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=== Syllables === | |||
Syllables in Brooding come in the format (C)(C)V(C)(C). (The C's are consonants, the V is a vowel.) The ones in | |||
parentheses mean they are optional. What that means is that there is a single vowel at the center of every | |||
syllable, and there can be up to two consonants before the vowel and up to two consonants after the vowel. | |||
Before the vowel, the allowable consonant (or consonant blends) are listed below. As an aside, each of these has | |||
its own character in the Brooding alphabet, so there will always be ''only one character before the vowel'' (if any at | |||
all). | |||
* Consonants: b, p, d, t, g, k, f, th, s, z, sh, kh, h, m, n, l, r, y, w, ch | |||
* Double consonants: br, pl, dr, tl, gr, kl, fl, thl, sl, zr, khl, hl, st, sp, sk | |||
After the vowel is most commonly a single consonant (if anything), but two are possible. Here are the | |||
possibilities: | |||
* Single consonants: b, p, d, t, g, k, f, th, s, z, sh, kh, h, m, n, ng, l, r, ch | |||
* Double consonants: lb, lp, ld, lt, lg, lk, lf, lth, ls, lz, lsh, lkh, lm, ln, lng, rl, bz, ps, dz, ts, gz, ks, mz, nz, ngz, nd, nt | |||
===Words=== | |||
Words are made of syllables, of course, but they have some additional rules. | |||
* No sequences of vowels in a word (one vowel after another). | |||
* No double consonants at the end of words. | |||
Some parts of speech have specific requirements in their 'basic' forms. The basic form of a word is the form the | |||
word takes when not modified at all to fit into a sentence. | |||
* Nouns - Basic nouns end with a syllable of the form: C(C)VC. That is a single or double consonant, | |||
followed by a vowel then by a single consonant. | |||
* Verbs - Basic verbs always at least two syllables. The first syllable is just a vowel (no consonants in the | |||
basic form). The last syllable is C(C)VC, like the last syllable of a noun. There can be any number of | |||
syllables between those two syllables. | |||
* Adjectives - Basic adjectives end in a vowel. | |||
== General Structure == | == General Structure == | ||