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===Verbs=== | |||
Verbs in Medh Nghêl have four principal parts: the infinitive stem, which ends in ''-dh'', ''-n'', ''-l'', ''-r'', or ''-th''; the present stem; the past stem; and the supine stem, which ends in ''-m''. | |||
====Tenses==== | |||
The '''simple present''' is analogous to the English simple present. It uses the simple pronouns with the following suffixes: | |||
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! !! Singular !! Plural | |||
|- | |||
| 1st person || -n || -me | |||
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| 2nd person || -d || -te | |||
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| 3rd person || -b || -vad | |||
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| Negative || -Ø (no ending) || | |||
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Revision as of 14:34, 13 September 2016
Medh Nghêl is the lingua franca of Tumhan. It's a Finnic language with a Sindarin-like aesthetic.
Introduction
Phonology
Orthography
Consonants
Vowels
Prosody
Stress
Intonation
Phonotactics
Morphophonology
Morphology
Pronouns
Pronouns in Medh Nghêl inflect by polarity (positive/negative). There are also copular pronouns which historically derive from contractions of pronouns with the copula, which inflect by tense (present/past) and mood (indicative/subjunctive).
Person | Simple (non-copular) | Copular | ||||||||
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indicative | subjunctive | |||||||||
positive | negative | present | past | present | past | |||||
positive | negative | positive | negative | positive | negative | positive | negative | |||
1sg | mæ | mine | mole | minœl | moli | minœlyd | môth | minœ̂th | môthol | minœ̂thœl |
2sg | sæ | sine | sole | sinœl | soli | sinœlyd | sôth | sinœ̂th | sôthol | sinœ̂thœl |
3sg animate | hæ | hæne | ho | hænœl | holi | hænœlyd | hôth | hænœ̂th | hôthol | hænœ̂thœl |
3sg inanimate proximal | sê | sî | seio | seiœl | seioli | seiœlyd | seioth | seiœ̂th | seiothol | seiœ̂thœl |
3sg inanimate distal | tô | toe | tôo | toiol | tôoli | toiolud | tôoth | toiôth | tôothol | toiôthol |
1pl | mec | mê | molem | meiœl | molim | meiœlyd | môthim | meiœ̂th | môthimol | meiœ̂thœl |
2pl | tec | tê | tolet | teiœl | tolit | teiœlyd | tôthit | teiœ̂th | tôthitol | teiœ̂thœl |
3pl animate | hec | hê | hova | heiœl | holiv | heiœlyd | hôthiv | heiœ̂th | hôthivol | heiœ̂thœl |
3pl inanimate proximal | nêd | nede | nêdo | nêiœl | nêdoli | nêiœlyd | nêdoth | nêiœ̂th | nêdothol | nêiœ̂thœl |
3pl inanimate distal | nôd | node | nôdo | nôiol | nôdoli | nôiolud | nôdoth | nôiôth | nôdothol | nôiôthol |
Verbs
Verbs in Medh Nghêl have four principal parts: the infinitive stem, which ends in -dh, -n, -l, -r, or -th; the present stem; the past stem; and the supine stem, which ends in -m.
Tenses
The simple present is analogous to the English simple present. It uses the simple pronouns with the following suffixes:
Singular | Plural | |
---|---|---|
1st person | -n | -me |
2nd person | -d | -te |
3rd person | -b | -vad |
Negative | -Ø (no ending) |