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Created page with " Cife vowels are classed in two groups, called the ‘strong’ (''ìmsy'') and ‘weak’ (''rŷknŷ'') vowels. There are six ‘basic’ vowel lettrs – a, e, ı, o, u, and y, as is normal in Latin orthography – and of these, a, ı, and o are ‘strong’ whilst e, y, and u are considered to be their respective ‘weak’ counterparts. Cife employs two diacritic marks: the ''indı'', applied to strong vowels, and the ''ùrna'', applied to weak ones. The pronunciatio..."
 
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# The syllable with an unaccented strong vowel takes the emphasis, e.g. ''ketˈ<u>o</u>ni (''bread)
# The syllable with an unaccented strong vowel takes the emphasis, e.g. ''ketˈ<u>o</u>ni (''bread)
# The syllable with an unaccented weak vowel takes the emphasis, e.g. ˈ''<u>de</u>vrŷ'' (to make music)
# The syllable with an unaccented weak vowel takes the emphasis, e.g. ˈ''<u>de</u>vrŷ'' (to make music)
# The syllable with an accented weak vowel takes the emphasis, e.g. ''ȧpˈ<u>rêct</u>'' (brandy)
# The syllable with an accented weak vowel takes the emphasis, e.g. ''ȧpˈ<u>rêtwh</u>'' (brandy)
# The first syllable takes the emphasis, e.g. ''ˈ<u>i</u>dzgȯ'' (oak)
# The first syllable takes the emphasis, e.g. ''ˈ<u>i</u>dzgȯ'' (oak)


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| rowspan="2" |Pava went to the store yesterday to buy pork.
| rowspan="2" |Pava went to the store yesterday to buy pork.
|''Favrea Pava mi a kenratcw, andê, ae hangre kenbrŷ.''
|''Favrea Pava mi a kenratwh, andê, ae kenbrŷ hangre.''
| rowspan="2" |Note the distinction between ''mi'' (physical destination) and ''ae'' (goal; so as to), which are both translated as "to" in English.
| rowspan="2" |Note the distinction between ''mi'' (physical destination) and ''ae'' (goal; so as to), which are both translated as "to" in English.
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|Went Pava to the store, yesterday, to pork buy.
|Went Pava to the store, yesterday, to buy pork.
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| rowspan="2" |Today, she goes to the store to buy a box of apples.
| rowspan="2" |Today, he goes to the store to buy a box of apples.
|''Fabre wi amdga mi a kenratcw ae aun ȯcta'an karòne kenbrŷ.''  
|''Fabre wi amdga mi a kenratwh ae kenbrŷ aun ȯcta'an karòne.''
| rowspan="2" |Word order in Cife is somewhat flexible (this will be discussed in detail later), but for now, it is worth noting that this sentence could also be written "''amagda, fabre wi mi..."'' [today, goes she to...] or ''"fabre wi mi a kenratcw amagda"'' [goes she to the store today]
| rowspan="2" |Word order in Cife is somewhat flexible (this will be discussed in detail later), but for now, it is worth noting that this sentence could also be written "''amagda, fabre wi mi..."'' [today, goes she to...] or ''"fabre wi mi a kenratwh amagda"'' [goes she to the store today]
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|Goes she today to the store to a box of apples buy.
|Goes she today to the store to buy a box of apples.
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| rowspan="2" |Tomorrow, she will go to buy some herbs and spices.
| rowspan="2" |Tomorrow, he will go to buy some herbs and spices.
|''Ekta, favren wi mi a kenratcw scal migrad sin tostorsa.''
|''Ekta, favrien wi ae kenbrŷ scal migrade se wästorse.''
| rowspan="2" |Note how the omission of "to the store" does not significantly change the sentence structure. Note also how plurals are constructed.
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|Tomorrow, will go she to buy some herbs and spices.
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| rowspan="2" |Jadga has a train ticket to New Sydney.
|''Kes Jadga aun êlenti mi New Sydney.''
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|Has Jadga a trainticket to New Sydney.
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| rowspan="2" |The trip is about two hours; he leaves at noon.
|''Cel a pömadga qın sèla; emwabre wi ben awva.''
| rowspan="2" |The reader who has not already noticed the relation between ''fabre wi'' (they go) and ''emwabre'' (they leave) is encouraged to do so. The infinitive roots are ''fabrŷ'' and ''emwabrŷ''. 
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|Is the trip about two hours; leaves he at noon.
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