Plevian
Plevian (native: pleviano, sa dengua pleviana) is an Italic language descended from Old Latin.
Plevian | |
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sa dengua pleviana | |
Pronunciation | [sa ˈdeŋɡʷa pleˈvʲana; sa ˈðeŋɡʷa ɸleˈvʲana] |
Created by | Shariifka |
Early forms | Old Latin
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Introduction
Phonology
Orthography
Grapheme | Environment | IPA | Remarks |
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a | everywhere | a | |
b | everywhere | b | May be pronounced [β] in leniting environments. |
c | before ⟨e⟩, ⟨y⟩, or vocalic ⟨i⟩ | tʃ | May be pronounced [ʃ] in leniting environments. |
before ⟨a⟩, ⟨o⟩, or ⟨u⟩; before a consonant; word-finally | k | May be pronounced [x] in leniting environments. | |
ch | before ⟨e⟩, ⟨i⟩, or ⟨y⟩ | k | |
ci | before ⟨a⟩, ⟨o⟩, ⟨u⟩, or ⟨e⟩ | tʃ | May be pronounced [ʃ] in leniting environments. |
otherwise | tʃi | ||
cj | before a consonant; word-finally | tʃ | May be pronounced [ʃ] in leniting environments. |
d | everywhere | d | May be pronounced [ð] in leniting environments. |
dz | everywhere | dz | May be pronounced [z] in leniting environments. |
e | everywhere | e | |
f | everywhere | f | |
g | before ⟨e⟩, ⟨y⟩, or vocalic ⟨i⟩ | dʒ | May be pronounced [ʒ] in leniting environments. |
before ⟨a⟩, ⟨o⟩, or ⟨u⟩; before a consonant; word-finally | ɡ | May be pronounced [ɣ] in leniting environments. | |
gh | before ⟨e⟩, ⟨i⟩, or ⟨y⟩ | ɡ | |
gi | before ⟨a⟩, ⟨o⟩, ⟨u⟩, or ⟨e⟩ | dʒ | May be pronounced [ʒ] in leniting environments. |
otherwise | dʒi | ||
gj | before a consonant; word-finally | dʒ | May be pronounced [ʒ] in leniting environments. |
gu | before vowels | ɡw | May be pronounced [w] in leniting environments. |
otherwise | ɡu | ||
h | all | χ | |
i | before vowels | j | |
otherwise | i | ||
j | everywhere | j | |
k | in loanwords | k | May be pronounced [x] in leniting environments. |
l | everywhere | l | |
li | before vowels | ʎ | |
otherwise | li | ||
m | everywhere | m | |
n | everywhere | n | |
ni | before vowels | ɲ | |
otherwise | ni | ||
o | everywhere | o | |
p | everywhere | p | May be pronounced [ɸ] in leniting environments. |
qu | everywhere | kw | May be pronounced [xʷ] in leniting environments. Doubled as ⟨cqu⟩. |
r | everywhere | r | |
s | between vowels; before voiced consonants | z | The [s~z] allophony is optional in word-initial position, and tends to co-occur with stop lenition. |
otherwise | s | The combination /stʃ/ is often pronounced [ʃː]. | |
t | everywhere | t | May be pronounced [θ] in leniting environments. |
u | before vowels | w | After a consonant, usually pronounced as labialization [ʷ]. |
otherwise | u | ||
v | everywhere | v | |
w | in loanwords | ɡw | May be pronounced [w] between vowels. |
x | before vowels; before voiced consonants | ʒ | The [ʃ~ʒ] allophony is optional in word-initial position, and tends to co-occur with stop lenition. |
otherwise | ʃ | ||
xi | between vowels | ʒ | |
before vowels otherwise | ʃ | ||
otherwise | ʃi~ʒi | See above for allophony. | |
y | in loanwords before vowels | j | |
in loanwords otherwise | i | ||
z | everywhere | ts | May be pronounced [s] in leniting environments. |
Consonants
Labial | Alveolar | Postalveolar/ Palatal |
Velar/ Guttural | ||
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Nasal | m | n | (ɲ)1 | (ŋ)2 | |
Stop | voiceless | p | t | k | |
voiced | b | d | ɡ | ||
Affricate | voiceless | ts | tʃ | ||
voiced | dz | dʒ | |||
Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ʃ | χ |
voiced | v | (z)3 | (ʒ)3 | ||
Approximant | j | w | |||
Lateral | l | (ʎ)1 | |||
Trill | r |
Notes:
1 [ɲ] and [ʎ] are surface realizations of underlying /nj/ and /lj/ respectively.
