Aeranir: Difference between revisions

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.

| read-3SG.C Rascanus-NOM.SG book-ACC.SG

|'Rascanus is reading a book'}}

| Rascanus-NOM.SG book-ACC.SG read-SUBJ.3SG.C

|'should Rascanus be reading a book...'}}

| tell-PFV.3SG.C Ilius-DAT.SG Rascanus-NOM.SG book-ACC.SG read-INF

|'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.

|'You drank the tea'}}

|'The tea you drank'}}

Due to agreement in gender, case, and number between nouns and adjectives, additional nouns may be inserted between a noun and its adjective without changing the meaning, in what is called [[w:Hyperbaton|hyperbaton]]:

| listen-IMP person-VOC.SG 1SG.PRO-DAT good-T.VOC.SG

|'Listen to me good fellow!'}}