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====Nouns==== | ====Nouns==== | ||
There are no cases in Kaidu. Possession is shown with -i on the possessor. | There are no cases in Kaidu. Possession is shown with -i on the possessor. Plurals exist but the rules are different than English. They are optional when number is being specified, and i general as well. | ||
====Verbs==== | ====Verbs==== | ||
Verb conjugate for tense and moods. There are also several aspect prefixes that are lexical in nature. | Verb conjugate for tense and moods. The available tenses are past, present, and future. There is also a progressive suffix after the tense. The moods in Kaidu are imperative, volitional, necessitative, desirative, permissive, abilitative, suggestive, attemptive and samplative. They are all first created by making the verb irrealis with -oi, suffixed with the moodm and then conjugated for tense (except imperative and volitional). There are also several aspect prefixes that are lexical in nature. These are negative (different from grammatical negative), causative, dynamic, defective, intensive and moderative. There is also the present and non-present participles. | ||
====Adjectives==== | ====Adjectives==== | ||
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===Syntax=== | ===Syntax=== | ||
Kaidu word order is SVO. Adpositions are | Kaidu word order is SVO. Adpositions are prepositional. | ||
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[[Category:Conlangs]] | [[Category:Conlangs]] | ||