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Syllable structure in Telnan is always either CV or CVC, where C represents either one or two consonants and V represents a vowel. | Syllable structure in Telnan is always either CV or CVC, where C represents either one or two consonants and V represents a vowel. | ||
==Phonology and orthography== | ===Phonology and orthography=== | ||
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The reason long vowels (with an acute diacritic) are not long at the beginning of words is that historically there was a /h/ there. However, over time the /h/ sound completely dissapeared from the language. For etymological reasons, the following vowel is replaced with the long version of it, despite it being pronounced short. Look at 'ístoria' and 'ónor', for example. | |||
====Stress==== | ====Stress==== | ||
In Telnan, the penultimate (second-to-last) syllable is stressed, although this can differ in certain words or loanwords. | In Telnan, the penultimate (second-to-last) syllable is stressed, although this can differ in certain words or loanwords. | ||
==Morphology== | ===Morphology=== | ||
====Morphosynactic alignment==== | ====Morphosynactic alignment==== | ||
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===Sentence phrase=== | ===Sentence phrase=== | ||
===Dependent clauses=== | ===Dependent clauses=== | ||
==='Be'=== | |||
As in most Indo-European languages, the word 'be' exists in Telnan. It is 've'. | |||
The past tense form of 've', however, is '-er' which goes on the end of the word. | |||
==Example texts== | ==Example texts== | ||
The apple was red near the river = Il mar rošer ru li rio (the apple red. | The apple was red near the river = Il mar rošer ru li rio (the apple red-be.PST near the river) | ||
The mouse ran up the clock = Il maš lergad surpi li čaš (the mouse run-PST up.on the clock) | The mouse ran up the clock = Il maš lergad surpi li čaš (the mouse run-PST up.on the clock) | ||