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===Morphophonology===
===Morphophonology===
==Morphology==
==Morphology==
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===Nouns===
Nouns have 8 cases: nominative, genitive, accusative, dechticaetiative/instrumental, locative, comitative, essive and vocative.
===Verbs===
The present, past and future tenses are ''be-'', ''ki-'' and ''sa-'' respectively.


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Verbs do not inflect for person but they do inflect for number: the plural suffix is ''-eba''.


Nouns
The negative suffix is ''-tso'', and when fused with the plural it becomes ''-tsoba''.
Adjectives
Verbs
Adverbs
Particles
Derivational morphology


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Participial forms are used in the perfect and progressive tenses.


==Syntax==
==Syntax==

Revision as of 07:28, 10 May 2016

Tsrovesh or Tzrovesh is a language of Southern Cuadhlabh, inspired by Hebrew and Georgian.

Introduction

Phonology

Orthography

Consonants

Vowels

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Nouns

Nouns have 8 cases: nominative, genitive, accusative, dechticaetiative/instrumental, locative, comitative, essive and vocative.

Verbs

The present, past and future tenses are be-, ki- and sa- respectively.

Verbs do not inflect for person but they do inflect for number: the plural suffix is -eba.

The negative suffix is -tso, and when fused with the plural it becomes -tsoba.

Participial forms are used in the perfect and progressive tenses.

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Numbers

azar, kin, tvagi, lutsmi, chorti, mevti, ushkni, voherbi, adorgi, ktela, ktela azareb, ktela kineb, ktela tvagib, ktela lutsmib, ...

20 = ktela mekin

Example texts

Other resources