Chlouvānem: Difference between revisions

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===Constituent order===

===Noun phrase===

====Stative cases as nominal tense====

The three stative cases of Chlouvānem (translative, exessive, essive) express nominal tense in certain situations, most notably in copulative sentence, where the translative case conveys a future meaning and the exessive a past one:

* ''lili rahėllilan'' I am a will-be-doctor = I am studying in order to become a doctor

* ''liliā kaleya mæn gu ninejñairau ša nanū aveṣyotāran lallāmahan camimurkadhānan gyirāsi'' as for my best friend<ref>''kaleya'' actually is a "spiritual friend", which has a religiously charged meaning</ref>, I could not believe it, that she was the Great Inquisitor-elect (note the use of the highly respectful (not translated) formula "Her Most Excellent Highness, the Great Inquisitor").

* ''tami tamiāt šulañšenat'' he is her former husband.

The expression of tense is also notable when the expression of state refers to a cause; this is particularly common with the exessive and essive cases:

* ''saminat tamiā hañiliritь'' having been a child (lit. "as a former child", "from being a child"), (s)he remembers that.

* ''lūlunimartyęs nunūt dældāt tarliru'' being from Lūlunimarta, I understand that language.

* ''buinān saminye pa maišaxhātça'' as he's going to be a father (lit. "as a will-be-father"), he's learning about children.

Note that, like for participles, tense is relative to the main verb.

===Verb phrase===

====Positional verbs====

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 ===Noun phrase===
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+The three stative cases of Chlouvānem (translative, exessive, essive) express nominal tense in certain situations, most notably in copulative sentence, where the translative case conveys a future meaning and the exessive a past one:
+* ''lili rahėllilan'' I am a will-be-doctor = I am studying in order to become a doctor
+* ''liliā kaleya mæn gu ninejñairau ša nanū aveṣyotāran lallāmahan camimurkadhānan gyirāsi'' as for my best friend<ref>''kaleya'' actually is a "spiritual friend", which has a religiously charged meaning</ref>, I could not believe it, that she was the Great Inquisitor-elect <small>(note the use of the highly respectful (not translated) formula "Her Most Excellent Highness, the Great Inquisitor")</small>.
+* ''tami tamiāt šulañšenat'' he is her former husband.
+The expression of tense is also notable when the expression of state refers to a cause; this is particularly common with the exessive and essive cases:
+* ''saminat tamiā hañiliritь'' having been a child <small>(lit. "as a former child", "from being a child")</small>, (s)he remembers that.
+* ''lūlunimartyęs nunūt dældāt tarliru'' being from Lūlunimarta, I understand that language.
+* ''buinān saminye pa maišaxhātça'' as he's going to be a father <small>(lit. "as a will-be-father")</small>, he's learning about children.
+Note that, like for participles, tense is relative to the main verb.
 ===Verb phrase===
 ====Positional verbs====