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==Grammar and Syntax== | ==Grammar and Syntax== | ||
Morphologically Rinap is quite isolating but shows traits of synthetic since both prepositions and affixes. Instead of joining words together, possessive case is often used: 'gekhu donbor' for 'house of books' meaning 'library' (not 'donbagekhu' 'bookhouse'; see the word order below). | |||
Rinap is a nominative-accusative language so the subjects of transitive and agents of intransitive verbs are treated as the same. Transitive verb objects are declined into the objective case: 'Zodoih phe '''nik''' pemozt'''ek''' doile'''ke''' knoi'''k'''?' (¿See you the bird beautiful that?) 'Do you see those beautiful birds?' This 'naphuk' or 'k-language' is the formal way of speaking so in casual situations and dialects the postfixes are often omitted. | Rinap is a nominative-accusative language so the subjects of transitive and agents of intransitive verbs are treated as the same. Transitive verb objects are declined into the objective case: 'Zodoih phe '''nik''' pemozt'''ek''' doile'''ke''' knoi'''k'''?' (¿See you the bird beautiful that?) 'Do you see those beautiful birds?' This 'naphuk' or 'k-language' is the formal way of speaking so in casual situations and dialects the postfixes are often omitted. | ||