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The majority of words in Letaale consist of three syllables and are thus called ''trisyllabics''. Each trisyllabic consists of two ''triphonemic'' roots, a noun root (or subject root), which consists of three consonants (triconsonantal), and a verb root, which consists of three vowels (trivocalic), counting the long vowels and the diphthong /ai/ as one vowel each. Containing both subject and verb, each trisyllabic constitutes an entire clause in its own right. | The majority of words in Letaale consist of three syllables and are thus called ''trisyllabics''. Each trisyllabic consists of two ''triphonemic'' roots, a noun root (or subject root), which consists of three consonants (triconsonantal), and a verb root, which consists of three vowels (trivocalic), counting the long vowels and the diphthong /ai/ as one vowel each. Containing both subject and verb, each trisyllabic constitutes an entire clause in its own right. | ||
Lemmas (citation forms) of trisyllabics consist of a noun root | Lemmas (citation forms) of trisyllabics consist of a noun root together with its equivalent verb root. These are related by the one-to-one correspondence of consonants to ''[[Letaale#Morphophonology|primary vowels]]'', meaning that lemmas consist only of the syllables '''na''', '''taa''', '''le''', '''xee''', '''mi''', '''hii''', '''jo''', '''soo''', '''gu''', '''kuu''', and '''vai'''. Like all trisyllabics, lemmas make up a valid clause on their own, however, the relationship between noun forms and verb forms is consistent to the the point that trisyllabic lemmas are always, by definition, self-evidently true sentences of the structure "the X is an X" (or "that which X-es X-es"), and therefore mostly rather void of pragmatic purpose. Here are some examples of trisyllabic roots in their lemma forms. | ||
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| '''''vailevai''''' || You are you. || '''''v_l_v_''''' || you || '''''_ai_e_ai''''' || be you | | '''''vailevai''''' || You are you. || '''''v_l_v_''''' || you || '''''_ai_e_ai''''' || be you | ||
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| '''''taaguhii''''' || The ''taaguhii''* is a '' | | '''''taaguhii''''' || The ''taaguhii''* is a ''taaguhii''. || '''''t_g_h_''''' || ''taaguhii'', he || '''''_aa_u_ii''''' || be a ''taaguhii'' | ||
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| '''''hiitaahii''''' || The ''hiitaahii''** is a ''hiitaahii''. || '''''h_t_h_''''' || the ''hiitaahii'', he || '''''_ii_aa_ii''''' || be a ''hiitaahii'' | | '''''hiitaahii''''' || The ''hiitaahii''** is a ''hiitaahii''. || '''''h_t_h_''''' || the ''hiitaahii'', he || '''''_ii_aa_ii''''' || be a ''hiitaahii'' | ||