2 [ŋ] is an allophone of /n/ before velars.
3 [z] and [ʒ] are allophones of /s/ and /ʃ/ respectively between vowels and before voiced sounds.
4 Most consonants can be labialized and/or palatalized. However, these are considered to be sequences of consonant + /w/ or /j/ respectively.
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i | u | |
Mid | e | o | |
Open | a |
In addition to the monopthongs above, the following diphthongs are possible:
- Rising: ia, ie, io, iu, ua, ue, uo, ui
- Falling: ai, ei, oi, au, eu, ou
Note that the glide in falling diphthongs is usually realized as palatalization (in the case of -i-) or labialization (in the case of -u-).
Prosody
Stress
Intonation
Phonotactics
Morphophonology
Epenthetic consonants
When a word ending in a vowel is followed by a word beginning in a vowel, an epenthetic consonant is usually inserted.
In the case of nouns and adjectives, the consonant used is -n.
Third person plural verbs, while not ending in a vowel, take an epenthetic -t before vowel-initial words.
Other words can have varying epenthetic consonants (such as -n, -d, -b, -g, -t, etc.) depending on their etymology.
Examples:
- a "to" + America > ad America
- da "away from, out lf" + America > dab America
- femna "woman" + alta "tall" > femnan alta
- ama "(s)he loves" + arbrex "trees" > amad arbrex
- aman "they love" + arbrex > amant arbrex
Counter-examples:
- de "of, from" + America > de America
- amo "I love" + arbrex "trees" > amo arbrex
Syntactic gemination
Certain pronouns and particles cause the first consonant of a following consonant-initial word to geminate.
In most cases, these are the same words that add an epenthetic -d, -g, or -b when the following word begins in a vowel.
Examples:
- a "to" + Canada > a cCanada
- da "away from, out of" + Canada > da cCanada
- ama "(s)he loves" + carne "meat" > ama ccarne
Morphology
Nouns
Nouns may be masculine or feminine.
Nouns are pluralized in -x. After a consonant, this ending becomes -ex.
Nouns ending in a vowel add an epenthetic -n when followed by a word beginning in a vowel.
Adjectives
Adjectives agree with the noun they govern in gender and number.
Adjectives whose masculine forms end in -o are feminized in -a. Otherwise, the masculine and feminine forms are identical. Adjectives ending in a vowel add an epenthetic -n when immediately followed by a vowel.
Like nouns, adjectives are pluralized in -(e)x.
Comparative and superlative
The comparative is formed with the suffix -iore(n) which replaces the adjective's final vowel. The glide -i- causes the same sound changes to labialized and coronal consonants as those experienced by Class 5 verbs.
The superlative is formed with the suffix -esmo(n)/a(n). When an adjective's stem ends in -r- or -l-, it combines with the superlative suffix to form -(e)rmo(n)/a(n) or -(e)lmo(n)/a(n) respectively (where -(e)- is added when the -r- or -l- is preceded by a consonant).
Some adjectives ending in velar consonants palatalize them before the comparative and superlative suffixes, while some maintain their pronunciation.
Additionally, some adjectives have stem changes in stressed syllables (similar to those of verbs).
Some common adjectives have irregular comparatives and superlatives.
Due to the above reasons, the citation form of adjectives is usually "base form, comparative, superlative".
Adverbs
Manner adverbs
There are two main ways of deriving manner adverbs from adjectives:
- Adjectives ending in -o(n)/a(n): Replace the final vowel with -e(d)
- Adjectives ending in -i(n), e(n), or another vowel: Replace the final vowel with -ter (with penultimate stress).
