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*"to be": ''luwi doth'' | *"to be": apposition ''trk doth'' (a man is a smith) vs. ''doth trk'' (the smith-man); ''luwi doth'' (a man is beautiful) vs. ''doth luwi'' (a beautiful man) | ||
* "to have": all those possessive forms... | * "to have": all those possessive forms... ''sop trng dothi'' ("profession of a smith for the man") | ||
====Tense==== | ====Tense==== | ||
In Sceptrian, verbs are conjugated for three tenses: past, present and future. These tenses indicate when an action took place relative to current moment. | In Sceptrian, verbs are conjugated for three tenses: past, present and future. These tenses indicate when an action took place relative to current moment as their names indicate. | ||
====Aspect==== | ====Aspect==== | ||
Gnomic-static is used to indicate general truths (sun rises) and static situations (I can speak English) | Gnomic-static aspect is used to indicate general truths (sun rises) and static situations (I can speak English). It can be used with expressions of time to specify when something was static ("Clothes-on-me these yesterday") | ||
Present progressive describes dynamic actions (I'm reading English at the moment). Present inceptive is used when an action is about to begin or someone is starting to do something. | Present progressive describes dynamic actions (I'm reading English at the moment). Present inceptive is used when an action is about to begin or someone is starting to do something. | ||
Past imperfective is used with continuous activities which were happening before the present. The contrasting perfective aspect describes the event as a whole and having an endpoint in the past. | |||
In future tense, no aspects are distinguished, but rather non-finite forms are used. | |||
Mixing agent and subject endings... | Mixing agent and subject endings... | ||
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====Conjugation==== | ====Conjugation==== | ||
Forbidden root vowels & diphthongs: é, ó, i, æ, ø; ei, oi; all long vowels | |||
Transitivity, animacy and cases: ''Ónzaiton dothee pof.'' (A man (ERG) is lifting a feather (ABS).), ''Bousón doth.'' (The man falls.) ''Bouson pof.'' (The feather (ABS) falls.). | Transitivity, animacy and cases: ''Ónzaiton dothee pof.'' (A man (ERG) is lifting a feather (ABS).), ''Bousón doth.'' (The man falls.) ''Bouson pof.'' (The feather (ABS) falls.). | ||