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The distal determiner serves to emphasize a contrast, thus would be used in sentances with a proximal determiner or shortly afterwards in order to posit some sort of relationship between the two or simple emphasize them in contrast to each other.

''Ígelá'' and ''ígel'' see much less use than the simpler pronouns, such as "lo" but in written word, they might follow in the sentance after a relative pronoun, though ''lo'' in that case is also acceptable and more common. ''Ígel'' may be used in a sense similar to "on" in French or "one" in English.

Nouns work in a manner similar to verbs. A particular quality in nouns is that they are either preceded by a preposition, a relative determiner, a subcoupla or the end of the sentance.

A Sentence may begin with a Copula, this gives the context of whether the sentance is positive, negative or comparative.

'An' is often dropped if the speaker feels that the sentences are clearly divided by his tone. Someone speaking fast, with an accent or with a complicated sentence and meaning, will use "An". Writers will use it to create a sense of formality, especially in accounts and reports. Sometimes it will be added in order to emphasize the division or contrast with the between to sentances. In English it might be directly translated as "Yet" or "Though", but it can also be used in a formal list prefacing important items, where "Therefore" or "Thus" could be used.

These serve as basic contrasts and correlatives, In and On are often used to imply causality between two sentances though technically only state the correlation of two clauses. Depending on the truth value of a the first sentance, it can either be a causal "thus" statement or a conditional "if" statment.

Subcopula are for individual causes of negatives or causal statements within verb or noun phrases that do not affect the truth value of the entire sentance.

Using these terms, the Fén sentance order becomes;

The person who is being addressed usually precedes the rest of the sentance. This is particularly used when addressing to get their attention someone;

It may also be worked into the sentance, preceding the subject, re [thou], ré [you] or dé [we]. This is used to clarify or single out a subject;

This is the subject or actor in a sentance. It usually comes around the end of a sentance, unless the location or time of the action is being framed.

It should be noted that in "to be" sentances [which use té as the principle verb] there is usually no agent or actor. This is covered in the "té" section.

Accusative nouns are the direct objects of the sentance, which follow the verbs immediately. They are identified largely by syntax as they follow the verb immediately. There is a vestigal "ag" but this is not used except in rare cases of ambiguity.

In Fén a great deal of focus are put upon various clauses in a sentance. There are three basic types which occur for different reasons;

These are essentially a full sentance on their own but they may be linked with the above copula. They typically begin with a copula or a verb (in cases where the copula would be dropped) and conclude with the subject. These are essentially sentances on their own and follow typical word order;

In Fén there are two types of dependent clauses which are quite distinct from eachother. One depends upon the initial copula, which often make the rest of the sentance dependant on them. These sorts of sentences involve two full clauses, where the second is dependent on the first;

The other form of dependant clause in Fén is one which rather than describe a distinct action that the first is dependant on, rather describe the context in which the action takes place. These invovles reasons, adding perspective to a statement or giving the time/place a sentance takes place in. These Clauses begin preposition and end either the whole sentance or else with another clause marking another dependant clause:

In Fén 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. Verbally this is usually distinguished by tone, while writers may use commas or expect their readers to understand based off of context. 'ci and 'cibh are gaining popularity as verb and written endings in some faster speaking dialects, but are not yet considered standard in Fén.

This makes sentances take a rather passive appearance compared to English particularly when it comes to describing qualities, which Fén divide into 3 categories;