- Assimilation applies as it does in the past participle. Expected -tt- is simplified to -t- after consonants.
Comparative and superlative
Before adding comparative and superlative suffixes, the final vowel (or, in the case of -ter adverbs, the final -er) of the adverb is removed if present.
The comparative is formed with the suffix -iox. The glide -i- causes the same sound changes to labialized and coronal consonants as those experienced by Class 5 verbs.
The superlative is formed with the suffix -esme(d). This suffix undergoes the same sound changes as the corresponding adjective suffix.
Some adverbs ending in velar consonants palatalize them before the comparative and superlative suffixes, while some maintain their pronunciation.
Additionally, some adverbs have stem changes in stressed syllables (similar to those of verbs).
Some common adverbs have irregular comparatives and superlatives.
Due to the above reasons, the citation form of adverbs is usually "base form, comparative, superlative".
Articles
Articles precede the noun they govern and agree with it in gender and number.
The definite article is so, declined as below:
Singular | Plural | |
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Masculine | so(n) | sox |
Feminine | sa(n) | sax |
Notes:
1 -n is added before words beginning in vowels.
The indefinite article is gueno, declined as below:
Singular | Plural | |
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Masculine | guen(o)1 | guenox |
Feminine | guen(a)2 | guenax |
Notes:
1 -o is added before words beginning in consonant clusters.
2 -a is dropped before words beginning in vowels.
Pronouns
Personal pronouns
Person/ Number | Subject | Object | Clitic object | Possessive | ||
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Direct | Indirect | Weak | Strong | |||
1S | mu | me | me(n) | me(d/G) | mo(n) | mexxo |
2S | tu | te | te(n) | te(d/G) | to(n) | texxo |
3SM | gio | gio | gio(n) | gio(d/G) | gio(n) | gioxxo |
3SF | gia | gia | gia(n) | gia(d/G) | gia(n) | giaxxo |
3R | su | se | se(n) | se(d/G) | so(n) | siaxxo |
1P | nox | nox | nox | nox | nox | nuastro |
2P | gox | gox | gox | gox | gox | guastro |
3PM | giox | giox | giox | giox | giox | gioro |
3PF | giax | giax | giax | giax | giax | giaro |
Numerals
Cardinal | Ordinal | Fractional | |
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0 | zero(n) | zerosmo(n), -a(n) | — |
1 | gueno(n), guena(n) | primo(n), -a(n) | — |
2 | dúox, dúax | secondo(n), -(n) | semesse(n) |
3 | trix | tiarzo(n), -a(n) | triante(n) |
4 | quáttor | quarto(n), -a(n) | quadrante(n) |
5 | quenche | quempto(n), -a(n) | quemptante(n) |
6 | siapx | siasto(n), -a(n) | sestante(n) |
7 | siapte(n) | siápmo(n), -a(n) | sepmante(n) |
8 | guapto | optago(n), -a(n) | optagante(n) |
9 | nuaghe(n) | nono(n), -a(n) | nonante(n) |
10 | diace(n) | diacmo(n), -a(n) | decmante(n) |
11 | guence(n) | guendecmo(n), -a(n) | guendecmante(n) |
12 | duocce(n) | duodiacmo(n), -a(n) | duodecmante(n) |
13 | trecce(n) | trediacmo(n), -a(n) | tredecmante(n) |
14 | quattorce(n) | quattordiacmo(n), -a(n) | quattordecmante(n) |
15 | quince(n) | quindiacmo(n), -a(n) | quindecmante(n) |
16 | secce(n) | sediacmo(n), -a(n) | sedecmante(n) |
17 | septence(n) | septendiacmo(n), -a(n) | septendecmante(n) |
18 | optocce(n) | optodiacmo(n), -a(n) | optodecmante(n) |
19 | nogence(n) | nogendiacmo(n), -a(n) | nogendecmante(n) |
20 | guigenti | guigesmo(m), -a(m) | guigesmante(n) |
21 | guigenti-gueno(n), -a(n) | guigenti-primo(n), -a(n) | guigenti-guenante(n) |
22 | guigenti-dúox, -dúax | guigenti-secondo(n), -a(n) | guigenti-duante(n) |
