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==Grammar==
==Grammar==
Grammatically, Elvarri is a [[w:Synthetic language|synthetic]], mostly [[w:Fusional language|fusional]] [[w:Nominative-accusative language|nominative-accusative]] language. [[w:Noun|Nouns]] (''malor''), [[w:Adjective|adjectives]] (''hemerei'') and [[w:Pronoun|pronouns]] (''yomalor'') are inflected on [[w:Animacy|animacy]], [[w:Grammatical number|number]] and [[w:Grammatical case|case]]. Personal pronouns are also often dropped in spoken or colloquial speech, though only if the subject could be inferred; this is discouraged in standardised literary language. [[w:Verb|Verbs]] are inflected on tense, mood, and (to an extent) [[w:Grammatical person|person]].
Grammatically, Elvarri is a [[w:Synthetic language|synthetic]], mostly [[w:Fusional language|fusional]] [[w:Nominative-accusative language|nominative-accusative]] language. [[w:Noun|Nouns]] (''malor''), [[w:Adjective|adjectives]] (''hemerei'') and [[w:Pronoun|pronouns]] (''yomalor'') are inflected on [[w:Animacy|animacy]], [[w:Grammatical number|number]] and [[w:Grammatical case|case]]. Personal pronouns are also often dropped in spoken or colloquial speech, though only if the subject could be inferred; this is discouraged in standardised literary language. [[w:Verb|Verbs]] are inflected on tense, mood, and (to an extent) [[w:Grammatical person|person]].
===Personal pronouns===
Unlike regular nouns, personal pronouns are inflected on only five of the eight [[#Case|noun cases]], with the exception of the inanimate third-person pronouns which are inflected on seven.
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
! colspan=2 | !! Nominative !! Accusative !! Genitive !! Dative !! Locative !! Instrumental !! Perlative
|-
! rowspan=2 | First</br>person
! singular
| ''bo'' || ''ba'' || ''bu'' || ''bes'' || ''abo'' || colspan=2 rowspan=4 |
|-
! plural
| ''vo'' || ''va'' || ''vu'' || ''ves'' || ''avo''
|-
! rowspan=2 | Second</br>person
! singular
| ''ne'' || ''nya'' || ''nu'' || ''nes'' || ''ans''
|-
! plural
| ''glei'' || ''gla'' || ''glau'' || ''glaves'' || ''aglei''
|-
! rowspan=2 | Inanimate</br>third</br>person
! singular
| ''i'' || ''un'' || ''hea'' || ''ier'' || ''aier'' || ''eris'' || ''eras''
|-
! plural
| ''ovo'' || ''ova'' || ''ou'' || ''oves'' || ''auvo'' || ''averis'' || ''averas''
|-
! rowspan=2 | Animate</br>third</br>person
! singular
| ''tad'' || ''tar'' || ''tor'' || ''ter'' || ''ater'' || ''teris'' || ''teras''
|-
! plural
| ''evo'' || ''eva'' || ''ou'' || ''eves'' || ''aivo'' || ''leris'' || ''leras''
|}
Animate third-person pronouns refer to any animate noun, so they can refer to people (as in ''Sumpit '''evo''''' "'''They''' walk"), animals (Genesis 7:2 ''...tades op '''tor''' kavin'' "...the male and '''his''' female") and other animate nouns (''Tepusint dudvarda op hegarsint '''tar''''' "[He] reached the capital city and destroyed '''it'''").
===Demonstrative pronouns===
Demonstrative pronouns are inflected on
===Nouns===
===Nouns===
Nouns are primarily infected on case, which then differentiates based on the animacy (broadly, whether the noun is living or not living) and the grammatical number (singular, paucal or plural) of the noun.
Nouns are primarily infected on case, which then differentiates based on the animacy (broadly, whether the noun is living or not living) and the grammatical number (singular, paucal or plural) of the noun.
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===Verbs===
===Verbs===
Elvarri verbs are inflected on [[w:Gramamtical tense|tense]], [[w:Grammatical mood|mood]], [[w:Grammatical aspect|aspect]] and to an extent [[w:Grammatical person|person]]; they are inflected on person only based on whether the subject is a [[#Personal pronouns|personal pronoun]] or whether it is a noun.
Elvarri verbs are inflected on [[w:Gramamtical tense|tense]], [[w:Grammatical mood|mood]], [[w:Grammatical aspect|aspect]] and to an extent [[w:Grammatical person|person]]; they are inflected on person only based on whether the subject is a [[#Personal pronouns|personal pronoun]] or whether it is a noun.
===Personal pronouns===
Unlike regular nouns, personal pronouns are inflected on only five of the eight [[#Case|noun cases]], with the exception of the inanimate third-person pronouns which are inflected on seven.
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;"
! colspan=2 | !! Nominative !! Accusative !! Genitive !! Dative !! Locative !! Instrumental !! Perlative
|-
! rowspan=2 | First</br>person
! singular
| ''bo'' || ''ba'' || ''bu'' || ''bes'' || ''abo'' || colspan=2 rowspan=4 |
|-
! plural
| ''vo'' || ''va'' || ''vu'' || ''ves'' || ''avo''
|-
! rowspan=2 | Second</br>person
! singular
| ''ne'' || ''nya'' || ''nu'' || ''nes'' || ''ans''
|-
! plural
| ''glei'' || ''gla'' || ''glau'' || ''glaves'' || ''aglei''
|-
! rowspan=2 | Inanimate</br>third</br>person
! singular
| ''i'' || ''un'' || ''hea'' || ''ier'' || ''aier'' || ''eris'' || ''eras''
|-
! plural
| ''ovo'' || ''ova'' || ''ou'' || ''oves'' || ''auvo'' || ''averis'' || ''averas''
|-
! rowspan=2 | Animate</br>third</br>person
! singular
| ''tad'' || ''tar'' || ''tor'' || ''ter'' || ''ater'' || ''teris'' || ''teras''
|-
! plural
| ''evo'' || ''eva'' || ''ou'' || ''eves'' || ''aivo'' || ''leris'' || ''leras''
|}
Animate third-person pronouns refer to any animate noun, so they can refer to people (as in ''Sumpit '''evo''''' "'''They''' walk"), animals (Genesis 7:2 ''...tades op '''tor''' kavin'' "...the male and '''his''' female") and other animate nouns (''Tepusint dudvarda op hegarsint '''tar''''' "[He] reached the capital city and destroyed '''it'''").
==Example texts==
==Example texts==
===Swadesh===
===Swadesh===
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