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Concerning the grammar

The At'ants'as basic grammatical structure is similar to the grammar of PIE. Words are formed from verbal roots, inserted into stems, and inflected using a fusional system of prefixes and suffixes. However, At'ants'as did not develop the complex Ablaut patterns of PIE, and instead uses a simple, regular vowel gradation system. Moreover, At'ants'as innovated neither a complex verbal system as PIE did, nor inflecting adjectives. The At'ants'as grammar is verb final, and only the verb is compulsory. Subjects and objects can be added as prefixes to the verb, or to appear independently before it. Adjectives are either stative verbs, or used as prefixes. Adpositions are postpositions, and adjuncts may be inserted generally everywhere. At'ants'as morphosyntactic alignment depends on the gender of the noun. If the noun is animate, the alignment is tripartite. However, if the noun is inanimate, the alignment is ergative-absolutive. At'ants'as verbs have separate transitive and intransitive/passive/stative endings. The transitive endings correspond to PIE mi-conjugation, while the intransitive, passive and stative endings correspond to PIE passive endings. At'ants'as also possesses two systems of personal pronouns – an egocentric system (1st person vs. Non 1st person), and a demonstrative system (proximal, medial, distal).

Abbreviations

1 - first person

1POSS - inanimate possessive

2 - second person

2/3 - non first person

2POSS - animate / endearing inanimate possessive

3 - third person

ABS - absolutive case

ACT - active

DAT - directional case

DIST - distal person

DU - dual

ERG - ergative case

GER - gerund

IMPR - imperative

IMPRF - imperfective

INDF - indefinite pronoun

INST - instrumental

INTR - intransitive case / intransitive verbal mode

LOC - locative

MED - medial person

OBJ - objective prefix

P - patientive case

PASS - passive

PL - plural

PRF - perfective

PROX - proximate person

PTCL - particle

REL - relative pronoun

SG - singular

TRN - transitive verbal mode

VOC - vocative case

XDIS - extremely distal

El Texto

Mes msomi ak'alwoym hewop'ami.
At'ay plohu mes a-posi morhes,
Nur pnetewi msom hets'oymi.
Nu atsʼanohi,
Ye at'elosh hs-wot pesti ap'oymt,
Nu hoyu-nur hots'atis hoyi,
A-hte hsi at'awosi.
Ulopyat'omtrosk

Interlinear Glossing. Good Luck.

Mes msomi ak'alwoym hewop'ami.
1sg.ERG 1pl.LOC joy-cause-1sg.PRF want-TRN.1sg.IMPRF
I at us have caused joy am wanting.
I long to make us happy.
At'ay plohu mes a-posi morhes,
and.PRF except 1pl.INTR strong.emotion=end-sg.LOC die-INTR.1pl.PRF
and except we at the end of strong emotions we die.
And nonetheless we die with the end of our powerful feelings.
Nur pnetewi msom hets'oymi.
as past-sg.LOC 1pl.P be-cause-TRN.1sg.IMPRF
as in the past us I am causing to be
As I have in the past caused us to / As I have caused us to before.
Nu atsʼanohi,
and.IMPRF know-INTR.1sg.IMPRF
and I know
and I know,
Ye at'elosh hs-wot pesti ap'oymt,
REL leaf-pl.ERG PROX=world-sg.ABS future-sg.LOC live_grow=TRN.3pl.PRF
(Id.) yang leaves 🍃🍃 this world in the future
Nu hoyu-nur hots'atis hoyi,
and.IMPRF then=like time-sg.INTR go-INTR.3sg.IMPRF
A-hte hsi at'awosi.
strong.emotion=XDIS-INTR PROX-LOC breathe_live-INTR.3sg.IMPRF
Ulopyat'omtrosk
wolf-tamer-sg.2POSS
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