23 | guigenti-trix | guigenti-tiarzo(n), -a(n) | guigenti-triante(n) |
30 | trigenta | trigesmo(n), -a(n) | trigesmante(n) |
40 | quadragenta | quadragesmo(n), -a(n) | quadragesmante(n) |
50 | quencagenta | quencagesmo(n), -a(n) | quencagesmante(n) |
60 | sepsagenta | sepsagesmo(n), -a(n) | sepsagesmante(n) |
70 | sepmagenta | sepmagesmo(n), -a(n) | sepmagesmante(n) |
80 | optagenta | optagesmo(n), -a(n) | optagesmante(n) |
90 | nonagenta | nonagesmo(n), -a(n) | nonagesmante(n) |
100 | cianto(n) | centesmo(n), -a(n) | centesmante(n) |
200 | duox-ciantox | duox-centesmo(n), -a(n) | duox-centesmante(n) |
1000 | milli | millesmo(n), -a(n) | millesmante(n) |
2000 | duox-millia | duox-millesmo(n), -a(n) | duox-millesmante(n) |
10⁶ | millione(n) | milllionesmo(n), -a(n) | millionesmante(n) |
10⁹ | milliardo(n) | milliardesmo(n), -a(n) | milliardesmante(n) |
10¹² | billione(n) | billlionesmo(n), -a(n) | billionesmante(n) |
Verbs
Verb classes
There are five verb classes:
- -are verbs (class 1)
- -ere verbs (class 2)
- Non-palatalized -re verbs (class 3)
- Palatalized -re verbs (class 4)
- -ire verbs (class 5)
Present indicative
Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1S | -o | -io | -o | -io | -io |
2S | -ax | -ex | -ex | -ix | -ix |
3S | -a(d/G) | -e(d/G) | -e(d/G) | -i(d/G) | -i(d/G) |
1P | -amox | -emox | -mox | -mox | -imox |
2P | -atex | -etex | -tex | -tex | -itex |
3P | -an(t) | -en(t) | -on(t) | -ion(t) | -ion(t) |
Notes:
- 1. Before a glide -i-, labialized consonants lose their labialization. This applies in the 1S for Class 2, 4, and 5 verbs and the 3P for Class 4 & 5 verbs. Additionally, Class 4 & 5 verbs whose stems end in coronal consonants undergo stem changes in the 1S and 3P forms:
Expected | Changed to |
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ti | z |
di | dz |
si | x |
zi | ci |
- 2. Verbs whose stem end in velar stops (-c- or -g-) maintain their spelling throughout the present indicative regardless of whether that would result in a "hard" or "soft" pronunciation. On the other hand, verbs whose stem ends in -ch- or -gh- drop the -h- when they are not followed by front vowels.
Present subjunctive
The present subjunctive is formed by removing -o from the 1S present indicative and adding the following endings:
Class | 1 | Others |
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1S | -e(n) | -a(n) |
2S | -ex | -ax |
3S | -e(d/G) | -a(d/G) |
1P | -emox | -amox |
2P | -etex | -atex |
3P | -en(t) | -an(t) |
Class 1 verbs whose stems end in a velar stop maintain their lack of palatalization in the present subjunctive.
Imperfect indicative
The imperfect stem is formed by removing -o or (only for Class 2 verbs) -io from the 1S present indicative and adding the following endings:
Class | 1 | Others |
---|---|---|
1S | -ava(n) | -eva(n) |
2S | -avax | -evax |
3S | -ava(d/G) | -eva(d/G) |
1P | -avamox | -evamox |
2P | -avatex | -evatex |
3P | -avan(t) | -evan(t) |
Imperfect subjunctive
The imperfect subjunctive is formed by adding the following endings to the verb's infinitive:
Class | All |
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1S | -(n) |
2S | -x |
3S | -(d/G) |
1P | -mox |
2P | -tex |
3P | -n(t) |
Future
The future is formed by adding the following endings to the imperfect stem:
Class | 1 | Others |
---|---|---|
1S | -avo | -evo |
2S | -avex | -evex |
3S | -ave(d/G) | -eve(d/G) |
1P | -ammox | -emmox |
2P | -aftex | -eftex |
3P | -avon(t) | -evon(t) |
Future perfect
The future perfect stem is formed by replacing the final -t- of the supine stem (if present) with -s- (after a consonant) or -ss- (after a vowel). If the supine stem already ends in -s-, the supine stem is used.
