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In Lortho, the word order is verb, (subject), object. Lortho contains a lot of information in the verb and the noun or noun phrase. The verb is conjugated by person and gender and thus pronouns are unnecessary except for emphasis. The nouns are altered to denote case, removing almost entirely the need for prepositions.--> | In Lortho, the word order is verb, (subject), object. Lortho contains a lot of information in the verb and the noun or noun phrase. The verb is conjugated by person and gender and thus pronouns are unnecessary except for emphasis. The nouns are altered to denote case, removing almost entirely the need for prepositions.--> | ||
There are four basic rules which govern agreement between words: | |||
#Verbs must agree in gender and number with the subject (explicit or implied) | #Verbs must agree in gender and number with the subject (explicit or implied) | ||
#Nouns are not pluralized when counted | # Cardinal numbers do not take case nor gender | ||
#Adjectives must agree with the noun which they modify in gender, but not in grammatical case | #Nouns are not pluralized when counted | ||
#* <code>kilikh-in kansaphu-ne-me</code><br /><code>see -1MSG.PRS tree.F -PL-ACC</code><br />''I see trees'' | |||
#* <code>kilikh-in bon kansaphu-me</code><br /><code>see -1MSG.PRS two tree.F -ACC</code><br />I see two trees ''(lit: I see two tree)'' | |||
#Adjectives must agree with the noun which they modify in gender, but not in grammatical case nor number | |||
==Example texts== | ==Example texts== | ||