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The letters correspond always to their pronunciation. The orthography is considered a [[w:phonetic orthography|phonetic]], as opposed to deep orthographies like [[w:French orthography|French's]]. | The letters correspond always to their pronunciation. The orthography is considered a [[w:phonetic orthography|phonetic]], as opposed to deep orthographies like [[w:French orthography|French's]]. | ||
==Grammar== | |||
===Genders=== | |||
Flewtish does have male-female distinction, however it is only limited to human species. In some adjectives, there is an animate-non animate distinction. | |||
===Verbs=== | |||
<small>Flewtish does not have a present tense for the verb "to be". So things like "to be or not to be" can't be translated.</small> | |||
Unlike most languages, verbs in Flewtish aren't well distinguished. They don't have a specific ending and they can only be understood if their position indicates it within the sentence. Verbs are not inflected in any way, and to indicate tense, person, voice and number specific roots have to be attached to the end. | |||
eg. "Kṽuppa-tu-r-kog-ṽes" (kṽuppa) to ask - (tu) he/she/ti - (r) male gender - (kog) passive voice - (ṽes) past tense | |||
==Stress== | ==Stress== | ||
Flewtish is a tonal language and the first syllable of each word acquires a specific tone. There are three tones: | Flewtish is a tonal language and the first syllable of each word acquires a specific tone. There are three tones: | ||
# The mild tone (Tonek | # The mild tone (Tonek midek) indicates that the pitch will rise in the first syllable and drop in the rest gradually. | ||
# The rising tone (Tonek buhtajek) means the pitch will rise as the word is pronounced | # The rising tone (Tonek buhtajek) means the pitch will rise as the word is pronounced | ||
# The falling tone (Tonek jebuhtajek) is the opposite of the rising one. Often however, it does not result in a falling pitch, but rather a longer vowel with the same pitch everywhere. | # The falling tone (Tonek jebuhtajek) is the opposite of the rising one. Often however, it does not result in a falling pitch, but rather a longer vowel with the same pitch everywhere. | ||