Then, the following endings are added:
Ending | |
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1S | -o |
2S | -ex |
3S | -e(d/G) |
1P | -emox |
2P | -etex |
3P | -en(t) |
Perfect indicative
The perfect indicative is formed by adding the following endings to the perfect stem:
All classes | |
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1S | -e |
2S | -este |
3S | -e(d/G) |
1P | -mox |
2P | -estex |
3P | -ron(t) |
The perfect stem is derived from the present stem in different ways depending on the verb.
- Regular Class 1 & 5 verbs form it by removing -re from the infinitive and adding -g(h)- (always hard).
- Regular Class 2, 3, and 4 verbs form it by adding -u- to the present stem.
- There are many irregular verbs, especially in classes 2-4 (and sometimes 5).
Perfect subjunctive
The perfect subjunctive is formed by adding the following endings to the perfect stem:
All classes | |
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1S | -re(n) |
2S | -rex |
3S | -re(d/G) |
1P | -remox |
2P | -retex |
3P | -ren(t) |
Pluperfect indicative
The pluperfect indicative is formed by adding the following endings to the perfect stem:
All classes | |
---|---|
1S | -ra(n) |
2S | -rax |
3S | -ra(d/G) |
1P | -ramox |
2P | -ratex |
3P | -ran(t) |
Pluperfect subjunctive
The pluperfect subjunctive is formed by adding the following endings to the perfect stem:
All classes | |
---|---|
1S | -esse(n) |
2S | -essex |
3S | -esse(d/G) |
1P | -essemox |
2P | -essetex |
3P | -essen(t) |
Imperative
The imperative is formed by removing -x from the corresponding second person present indicative. This applies both in the singular and plural.
Derived adjectives and nouns
The following derived adjectives and nouns exist:
Participle | Formation | Remarks |
---|---|---|
Present participle | Formed by replacing -n(t) of the 3S present indicative with -nte(n). | |
Past participle | Regularly formed by removing -re from the infinitive and adding -to(n) (m.)/-ta(n) (f.). Many verbs have an irregular past participle. | The supine stem is formed by removing the final vowel from the past participle. |
Future participle | Formed by adding -uro(n) (m.)/-ura(n) (f.) to the supine stem. | |
Gerundive | Formed by replacing -n(t) in the 3P present indicative with -ndo(n) (m.)/-nda(n) (f.) | Roughly equivalent to the suffix "-able" in English. Depending on the verb, it may have active or passive meaning. |
Agent noun | Formed by adding -ore(n) (m.)/-(t)rice(n) (f.) to the supine stem. | -(t)- is added in the feminine when it is not already present at the end of the past participle stem. |
Stem-changing verbs
In stem-changing verbs, the stem changes depending on whether it is stressed or unstressed.
In most cases, this involves a vowel change. The main patterns are:
- Unstressed -e- > Stressed -ia-
- Stressed -o- > Stressed -ua-
The above stem changes are known as "breaking".
Due to historical sound changes, there may also be consonant changes. Some examples include:
- Addition of g- in the stressed stem.
- This happens in both types of breaking verbs when the unstressed stem begins in a vowel. In such verbs, e- and o- become gia- and gua- respectively when stressed.
- Delabialization of labialized consonants such as gu-, qu-, du-, etc. in the stressed stem.
- This happens as a rule in e > ia verbs.
- In o > ua verbs, the two labializations are merged (e.g. unstressed guo- becomes stressed gua- and not *guua-).
Assimiliation
Infinitive
Class 3 and 4 verbs whose stems end in certain consonants assimilate the -r- of the infinitive into the final consonant. The assimilation has one of the following results depending on the stem structure:
- If the stem ends in a single -s, -r, or -l preceded by a vowel: -r- is merged with the consonant causing it to be doubled.
