-'': -less; ''cīpalsáth'' 'mutually exhaustive' < ''pals-'' 'third'
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| *''-lné'' (''g''): action of [verb]; the action noun of [verb] ''ga̋lelné'' 'singing'
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| *''-m-'' (''c''): originating from [noun/adjective]; ''fǒnym'': 'marine'
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| *''-malé'' (''f'' ''th''): manner of [verb]ing; ''vālizemalé'' 'pattern, paradigm' < ''vālizêi'' 'order'<!--
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| *''-met'' (''m'', ''g''): semantic patient, prone to [verbing]; ''fólħa̋met'': sacrifice; ''ħarvímet'': inconstant, ever-changing-->
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| *''-ms'' (''m'', ''c''): instrument noun; ''éðħams'': trophy, prize
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| *''-noth-'' (''c''): capable/worthy of patienthood, [verb]-able; (''vingâi'' 'die' > ''vinganóth'' 'mortal', ''frínqâi'' 'to despair' > ''frínqanóth'' 'futile, vain')
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| *''-őf-'' (''c''): weaker pejorative, "just some"
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| *''-org-'' (''th''): pejorative
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| *''-re'' (''f'', ''c'', less productive): patient/resultative; ''gavy̌re'' 'sample' < ''gavȳnî'' 'take out, examine'; ''pastáre'' 'staircase, scale, program, protocol' < ''pastâi'' 'stratify, layer'
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| *''-rn-'' (''th''): capable of/good at agenthood, fit to be a [noun/adjective]; ''mattechivsáryn'': 'diligent'
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| *''-se'' (''f'', ''c''): singulative
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| *''-tán'' (''f'', ''c'') "[noun] material" ''híchatán'' 'batter' < ''híchâi'' 'bake'
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| *''tir-'': non-, un-[adjective]
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| *''-tv-'' (''c'') [noun]-like
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| *''-yng-'' (plural, ''c''): associative plural
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| *''-ȳré'' (''f'', ''g''): place noun (''a̋thym'' 'holy' > ''a̋thmȳré'' 'shrine, sanctuary')
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| *''-ýthe'' (''f'', ''c''): state of being [adjective], most often used for mental states; probably related to ''ýthe'' 'color, manner'
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| ====Verbs====
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| *''-lî''/''-ālî''/''-ēlî'': dynamic from [adjective/stative verb]
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| *''-stî''/''-âi'' (less productive): cause to be [adjective] (''ðúostâi'' 'lengthen', ''āstâi'' 'magnify', ''qe̋stâi'' 'strengthen')
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| *''-inâi'': do the action of [noun]
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| *''-trî'': intensive
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| *''-dm-'' iterative
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| *''-achlâi'': :see/depict as
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| *''-īl-'': telic (''ħálnêi'' 'dig' > ''ħálnīlêi'' 'dig up, excavate, exhume')
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| *''-ðħâi'': un-, dis- (intransitive)
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| *''-prî'': un-, dis- (transitive)
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| *''-(i/u)t-'' (with tone change): transitivizer (not productive)
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| ===Compounding===
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| Compounding and incorporation is the main, characteristically Themsaran method of derivation.
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| Noun-adjective compounding occurs by removing the ending of the noun (and inserting ''-o-'' for first declension, ''-e-'' for second declennsion, and ''-i-'' for third declension of the noun if phonotactically required). If the compound is a noun with a supplemental meaning by the adjective, the lexical tone is that of the noun; on the contrary, as an adjective with the meaning colored by the noun, the lexical tone is adopted from the adjective. (e.g. ''cólyn'' (1st decl., high tone) + ''simáttym'' (accent paradigm ''c'') ''= cólnosimáttym'' 'wind' + 'northern' = 'north wind'; ''sōrachráth'' 'royalty, royal household' < ''sôr'' 'house' + ''achráth'' 'royal'; post-classical neologisms include ''ðálfaromīdáth'' ''tradition'' < ''ðál-'' 'passing, transmission' + ''fáromīdáth'' 'legitimate'; ''thilqārdé'' 'broadsword, claymore' < ''thilqé'' 'sword' + ''ârd'' 'big, great').
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| Compounds headed by the final noun are largely 'kind of noun' compounds (noun-noun/adj-noun) and are much less productive than the right-branching ones often of a noun-adjective form.
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| Verb-verb compounding also occurs, e.g. ''duaħivingâi'' 'go extinct, perish, die out' < ''duaħî'' 'fade, be erased' + ''vingâi'' 'die'.
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| ====Incorporation====
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| Nouns and adverbs can be incorporated into verbs as they can into adjectives. This is primarily a derivational, rather than grammatical, device.
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| :'''''qḗdmoplaħemā́m'''''
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| :''may he grant strength to us''
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| ==Literature==
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| ===''Zinnǒðrir''===
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| ''Zinnǒðrir'' or simply ''nǒðrir'' (plurale tantum) is the Themsaran term for [[w:rhymed prose|rhymed prose]], a very popular literary form for oratory and other didactic works in both classical and post-classical periods, but not uncommon either for ordinary descriptive writings.
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| ===Poetry===
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| The criteria to be considered poetry is for there to be a quantitative meter pattern in addition to rhyming.
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| ==Sample texts==
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| <!--<poem>
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| ''Vȳgê istagynzé, fansýn ie qolnȳrýn;''
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| ''Cuftailizé vȳgê ie chlomâ.''
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| ''Qal dāsmīdizé thácêi ie líethêi,''
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| ''Eir timazzé tósafaimà ðnaħýn.''
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| ''Hâ ıávȅs ídâ rárreħà ðnaħê ie avīrâ;''
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| ''hâ ıêr qédmì helýn dienem ħāðán!''
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| ''Nőcê, thérígys vǒzàu cárê, fýlníth''
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| ''Mólgynzé nōrâ gásychyr hélù Mýlmê dîen.''
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| </poem>-->
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| ===Look, a ''bān''ner!===
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| ''Ymbānstávasar gávthe mî ce̋mērâc.''
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| This language was made to attract fame/renown at one time.
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| ''Énħēn lāmennǐdīr chīrıīdî ie arvētnothīdî íe máugamalanî, arramlétnevas bānstivní.''
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| Because of the bestness of its fineness, its believability and its ways of using, its being made to attract fame was agreed upon.
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