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==Conjunctions== | |||
Themsaran prefers sentences with one tensed verb, with infinitives, jussives or participles in subordinate clauses. | |||
''ach'': although | |||
''ānne'': when (with finite verb) | |||
''ar'': if (provisional) | |||
''at'': or | |||
''gin'': if (metaphorical/counterfactual) | |||
''ie'': and | |||
''um'': xor/nand | |||
''nit'': if (gnomic) | |||
''seim'': but, however | |||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
The default constituent order is verb-subject-pronominal oblique object-direct object. Any constituent may be topicalized or focalized by being placed in front of the verb. | The default constituent order is (time-place)-verb-subject-pronominal oblique object-direct object-(place-time). Any constituent may be topicalized or focalized by being placed in front of the verb. | ||
===Noun phrases=== | ===Noun phrases=== | ||
Numerals precede nouns; possessors follow their possessa (with poetic exceptions); demonstratives occur after attributive adjectives, which follow nouns. Inflected quantifiers (uninflected quantifiers, such as ''rôg'' "every/all", precede the numeral) come after the adjective by default, but precede the noun when a demonstrative is used and precede the numeral when a numeral is used. Within these boundaries there is a lot of leeway; an attributive adjective or a demonstrative can occupy any position between its head and the relative clause. | Numerals precede nouns; possessors follow their possessa (with poetic exceptions); demonstratives occur after attributive adjectives, which follow nouns. Inflected quantifiers (uninflected quantifiers, such as ''rôg'' "every/all", precede the numeral) come after the adjective by default, but precede the noun when a demonstrative is used and precede the numeral when a numeral is used. Within these boundaries there is a lot of leeway; an attributive adjective or a demonstrative can occupy any position between its head and the relative clause. | ||