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{{Infobox language | {{Infobox language | ||
| name = Péla | | name = Péla | ||
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! Plosive | ! Plosive | ||
| p b || t d || k g || | | p b || t d || || k g || | ||
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! Nasal | ! Nasal | ||
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| w || l || || || j | | w || l || || || j | ||
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===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | {| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | ||
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''Yon'' is from French ''on'', which though formally is the equivalent of the pronoun "one", commonly acts as the first-person plural pronoun(in place of ''nous'') in colloquial French. | ''Yon'' is from French ''on'', which though formally is the equivalent of the pronoun "one", commonly acts as the first-person plural pronoun(in place of ''nous'') in colloquial French. | ||
''Lis''/''lich'' are interchangeable and are derived from [[w:Portuguese language|Portuguese]] ''eles'' "they (m)". ''Lich'' is an uncommon variation more closely based on the European Portuguese pronunciation of ''eles'': [[w:Help:IPA/Portuguese|[ˈe.lɨʃ]]]. | ''Lis''/''lich'' are interchangeable and are derived from [[w:Portuguese language|Portuguese]] ''eles'' "they (m)". ''Lich'' is an uncommon variation more closely based on the European Portuguese pronunciation of ''eles'': [[w:Help:IPA/Portuguese|[ˈe.lɨʃ]]]. | ||
===Possession=== | ===Possession=== | ||
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: "The man's potato" | : "The man's potato" | ||
This also applies to personal pronouns, and these are generally uninflected, e.g.: | This also applies to personal pronouns, and these are generally uninflected, e.g.: | ||
: ''Patat ti ye patat man'' | : ''Patat ti ye patat man.'' | ||
: "Your potato and my potato." | : "Your potato and my potato." | ||
If the possessor can be inferred from context(usually if a specific personal pronoun was previously used), then ''son'' is used(from French ''son'', the third-person genitive personal pronoun): | |||
: ''Yè grène li grèn patat. Man se | : ''Yè grène li grèn patat. Man se reman sitè, ka patat '''son''' se bon.'' | ||
: "He was sowing potato seeds yesterday. I am very excited, as '''his''' potatoes are good." | : "He was sowing potato seeds yesterday. I am very excited, as '''his''' potatoes are good." | ||
However, unlike in French, ''son'' can also be used as a dummy genitive for first and second person: | |||
: ''Man re keyone, lo keyon '''son''' se reman che.'' | |||
: "I like to draw, so '''my''' pencils are really expensive." | |||
: ''Ti ya bon, me rezoman '''son''' se biza.'' | |||
: "You're right, but '''your''' reasoning is weird." | |||
===Word order & tense=== | ===Word order & tense=== | ||
Tense in Péla is, peculiarly, primarily indicated by word order. SVO(subject-verb-object) indicates present tense, as so(verbs indicated in '''bold'''): | Tense in Péla is, peculiarly, primarily indicated by word order. SVO(subject-verb-object) indicates present tense, as so(verbs indicated in '''bold'''): | ||
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[[Category:Péla]] [[Category:Conlangs]] [[Category:Languages]] [[Category:A posteriori]] | [[Category:Péla]] [[Category:Conlangs]] [[Category:Creole languages]] [[Category:Languages]] [[Category:A posteriori]] | ||