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==== Emotional Words ==== | ==== Emotional Words ==== | ||
In the early days of the Skegletorahh'gallã language, Time Lords only expressed their feelings telepathically. With the invention of a writing system for, the until then, spoken language, they started coming up with words to describe the way they felt themselves and towards others. For a Time Lord, a feeling isn't just an emotion, it's a state of being. For example, instead of saying “I'm in love” they say “I'm love”. A more literal translation would be: “I am as the state of love”. | In the early days of the Skegletorahh'gallã language, Time Lords only expressed their feelings telepathically. With the invention of a writing system for, the until then, spoken language, they started coming up with words to describe the way they felt themselves and towards others. For a Time Lord, a feeling isn't just an emotion, it's a state of being. For example, instead of saying “I'm in love” they say “I'm love”. A more literal translation would be: “I am as the state of love”. | ||
As a result, Time Lords don't use adjectives to say if they are sad or happy, they utilize these especial words called “emotional words”. These words used as adjectives of emotion are different than their noun counterparts. For example the word “anger” in its noun form is | |||
As a result, Time Lords don't use adjectives to say if they are sad or happy, they utilize these especial words called “emotional words”. These words used as adjectives of emotion are different than their noun counterparts. For example the word “anger” in its noun form is ''tsaptbri'' [ʦap.te.bri] but if you would like to say “I'm angry” then you should use the emotional word ''ńaafrík'' [ɳɑ.fryk], which also means “anger” in Gallifreyan. The difference is that the latest could only be used to say that one is angry and not to talk about anger itself. There's even a unique to be verb used for expressing emotions but that's a whole other story that will be discussed on the Verbs sections. | |||
==== Adjectives & Adverbs ==== | ==== Adjectives & Adverbs ==== | ||
For most human languages, adjectives and adverbs are two different grammatical classifications. In Gallifreyan, however, they are both a sub-category of nouns and are called Quality Nouns. A normal noun becomes a quality noun when it is used to express, as its name suggests, a particular quality of another noun. They are classified by Inherited and Momentary. | For most human languages, adjectives and adverbs are two different grammatical classifications. In Gallifreyan, however, they are both a sub-category of nouns and are called Quality Nouns. A normal noun becomes a quality noun when it is used to express, as its name suggests, a particular quality of another noun. They are classified by Inherited and Momentary. | ||