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Pew cók | Pew cók | ||
wide man | wide man | ||
"A fat man" | "A fat man" | ||
Adjectives can be stringed together without the need for a word like "and" | Adjectives can be stringed together without the need for a word like "and" | ||
Pew ǒl' cók | Pew ǒl' cók | ||
wide angry man | wide angry man | ||
"An angry fat man" | "An angry fat man" | ||
If reduplicated, the adjective is intensified: | If reduplicated, the adjective is intensified: | ||
Pew ǒl' ǒl' cók | Pew ǒl' ǒl' cók | ||
wide angry angry man | wide angry angry man | ||
"A very angry fat man" | "A very angry fat man" | ||
The particle "Trok" can be put before a adjective to lessen it: | The particle "Trok" can be put before a adjective to lessen it: | ||
Trok pew trok ǒl' cók | Trok pew trok ǒl' cók | ||
few wide few angry man | few wide few angry man | ||
"A somewhat angry chubby man" | "A somewhat angry chubby man" | ||
The language has a base-5 numeral system | The language has a base-5 numeral system | ||
Numbers 1-25: | Numbers 1-25: | ||
én-1 | én-1 | ||
mën-2 | mën-2 | ||
pyǔl-3 | pyǔl-3 | ||
oyk-4 | oyk-4 | ||
trhavp-5 | trhavp-5 | ||
trhavp én-6 | trhavp én-6 | ||
trhavp mën-7 | trhavp mën-7 | ||
trhavp pyǔl-8 | trhavp pyǔl-8 | ||
trhavp oyk-9 | trhavp oyk-9 | ||
mën trhavp-10 | mën trhavp-10 | ||
mën trhavp én-11 | mën trhavp én-11 | ||
mën trhavp mën-12 | mën trhavp mën-12 | ||
mën trhavp pyǔl- 13 | mën trhavp pyǔl- 13 | ||
mën trhavp oyk-14 | mën trhavp oyk-14 | ||
pyǔl trhavp- 15 | pyǔl trhavp- 15 | ||
pyǔl trhavp én-16 | pyǔl trhavp én-16 | ||
pyǔl trhavp mën-17 | pyǔl trhavp mën-17 | ||
pyǔl trhavp pyǔl-18 | pyǔl trhavp pyǔl-18 | ||
pyǔl trhavp oyk - 19 | pyǔl trhavp oyk - 19 | ||
oyk trhavp -20 | oyk trhavp -20 | ||
oyk trhavp én-21 | oyk trhavp én-21 | ||
oyk trhavp mën-22 | oyk trhavp mën-22 | ||
oyk trhavp pyǔl-23 | oyk trhavp pyǔl-23 | ||
oyk trhavp oyk-24 | oyk trhavp oyk-24 | ||
tow-25 | tow-25 | ||
For unspecified numbers, the following are substituted for the numbers: | For unspecified numbers, the following are substituted for the numbers: | ||
Trok- a few; used if the speaker knows that are more then one but less then five. | Trok- a few; used if the speaker knows that are more then one but less then five. | ||
Sǒl'm- some; used if the speaker knows that are more then five but less then 25. | Sǒl'm- some; used if the speaker knows that are more then five but less then 25. | ||
Vǎlrp- many; used if the speaker knows that are more then 25 | Vǎlrp- many; used if the speaker knows that are more then 25 | ||
Phe̋n- a number used for unspecified plural. | Phe̋n- a number used for unspecified plural. | ||
For things that come in pairs reduplication is used: | For things that come in pairs reduplication is used: | ||
Móél- Eye | Móél- Eye | ||
Móél móél- pair of eyes | Móél móél- pair of eyes | ||
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Pew pyǔl cók | Pew pyǔl cók | ||
wide three man | wide three man | ||
"3 fat men" | |||
===General Noun Syntax=== | ===General Noun Syntax=== | ||