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the equivalent of ''lucifer'' "lightbearer" would be ''haípar'' (h’l + p'r X i/aí/a/) | the equivalent of ''lucifer'' "lightbearer" would be ''haípar'' (h’l + p'r X i/aí/a/) | ||
not pro-drop (subject is only ommitted in relative clauses) | |||
suma "who?" > cu masu-ta "you being ...?", cu suma-ta "who are you?" | |||
aliúma "where?" > cu maliú-ta "where are you going?", cu aliúma-ta "where are you from?" | |||
OBL + ma = interrogative | |||
the verb tends to be left-bound and close to the noun when a participle | |||
kûnira kaxáp "the dog is taken" | |||
káxap kûniru "the taken dog" | |||
syntx of case and verb | |||
''asak āqfúl-un'' "I spoke with him" | |||
''masak āqfúl-un'' "whom I spoke with" | |||
active: | |||
ergative if subject; accusative if object | |||
passive: | |||
accusative if subject; ergative if object | |||
xûlira, su bîblira aqilá, siktí aqilá "the philosopher sees the man, who sees the book" | |||
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mostly synthetic | mostly synthetic | ||
====Canonic Inflection/Conjugation==== | ====Canonic Inflection/Conjugation==== | ||