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*Interrogative sentences end in a question mark.
*Interrogative sentences end in a question mark.
*Exclamatory sentences end in an exclamation mark.
*Exclamatory sentences end in an exclamation mark.
===Word Order===
The standard written word order is different for different sentence types. Spoken language is typically less predictable.
*Declarative: Subject - Instrument - Verb - Indirect Object - Direct Object
*Interrogative: Instrument - Verb - Subject - Indirect Object - Direct Object
*Exclamatory: Subject - Instrument - Verb - Indirect Object - Direct Object
*Dependent clause: Subject - Indirect Object - Direct Object - Instrument - Verb


==Pronouns==
==Pronouns==
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==Grammar==
==Grammar==
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{{main|Evonish grammar}}
{{main|Evonish grammar}}
===Morphology===
===Morphology===
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* Comparative: -err
* Comparative: -err
* Superlative: -est
* Superlative: -est
====Comparisons====
Comparative forms use the particle "ðann" followed by the noun(s) being compared to. <br>
Depending on that noun's case will determine which noun is first making the comparison. <br>
For example: "He jumped quicker than '''I'''" would yield "than I [jumped]" (in this example the compared noun is in the nominative). <br>
"He jumped quicker than '''me'''" would yield "than [he jumped] me" (in this example the compared noun is in the accusative).




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Use the prefix ne- on any verb's form to imply negation. Alternatively add the particle "nict" after the main verb, this is especially useful when a different prefix is already attached to the verb.
Use the prefix ne- on any verb's form to imply negation. Alternatively add the particle "nict" after the main verb, this is especially useful when a different prefix is already attached to the verb.


===Syntax===
==Syntax==
<!---  
The standard word order is different for different sentence types.
Information about word order, noun phrase constructions, topic marking, verb phrase, adjective order, etc goes here. -->
*Declarative: Subject - Instrument - Verb - Indirect Object - Direct Object
 
*Interrogative: Instrument - Verb - Subject - Indirect Object - Direct Object
*Exclamatory: Subject - Instrument - Verb - Indirect Object - Direct Object
*Dependent clause: Subject - Indirect Object - Direct Object - Instrument - Verb
===Comparisons====
Comparative forms use the particle "ðann" followed by the noun(s) being compared to. Depending on that noun's case will determine which noun is first making the comparison. For example:
*"He jumped quicker than '''I'''" would yield "than I [jumped]" (in this example the compared noun is in the nominative).
*"He jumped quicker than '''me'''" would yield "than [he jumped] me" (in this example the compared noun is in the accusative).
==Germanic Umlaut==
==Germanic Umlaut==
===Sound Shift===
===Sound Shift===
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