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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
===Word order=== | ===Word order=== | ||
Aeranir is generally verb-initial in independent clauses, and verb-final in dependant clauses, including non-finite clauses using the infinitive, participle, gerund, etc.. These rules may be violated in poetry, however it is much more common to violate the former than the later. | |||
{{interlinear | box=yes | style2 = color:DarkMagenta; | top='''''qurra rāscānus salvan''''' | {{interlinear | box=yes | style2 = color:DarkMagenta; | top='''''qurra rāscānus salvan''''' | ||
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| tell-PFV.3SG.C Ilius-DAT.SG Rascanus-NOM.SG book-ACC.SG read-INF | | tell-PFV.3SG.C Ilius-DAT.SG Rascanus-NOM.SG book-ACC.SG read-INF | ||
|'Rascanus told Ilius that he was reading a book'}} | |'Rascanus told Ilius that he was reading a book'}} | ||
Nominal clitics attach to the end of verbs in independent clauses, and the beginning of verbs in dependant clauses. | |||
{{interlinear | box=yes | style2 = color:DarkMagenta; | top='''''tetuene tīn''''' | |||
| tet-ue<nowiki>=</nowiki>ne tīn-Ø | |||
| drink-PFV.3SG.E<nowiki>=</nowiki>2SG tea-ACC.SG | |||
|'You drank the tea'}} | |||
{{interlinear | box=yes | style2 = color:DarkMagenta; | top='''''tīn netessun''''' | |||
| tīn-Ø ne<nowiki>=</nowiki>te[t]-ss-un | |||
| tea-NOM.SG 2SG<nowiki>=</nowiki>drink-PFV.PTCP-E.NOM.SG | |||
|'The tea you drank'}} | |||
Word order is much more free for nouns and noun phrases. Adjectives and genitives may either proceed or follow a noun, although they adjectives generally follow, whilst genitives generally proceed. Prepositions always proceed their noun, whilst postpositions, which are far less common, always follow. | |||
==Nouns== | ==Nouns== | ||
===Gender=== | ===Gender=== | ||