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* Drastic simplification of noun pluralization: the majority of nouns now pluralize with ''-e'' or ''-de'', although a few dozen irregular nouns remain as vestiges of Ivugi's complex ablaut-based system. | * Drastic simplification of noun pluralization: the majority of nouns now pluralize with ''-e'' or ''-de'', although a few dozen irregular nouns remain as vestiges of Ivugi's complex ablaut-based system. | ||
* Generalizing the Ivugi particle ''u'', which was used before animate singular nouns in the accusative, to be a general affix for animate nouns. Explicitly animate pronouns and verb inflections would later develop based on it. | * Generalizing the Ivugi particle ''u'', which was used before animate singular nouns in the accusative, to be a general affix for animate nouns. Explicitly animate pronouns and verb inflections would later develop based on it. | ||
* Repurposing Ivugi's ''yi'' and ''ye'', which were the interrogative forms of "to be" in the past and present, as generic interrogative markers, and the resultant loss of Ivugi's morphological interrogative mood. They are now '' | * Repurposing Ivugi's ''yi'' and ''ye'', which were the interrogative forms of "to be" in the past and present, as generic interrogative markers, and the resultant loss of Ivugi's morphological interrogative mood. They are now ''žé'' and ''ža''. | ||
* Obligatory marking of inalienable possession on certain nouns, created from the Ivugi particle ''a'' ("of", inalienable) fused with a pronoun. | * Obligatory marking of inalienable possession on certain nouns, created from the Ivugi particle ''a'' ("of", inalienable) fused with a pronoun. | ||
* Development of possessive pronouns using the Ivugi particle ''sal'' ("of", semi-alienable) fused with a pronoun. | * Development of possessive pronouns using the Ivugi particle ''sal'' ("of", semi-alienable) fused with a pronoun. | ||
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To form generic equivalents, ''é-'' is prefixed to the interrogative forms, such as ''éhor'' ("someone"). | To form generic equivalents, ''é-'' is prefixed to the interrogative forms, such as ''éhor'' ("someone"). | ||
To turn an entire sentence interrogative, the particle '' | To turn an entire sentence interrogative, the particle ''žé'' is used in the past indicative, while ''ža'' is used in every other tense and mood. This particle typically precedes the verb, but it can come anywhere in the sentence. | ||
==Sample text== | ==Sample text== | ||