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===Adjectives=== | ===Adjectives=== | ||
Adjectives decline identically to nouns | Adjectives decline identically to nouns | ||
==Clitic== | |||
Alarine features an optionally enclitic copula to mark the subject of an adjective or interrogative:<br> | |||
===Copula (to be)=== | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
!rowspan="2" | | |||
|- | |||
!width="100px" | '''Present''' | |||
!width="100px" | '''Past''' | |||
!width="100px" | '''Future''' | |||
|- | |||
| '''1S''' || éru, 'ru || óram, 'ram || fuáo, 'fu | |||
|- | |||
| '''2S''' || éres, 'res || óras, 'ras || fués, 'fes | |||
|- | |||
| '''3S''' || ére, 're || óra, 'ra || fué, 'fe | |||
|- | |||
| '''1P''' || erémo, 'rmo || eráma, 'rma || fuámo, 'fmo | |||
|- | |||
| '''2P''' || eréto, 'rto || eráta, 'rta || fuáto, 'fto | |||
|- | |||
| '''3P''' || éren, 'ren || óran, 'ran || fuén, 'fen | |||
|} | |||
===Examples=== | |||
* tóþi'ru - I am there | |||
* tjúto'res - You are loud | |||
* niódo're - he/she/it is stupid | |||
* séti'rmo - we are quiet | |||
* máto'rto - y'all are together | |||
* sácro'ren - they are sacred | |||
==Verbs== | ==Verbs== | ||
Verbs inflect for three persons | Verbs inflect for three persons (First, Second, Third) and three tenses (Present, Past, Future)<br> | ||
Currently there are three classes of verbs: | |||
===Class 1=== | |||
The first class features regular verbs, and take the vowel /e/ as their stem and thematic vowel, with past having /o/ as the stem vowel and /a/ as the thematic vowel. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
!rowspan="2" | | |||
|- | |||
!width="100px" | '''Present''' | |||
!width="100px" | '''Past''' | |||
!width="100px" | '''Future''' | |||
|- | |||
| '''1S''' || sérpu|| sórpam || serpéru | |||
|- | |||
| '''2S''' || sérpes || sórpas || serpéres | |||
|- | |||
| '''3S''' || sérpe || sórpa || serpére | |||
|- | |||
| '''1P''' || serpémo|| sorpáma || serperémo | |||
|- | |||
| '''2P''' || serpéto|| sorpáta || serperéto | |||
|- | |||
| '''3P''' || sérpen || sórpan || serpéren | |||
|} | |||
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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
<!-- etc. etc. --> | <!-- etc. etc. --> | ||
==Other resources== | ==Other resources== | ||
<!-- Example: Word order, qualifiers, determinatives, branching, etc. --> | <!-- Example: Word order, qualifiers, determinatives, branching, etc. --> | ||