Verse:Mwail/Old Gloob: Difference between revisions
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====Modal verbs==== | ====Modal verbs==== | ||
"To want" is ''srétī́n''. It is used (chiefly with an intransitive verb) in the infinitive, always with a subject possessor (''Srétīn mindasén 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). | "To want" is ''srétī́n''. It is used (chiefly with an intransitive verb) in the infinitive, always with a subject possessor (''Srétīn mindasén 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). | ||
==Directional constructions== | |||
Instead of using directional adverbs, like English, Themsarian prefers to compound verbs with directional verbs to indicate direction of motion: | |||
*''-nuosī́n'' 'up' | |||
*''-chaustī́n'' 'down' | |||
*''-īvī́n''/''-ī́vitáin'' 'out' | |||
*''-rochtī́n'' 'in/into': | |||
**''thándirochtī́n'' 'input, write in' | |||
*''-riedī́n'' 'towards speaker' | |||
*''-harī́n'' 'away from speaker' | |||
*''-cōtī́n'' 'continue to' | |||
==Derivational morphology== | ==Derivational morphology== | ||