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===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
Compounds in Fén are constructed with strict | Compounds in Fén are constructed with strict sandhi rules, which reflect the fundamental phonotactic laws of Fén; | ||
When the initial word ends with a consonant and the second begins with one, the consonant is dropped from the initial word and the consonant in the latter is lenited, if possible. | When the initial word ends with a consonant and the second begins with one, the consonant is dropped from the initial word and the consonant in the latter is lenited, if possible. | ||
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! style="text-align:left" width="100"|Fén | ! style="text-align:left" width="100"|Fén | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |1st Sing. | ||
|di | |di | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |2nd Sing. | ||
|re | |re | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |3rd Sing. | ||
|lo | |lo | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |1st Pl. [excl.] | ||
|dí | |dí | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |1st Pl. [incl.] | ||
|rí | |rí | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |2nd Pl. | ||
|ré | |ré | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |3rd Pl. | ||
|ló | |ló | ||
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|Those Methods Which... | |Those Methods Which... | ||
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In Fén, Determiners double as pronouns if the meaning is of them is made clear. | In Fén, Determiners double as pronouns if the meaning is of them is made clear. relative pronouns precede relative clauses, as in English. ex. "I will give my word to whoever merits it." | ||
The | The initial determiner or proximal determiner, fills the role of both "this" and sometimes "the" in English, once established in a conversation the proximal determiner sticks and is used in cases even where "that" would be used in English by the other speaker. | ||
The | 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. | ||
The | The alternative determiner is used in order to switch the proximal or distal determiner. Where in English this doesn't receive any special emphasis, in Fén the first time the subject which the term "this" refers to in a conversation is changed, an "Alternative Determiner" is used, in order to show as much. | ||
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. | 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. | ||