- If the stem ends in -r or -l that is double or preceded by a consonant: -r- is dropped.
Note that -r- is neither dropped nor assimilated when it occurs after -s when it is doubled or occurs after a consonant.
When necessary, the end of the stem can be indicated with an apostrophe. For example:
- When -r- merges with the following consonant: gual'le, fiar're, es'se
- When -r- is dropped: piall'e
Past participle
In regular past participles of Class 3 & 4 verbs:
- A voiced stop is devoiced before -t-. Voiced fricatives are also devoiced, but this does not reflect in the orthography except in the case of -v-, which becomes -f-.
Finite forms
Principal parts
For the vast majority of verbs, whether regular or irregular, the full conjugation can be derived from the following four principal parts:
- Infinitive
- 1S present indicative
- 1S perfect indicative
- Singular masculine past participle
When the principal parts fail to show a stem change, additional principal parts may be added.
- Present stem: 1S imperfect indicative
- Comes after 1S present indicative
- Perfect stem: 2S perfect indicative
- Comes after 1S perfect indicative
- Supine stem: Singular masculine future participle
- Comes at end
In this article, these "extra" principal parts are shown in brackets.
Irregular verbs
esse "to be"
Despite being classified as a Class 3 verb, the verb esse, so, (era), fue, futo "to be" is highly irregular and therefore must be treated on its own.
Infinitive | esse | Present participle | sonte(n) | ||||||||
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Past participle | futo(n)/futa(n) | Future participle | futuro(n)/futura(n) | ||||||||
Gerundive | sondo(n)/sonda(n) | Agent noun | futore(n)/futrice(n) | ||||||||
Indicative | Subjunctive | Imperative | |||||||||
Present | Imperfect | Perfect | Pluperfect | Future | Future perfect | Present | Imperfect | Perfect | Pluperfect | ||
1S | so(n) | era(n) | fue | essa(n) | ero | fuaro | fua(n) | esse(n) | fure(n) | fuesse(n) | |
2S | ex | erax | fueste | essax | erex | fuarex | fuax | essex | furex | fuessex | ex |
3S | e(t) | era(d/G) | fue(d/G) | essa(d/G) | ere(d/G) | fuare(d/G) | fua(d/G) | esse(d/G) | fure(d/G) | fuesse(d/G) | |
1P | somox | eramox | fumox | essamox | ermox | fuarmox | fuamox | essemox | furemox | fuessemox | |
2P | estex | eratex | fuestex | essatex | ertex | fuartex | fuatex | essetex | furetex | fuessetex | este |
3P | son(t) | eran(t) | furon(t) | essan(t) | eron(t) | fuaren(t) | fuan(t) | essen(t) | furen(t) | fuessen(t) |
Class 1
- dare, do, diade, (dedeste), dato "to give"
- stare, sto, stiate, (steteste), stato "to stand"
- laguare, laguo, lague, loto "to wash"
- giogare, giogo, gioghe, gioto "to help"
Class 2
- flere, flio, fleghe, fleto "to cry"
- ridere, ridio, ride, riso "to laugh"
- guedere, guedio, guede, gueso "to see"
- goghere, guaghio, goghe, goto "to vow, promise"
- gere, gio, gighe, geto "to go"
- Etc.
Class 3
- agre, ago, ege, apto "to act, behave"
- decre, deco, depse, depto "to say"
- fegre, fego, fepse, fepto "to place"
- argure, arguo, argue, arguto "to prove"
- grascre, grasco, graghe, grato "to be born"
- groscre, grosco, groghe, groto "to be acquainted"
- pialle, pialo, piaple, (pepleste), polso "to beat"
- fiarre, fiaro, (fereva), tiatre, (tetreste), trato "to carry"
- Etc.
Class 4
- facre, facio, fece, fapto "to do, make"
- capre, capio, cepe, capto "to take, grasp"
- fogre, fogio, foge, fokto "to flee"
- Etc.
