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|name = Fyai Thǔvn | |name = Fyai Thǔvn | ||
|nativename = Fyai Thǔvn | |nativename = Fyai Thǔvn | ||
|pronunciation = | |pronunciation = ɸʲai tʰɯβ̞n | ||
|speakers = 4000 | |speakers = 4000 | ||
|fam1 = Shwain | |fam1 = Shwain | ||
|ancestor = Proto-Shwain | |||
|creator = User:Shemtov | |||
|setting = Tau-Ceti 2 | |||
|date = no date | |||
}} | }} | ||
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=Morphosyntax = | =Morphosyntax = | ||
The basic word order is SOV. | |||
The language is strongly analytic and isolating, so there is hardly any morphology. | |||
==The Copula== | |||
The copula is "witr" and occurs where verbs would occur: | |||
Fyolrt pyǔ witr | |||
sun star COP. | |||
"The sun is a star" | |||
==Pronouns and demonstratives== | ==Pronouns and demonstratives== | ||
'''Pronouns''': | |||
1p sing: srir | |||
1p plural: sérk | |||
2p.: im | |||
3p. sing: ye̋nr | |||
3p. plural: nrum | |||
'''Demonstratives''': | |||
That: nrunr | |||
This: sunr | |||
==Adjectives, Numerals and Adverbs== | |||
Adjectives come before the noun: | Adjectives come before the noun: | ||
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"3 fat men" | "3 fat men" | ||
Adverbs are words that are otherwise adjectives that come before the verb: | |||
Cók pyïrp mat vae | |||
man bread fast eat | |||
"(The/A) Man eats the bread quickly" | |||
==General Noun Syntax== | |||
If there are more then one subject, the particle "Trï" is inserted between the subjects. It has the rough meaning of "And" | If there are more then one subject, the particle "Trï" is inserted between the subjects. It has the rough meaning of "And" | ||
This can go on for a many subjects the sentence has. Once there are 2 nouns not separated by "trï", the second noun is the object. | This can go on for a many subjects the sentence has. Once there are 2 nouns not separated by "trï", the second noun is the object. | ||
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(The/A) Man and (the/a) woman eat bread and meat" | (The/A) Man and (the/a) woman eat bread and meat" | ||
Tense and | When an utterance has both a direct and indirect object, the indirect object comes first, and they are separated by the particle "ma": | ||
Sérk im ma thǔvn góeltr. | |||
we you IND.OB bay welcome | |||
"We welcome you to the bay". | |||
==Tense and Mood== | |||
Tense and Mood are marked by particles at the beginning of an utterance. | |||
There are 2 tenses, past and non-past. | There are 2 tenses, past and non-past. | ||
The Past marking is <L'oi> and non-past utterances are unmarked. | The Past marking is <L'oi> and non-past utterances are unmarked. | ||
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Mood particles: | Mood particles: | ||
Conditional: Nóin | Conditional: Nóin | ||
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Imperative: Vǎv | Imperative: Vǎv | ||
Dubtative: Lǎwn | |||
Mood particles come after the past tense particle. | |||
The Conditional particle is used before a clause when to indicate that a following clause will happen if the first clause would be fulfilled: | |||
Nóin soe phuwk, vak ilr. | |||
"CON. child sleep people act.evilly | |||
"If the child sleeps, people will do bad things" | |||
The potential mood is used to indicate that the speaker believes the action in the clause happened or will happen: | |||
L'oi ne soe phuwk | |||
PST. POT. child sleep | |||
"The child probably slept." | |||
The imperative is used to give commands or suggestions: | |||
Vǎv phuwk | |||
IMP. sleep | |||
"Go to sleep" | |||
The dubtative mood is used to indicate that the speaker believes the action in the clause probably didn't happen or will not happen: | |||
L'oi lǎwn cók pyïrp vae | L'oi lǎwn cók pyïrp vae | ||
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"I doubt(The/A) Man ate bread" | "I doubt(The/A) Man ate bread" | ||
==Locative and Temporal Particles== | |||
The Locative particle "lrai" is used after place nous to indicate that the action of the verb that follows takes place there: | The Locative particle "lrai" is used after place nous to indicate that the action of the verb that follows takes place there: | ||
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"And when they migrated from the east, they found a valley" | "And when they migrated from the east, they found a valley" | ||
==Verbs of motion== | |||
The following verbs can be used to denote certain motions toward the object: | |||
We- Ablative | |||
Ro - Lative | |||
Fa- Prolative (Move through) | |||
cók lre̋lt ro | |||
man woman LAT. | |||
"(The) man moved towards (the) woman" | |||
They can also be used with other verbs of motion, as such: | |||
cók lre̋lt we malrt | |||
man woman ABL. walk | |||
"(The) man walked away from (the) woman" | |||
"Ro" can also be placed after a verb in the non-past tense to simulate the future tense: | |||
Cók pyïrp vae ro | |||
man bread eat LAT. | |||
"(The/A) Man will eat bread" | |||