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==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||
Flewtish is a [[w:Polysynthetic language|polysynthetic language]], using [[w:Circumfix|circumfixes]] or other [[w:Affix|affixes]] to change word meaning, or show different grammatical functions. Some dialects tend towards a more moderate, [[w:Agglutinative language|agglutinative]] model (By using fewer morphemes per word than other dialects), however the principle of affixation is shared between all dialects. | Flewtish is a [[w:Polysynthetic language|polysynthetic language]], using [[w:Circumfix|circumfixes]] or other [[w:Affix|affixes]] to change word meaning, or show different grammatical functions. Some dialects tend towards a more moderate, [[w:Agglutinative language|agglutinative]] model (By using fewer morphemes per word than other dialects), however the principle of affixation is shared between all dialects. | ||
In addition, Flewtish contains an animate-inanimate distinction. If any part of speech within a sentence is animate, the subject, object and verb must take the ''-ü'' suffix. | |||
===Consonant harmony=== | ===Consonant harmony=== | ||
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| All nasals, sibilants, (post-)alveolars, dentals (undergoing fortition to become plosives, e.g., /ð/ to /d/), approximants, bilabials, /v/, /l/ and /p/ | | All nasals, sibilants, (post-)alveolars, dentals (undergoing fortition to become plosives, e.g., /ð/ to /d/), approximants, bilabials, /v/, /l/ and /p/ | ||
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===Nouns=== | |||
There are 10 cases (12 if dialectal ones are included) in Flewtish, formed usually with the use of an affix (For example: ''The apple: Hetceńe'', '''I ate the apple: Wo jepgo hetceńem'''), with the exception of the nominative case which doesn't need any inflection directly. The exact suffixes can be found below, in the "Cases" section. | |||
Similarly, possession is shown with a suffix. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+ Possession Suffixes in Flewtish | |||
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! Suffix !! Rough English Translation !! Example | |||
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| -mno || Mine || hetceńemno | |||
|- | |||
| -ði || Your || hetceńedi* | |||
|- | |||
| -muk || His/Hers/Its || hetceńemuk | |||
|- | |||
| ne-, -mno || Our || nehetceńemno | |||
|- | |||
| ne-, -sci || Your (plural) || nehetceńesci | |||
|- | |||
| ne- -ktu || Their || nehetceńe | |||
|} | |||
<small>''* See section '''Consonant harmony'''''</small> | |||
===Pronouns=== | ===Pronouns=== | ||