Class 5
- parire, pario, piapre, (pepreste), parto "to make, produce"
- sentire, sianzo, sense, senso "to smell (something)"
- guenire, ghianio, guene, ghianto, (guenturo) "to come"
- sancire, sancio, sampse, sampto "to respect"
- Etc.
Compound forms
Compound forms include:
Voices
- Passive: fire, fio, fighe, fito "to become" + past participle
- Middle: gere, gio, gighe, geto "to go" + past participle
Tense/Aspect
- Prospective: esse, so, (era), fue, futo "to be" + future participle
- Completive perfect: havere, havio, havue, hafto "to have" + past participle
- havere may be in any tense to form a corresponding anterior tense denoting a completed action.
- This is similar to the perfect tenses, but it gives the implication that an action has been completed.
- Continuous: esse, so, (era), fue, futo + present participle
- Unlike in English, this can only be used for an action that is ongoing at the time referenced (as indicated by conjugation of esse).
- Inchoative: fire, fio, fighe, fito "to become" + present participle
Others
- Causative 1: facre, facio, fece, fapto "to do" + infinitive
- Means "cause X to Y" or "make X Y".
- Causative 2: facre, facio, fece, fapto "to do" + past participle
- Means "cause X to be Y-ed" or "have X Y-ed".
Syntax
Constituent order
Noun phrase
Verb phrase
Sentence phrase
Dependent clauses
Vocabulary
Time
English | Plevian |
---|---|
spring | guere |
summer | estate |
fall | optombro |
winter | giame |
English | Plevian |
---|---|
January | gianguario |
February | fevrario |
March | marzo |
April | aprile |
May | magio |
June | giunio |
July | giulio (quemptili) |
August | ogosto (sestili) |
September | septiambre |
October | optombre |
November | noghiambre |
December | deciambre |
English | Plevian |
---|---|
Sunday | soldi |
Monday | lundi |
Tuesday | mardi |
Wednesday | mérchedi |
Thursday | giuadi |
Friday | ghiandi |
Saturday | satordi |
Example texts
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 1)
Guabrix xiamnex grascon luebrox ed equox en degretaten e ggiorex. Son dotatox de razonen e cconscienza, e ddevent agre enter se seco ffratrex.
IPA (broad): /ˈɡwabriʃ ˈʃamneʃ ˈɡraskon ˈlwebroʃ ed ekwoʃ en ˌdeɡreˈtaten e ˈdʒːoreʃ ‖ son doˈtatoʃ de raˈtsonen e kːonˈstʃentsa | e ˈdːevent ˈaɡre ˈenter se ˈseko ˈfːratreʃ/
IPA (narrow, with lenition): [ˈɡʷaː.βriʃ ˈʃam.neʒ ˈɡɾaː.skon ˈlʷeː.βro.ʃ‿eˈð‿eː.xʷo.ʒ‿en ˌde.ɣɾe.ˈθaː.θe.n‿e‿ʒ.ˈʒoː.reʃ ‖ ˈson do.ˈθaː.θoʒ de ra.ˈsoː.ne.n‿e‿k.kon.ˈʃːen.tsa | e‿d.ˈdeː.ven.ˈt‿aː.ɣɾe ˈen.ter ˈseː ˈzeː.xo‿f.ˈfɾaː.θɾeʃ]
IPA (narrow, without lenition): [ˈɡʷaː.briʃ ˈʃam.neʒ ˈɡɾaː.skon ˈlʷeː.bro.ʃ‿eˈd‿eː.kʷo.ʒ‿en ˌde.ɡɾe.ˈtaː.te.n‿e‿dʒ.ˈʒoː.reʃ ‖ ˈson do.ˈtaː.toʒ de ra.ˈtsoː.ne.n‿e‿k.kon.ˈʃːen.tsa | e‿d.ˈdeː.ven.ˈt‿aː.ɡɾe ˈen.ter ˈseː ˈseː.ko‿f.ˈfɾaː.tɾeʃ]
all-PL people they_are_born free-PL and equal-PL in dignitt and rights. they_are endowed of reason and conscience, and they_must act among themselves like brothers.