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===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||
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*"to be": apposition ''trs doth'' (a man is a smith) vs. ''doth trs'' (the smith-man, the smith (who) is a man); predicative before ''luwidh doth'' (a man is beautiful) vs. attributive after ''doth luwidh'' (a beautiful man) | *"to be": apposition ''trs doth'' (a man is a smith) vs. ''doth trs'' (the smith-man, the smith (who) is a man); predicative before ''luwidh doth'' (a man is beautiful) vs. attributive after ''doth luwidh'' (a beautiful man) | ||
**Emphasizing ''ma'': ''trs dothma'' (it is the man who is a smith) | **Emphasizing ''ma'': ''trs dothma'' (it is the man who is a smith) | ||
**Temporal adverbs, such as ''ta'ikhi'' (in the past), indicate when something was or will be. | |||
* "to have": various [[Sceptrian#Possessive_affixes|possessive forms]], e.g. ''soput trsor dothi'' ("profession of a smith for the man") | * "to have": various [[Sceptrian#Possessive_affixes|possessive forms]], e.g. ''soput trsor dothi'' ("profession of a smith for the man") | ||
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====Tense==== | ====Tense==== | ||
In Sceptrian, verbs are conjugated for three tenses: past, present and future. These tenses | In Sceptrian, verbs are conjugated for three tenses: past, present and future. These tenses describe when an action took place relative to current moment as their names indicate. | ||
====Aspect==== | ====Aspect==== | ||
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====Mood==== | ====Mood==== | ||
Moods | |||
=====Realis===== | |||
'''Gnomic'''-static verb form can be considered representing gnomic mood since it can't be used with other moods. | |||
'''Indicative''' is the basic mood which is used with factual statements | |||
=====Irrealis===== | |||
'''Interrogative''' is not conjugated, but indicated through rising pitch and changing primary stress onto the first syllable. Formal register uses the particle ''shóo'' which is placed after the verb. | |||
'''Imperative''' is the first apophony of base form (3SG.INAN GNO) with an ''r'' added before present inceptive . person conjugation... | |||
'''Subjunctive''' is formed with second apophony and through initial left-to-right reduplication, but always with CV or VC parts of the first syllable | |||
=====Particles===== | |||
Placed after the verb to alter its meaning | |||
* dubitative ( | |||
* mirative (with imperative) | |||
* sarcasm | |||
*volitive (wishes) | |||
* evidentials | |||
**hearsay | |||
**visual | |||
*conditional (with subjunctive) | |||
**protasis | |||
**apodosis | |||
*hortatives (with imperative) | |||
**... | |||
formal register differences... | |||
*permissive | |||
*prohibitive (with imperative) | |||
====Negation==== | ====Negation==== | ||
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*used with ...(?) | *used with ...(?) | ||
Relative form with word-order and prefix? | Relative form with word-order and prefix? + formal register particle | ||
===Adpositions=== | ===Adpositions=== | ||