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Only the numbers 1 through 4 and the negative numbers -1 through -4 may be used. | Only the numbers 1 through 4 and the negative numbers -1 through -4 may be used. | ||
== Compounding Words == | |||
Compounding words is pretty simple overall. Except for a few variations, the word creator just combine the words. Usually the 'core' word is the last word, with the modifier word or words first. Different parts of speech | |||
can be compounded together (the new part of speech is based off of the last word) and multiple words can be strung together as needed. | |||
The tricky part in compounding relates to respecting the forms of Brooding words in the process. Here are some guidelines. | |||
* When compounding words leads to two vowels in a row in a word, drop the first vowel. For example: ''na'' + ''ethaig'' → ''nathaig'' | |||
* When compounding words leads to two duplicate sounds in a row, drop one of the duplicates. | |||
* When compounding words with verbs to make other verbs is a specific case, because the form of a verb is so specific. This is one of the places where Brooding becomes a bit more complex than normal. | |||
** In the case of object incorporation (see the section on Verbs for details on that), the object is first and the verb is last. | |||
** When compounding a verb with a noun, the order is reversed - verb first and then the noun. | |||
** When compounding a verb with an adjective, the order is the same as with a noun (verb then adjective), but ''-ng'' is added to the end of the word to satisfy the verb form. | |||
=== Special compound noun forms === | |||
There are a few special compound forms with specific meanings that work with noun-noun compounds. | |||
==== Possessive compounds ==== | |||
To make compounds that indicate a noun in possession of a noun, you compound the core word with the possessive form of the possessor noun. For example, "cow's foot" would be ''foolshem'' (possessive form of ''foos'': ''fools'' + ''hem''). Note that the word is pronounced ''fools-hem'', not ''fool-shem''. | |||
==== Conjunctive compounds ==== | |||
There is a special way of compounding nouns to mean x and y. It's similar to English constructions like 'salt and pepper', but packing it into a single word. You connect the words with the i sound. You can use regular conjunctions, of course. However, by building a single compound word, the two concepts are tied very tightly. | |||
''kodiyeed'' | |||
''kod''+''i''+''yeed'' | |||
the-high-and-the-low | |||
[[Category:Languages]][[Category:Conlangs]][[Category:A_priori]] | [[Category:Languages]][[Category:Conlangs]][[Category:A_priori]] | ||