Verse:Mwail/Old Gloob: Difference between revisions
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===Predicative possession=== | ===Predicative possession=== | ||
"X has Y" is expressed with the verb ''[[Themsaran/gîe|gîe]]'' (exist, there is) followed by the possessive noun phrase "Y-indefinite-of X", if X is animate. If X is inanimate, the construction ''X ā Y'' ('X is with Y') is used. | "X has Y" is expressed with the verb ''[[Themsaran/gîe|gîe]]'' (exist, there is) followed by the possessive noun phrase "Y-indefinite-of X", if X is animate. If X is inanimate, the construction ''X ā Y'' ('X is with Y') is used. | ||
===Coordinating conjunctions=== | |||
''at'': or | |||
''ie'': and | |||
''nu'': xor/nand | |||
''seim'': but, however | |||
===Subordinating clauses=== | ===Subordinating clauses=== | ||
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''ar'': if (provisional) | ''ar'': if (provisional) | ||
''gin'': if (metaphorical/counterfactual) | ''gin'': if (metaphorical/counterfactual) | ||
''ielaš'': although | ''ielaš'': although | ||
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''nitrôg/trôg'': that (restrictive) | ''nitrôg/trôg'': that (restrictive) | ||
''rin'': that, which (non-restrictive) | ''rin'': that, which (non-restrictive) | ||
'' | ====Time clauses==== | ||
Time clauses are constructed with a preposition and the first infinitive with the possessor as subject. | |||
:'''''āl lēvasén''' (lit. with my running)'' | |||
:''when I run/was running (imperfective)'' | |||
:'''''dí ta̋ŋrèsu ātmán''' (lit. at my mother's being-born)'' | |||
:''when my mother was born (perfective)'' | |||
====Relative clauses==== | ====Relative clauses==== | ||