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===Syntax=== | ===Syntax=== | ||
====Simple Sentences==== | |||
The basic word order for Cumbraek is [Verb] + [Subject] + [Direct Object] + [Indirect Object/Adverbial]. | |||
* ''Gwelas Pedir Neven'' "Peter saw Neven" | |||
* ''Le Tomas livir amm er Ayr Voar'' "Tomas is reading a book about the Great War" | |||
The verb may be preceded by a particle. | |||
* ''Ru welas Pedir Neven'' "Peter has seen Neven" | |||
* ''Edh edew er wrek'' "The woman was leaving" | |||
Pronoun subjects are encoded within the verb itself and may be dropped, affixed to the end of a verb for clarity or placed before the verb (replacing the particle ''edh'') with no particular emphasis: | |||
* ''E hoolyen avory'' "We're sailing tomorrow" | |||
* ''E hoolyen-ni avory'' | |||
* ''Ni hoolyen avory'' | |||
Pronoun objects (direct) must be attached to a preverbal particle: | |||
* ''Eth dhuges'' "I carried you" | |||
* ''Rus celas-ev'' "He has hidden her" | |||
Simple sentences are negated with the preverbal particle ''ne''<sup>S</sup> (''n''' before vowels, ''ned'' before vowel-initial forms of ''bot'' and ''munet''). | |||
* ''Ned oov ri Alban'' "I am not the king of Scotland" | |||
* ''Neth gar-hi'' "She doesn't love you" | |||
* ''Ne cassam er Gral Glan'' "We didn't find the Holy Grail" | |||
====Coordinate Sentences==== | |||
Coordinate sentences consist of two or more simple sentences joined with ''a''<sup>S</sup> "and" (''ag'' before vowels), ''no'''<sup>L</sup> "or", or ''eythir'' "but". | |||
* ''Car Pedir Neven ag es gwil pownidh "Peter loves Neven and he sees her every day" | |||
* ''Hi sellas truw er fenestir eythir ne welas nebot'' "She looked through the window but didn't see anything" | |||
====Focussed Sentences==== | |||
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