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==Verbs== | ===Pluralization=== | ||
Words are pluralized by adding "-àf" if the last letter is masculine and "-aff" if feminine. | |||
===Verbs=== | |||
*Te*-Present Progressive/Past | *Te*-Present Progressive/Past | ||
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Adjective-> Number-> Preposition->Noun | Adjective-> Number-> Preposition->Noun | ||
===Subject/Object Distinction=== | |||
The Subject of the sentance follows the Verb and is not mutated unless it follows after adjectives. | |||
The Direct Object of the sentance follows the Subject and undergoes soft mutation regardless of the prescence of adjectives. | |||
===Prepositions=== | ===Prepositions=== | ||
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; width:450px;" | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; width:450px;" | ||
! width="30%"|Masc | ! width="30%"|Masc | ||
width="30%"|Fem | !width="30%"|Fem | ||
! width="40%"|English | ! width="40%"|English | ||
|Ngo | |Ngo | ||
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These are written as separate words, but grammatically often act almost as cases for the words after them and most speakers blur the distinction of words. Words which begin with vowels following these are often pronounced with with a "h" sound preceding them or "n" in the case of possessives. Only the "n" is written however. | These are written as separate words, but grammatically often act almost as cases for the words after them and most speakers blur the distinction of words. Words which begin with vowels following these are often pronounced with with a "h" sound preceding them or "n" in the case of possessives. Only the "n" is written however. | ||
===Possessive=== | |||
Possessive causes a hard mutation in the possessed word; | Possessive causes a hard mutation in the possessed word; | ||
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===Vocative=== | |||
A person may be addressed directly with  followed by their lenitioned name; | A person may be addressed directly with  followed by their lenitioned name; | ||
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"FfeLhô dy lhotenan pen shecwan ô shanyr, â Hon." | "FfeLhô dy lhotenan pen shecwan ô shanyr, â Hon." | ||
====Relative Clauses | ===Determiners=== | ||
===Determiners=== | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; width:700px;" | |||
! width="50" style="text-align:left"|Gender | |||
! width="70" style="text-align:left"|Current Determiner | |||
! width="70" style="text-align:left"|Contrasting Determiner | |||
! width="70" style="text-align:left"|New Determiner | |||
! width="70" style="text-align:left"|Current Determiner (Pl) | |||
! width="70" style="text-align:left"|Contrasting Determiner (Pl) | |||
! width="70" style="text-align:left"|New Determiner (Pl) | |||
! width="70" style="text-align:left"|Inquistive Determiner | |||
! width="70" style="text-align:left"|Relative Determiner | |||
! width="70" style="text-align:left"|Inquistive Determiner (Pl) | |||
! width="70" style="text-align:left"|Relative Determiner (Pl) | |||
|- | |||
|Masc | |||
|âd | |||
|âdà | |||
|âdôn | |||
|âdàf | |||
|âdànàf | |||
|âdônàf | |||
|E âd | |||
|Ed | |||
|E âdàf | |||
|Edàf | |||
|- | |||
|ât | |||
|âta | |||
|âtyn | |||
|âtyff | |||
|âtaff | |||
|âdynaff | |||
|E ât | |||
|Et | |||
|E âtaff | |||
|Etaff | |||
|- | |||
|This [Person] | |||
|That [Person] | |||
|This Other [Thing/Person] | |||
|These [People] | |||
|Those [People] | |||
|These Other [Things/People] | |||
|What [person]? | |||
|Which [person] | |||
|What [people] ? | |||
|Those [things/people] which... | |||
|ugwô | |||
|ugwà | |||
|ugwôn | |||
|ugwôf | |||
|ugwàf | |||
|gwônàf | |||
|E ugwà | |||
|Egwà | |||
|E ugwàf | |||
|Egwàf | |||
|- | |||
|ucwy | |||
|ucwa | |||
|ucwyn | |||
|ucwyff | |||
|ucwaff | |||
|ucwynaff | |||
|E ucwa | |||
|Ecwa | |||
|E ucwaff | |||
|Ecwaff | |||
|Now | |||
|Then | |||
|This Other Time | |||
|These Times | |||
|Those Times | |||
|These Other Times | |||
|When? | |||
|When | |||
|Which Time? | |||
|Those Times When... | |||
|} | |||
===Relative Clauses=== | |||
In Cwengâr relative clauses are rather common and often mark another action within the sentance. These begin with a relative determiner, however there are no strict rules on there ending. | In Cwengâr relative clauses are rather common and often mark another action within the sentance. These begin with a relative determiner, however there are no strict rules on there ending. | ||