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===Morphophonology=== | ===Morphophonology=== | ||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
===Tenses=== | |||
In Moshurian, there are four main tenses- the present, the future, the far future and the simple past. To indicate that a phrase is in a certain tense, an ''indicator'' is used just before the object, e.g. '''''öş''' gersetigéd kestolék''(I built a house). | |||
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|+ Tense indicators | |||
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! Present !! Future !! Far Future !! Simple Past | |||
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| (uź) || ïş || ïşé || öş | |||
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The present tense indicator, ''uź'', is used like a [[w:Accidental (music)|natural]] in music. By default, no indicator is used to indicate the present in a non-contextual sentence, but as indicators are continuous, meaning that if an indicator is placed then all succeeding sentences will be in the indicator's tense until a new indicator appears, ''uź'' may be needed to clarify that a sentence does not follow the tense of the previous sentence.<br> | |||
'''Example:''' ''öş abáragéd udubék. budur ibiş.'' - ''I went to the park. It '''was'''<ref>Note the continuous past tense.</ref> great.''<br> | |||
''ös abáragéd udubék. uź budur ibiş.'' - ''I went to the park. (The park) '''is''' great.'' | |||
===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||
Verbs in Moshurian are inflected by default with the infinitve suffix ''-omh'', and then the root of the verb (e.g. ''dáfhér'' in ''dáfhéromh'', to eat) is inflected with a different suffix depending on the pronoun. | Verbs in Moshurian are inflected by default with the infinitve suffix ''-omh'', and then the root of the verb (e.g. ''dáfhér'' in ''dáfhéromh'', to eat) is inflected with a different suffix depending on the pronoun. | ||
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! !! '''Singular''' !! '''Plural''' | ! !! '''Singular''' !! '''Plural''' | ||
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| '''Infinitive''' || ''-omh'' | | '''Infinitive''' ||colspan="2"| ''-omh'' | ||
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| '''First person''' || ''-ék(-ïk)'' || ''-ékeŋ(-ïkeŋ)'' | | '''First person''' || ''-ék(-ïk)'' || ''-ékeŋ(-ïkeŋ)'' | ||