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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
===Constituent order=== | ===Constituent order=== | ||
The Rencadian word order is TSVO (tense-subject-verb-object) or TSOV (tense-subject-object-verb). The tense is indicated by a particle: | |||
co = present progressive | |||
pæ = past | |||
sjin = future | |||
cøvo = simple present | |||
pænwæ = past habitual (the equivalent of "used to" in English) | |||
Tense particles, like prepositions, may fuse with pronouns. | |||
(yet to create tables) | |||
===Noun phrase=== | ===Noun phrase=== | ||
Noun phrases are consistently head-initial. | |||
There are no adjectives per se in Rencadian, only abstract nouns whose genitives can function as adjectives: | |||
zjær = 'smallness' (genitive zjære) | |||
doasc ære = small number | |||
zaweth zjære = small ant | |||
Adjectives lenite after feminine nouns but not after masculine nouns. | |||
Relative clauses are marked with the words 're' or 'tje' (both meaning 'of', but 're' is used when the complement is definite). Rencadian uses resumptive pronouns a lot -- so "the man who the wolf ate" literally translates as "the man of the wolf eating him" | |||
the man who the wolf ate: λanæ tje porew menithre cæwth (insert gloss) | |||
the man from Frichorsj (a place) = λanæ re nFrichorsjnæ | |||
the man in Frichorsj = λanæ tje menFrichorsjnær (there's polyagglutination) | |||
===Verb phrase=== | ===Verb phrase=== | ||
===Sentence phrase=== | ===Sentence phrase=== | ||