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RE: Conlanguages?

As I seemingly am out of things to do, I'll make use of my time explaining how Gëremn syntactically works. I'll try to be as simple as possible.

Gëremn is ergative accusative language, a bit like Basque in that regard. It's fairly analytic, but it has a lot of agglunation aswell. It lacks tenses, like Mandarin, and uses articles to tell of the noun's quality & amount. The unique thing about this language are the clitics, which are bit complex.

I'll show an example.
*Des ë zos wese era wad fasn fetjos.*
I saw you walking in to the house.

Des = I. It's 'linked' with the verb 'wese' by clitic -es, which both have. The purpose of this linking is to show which is which's agent and which is which's predicate.
ë = neutral atricle, which as such without endings implies to accusative.
zos = you. Linked with the verb 'fetjos'.
wese = see. Linked to agent 'Des'. -se clitic means the action is performed with upper body; with the eyes. -se is for actions done by eyes, ears, mouth, nose etc. -sa is for arms, hands etc.
era = particle of complete past actions
wad = w-= for iddntifying places; -a- positive tone infix; -d illative case ending.
fasn = house
fetjos = walk(ing). Linked with agent 'zos'. -os clitic refers to actions done by lower body - feet.

This is still a subject to change, but I think this is pretty much how things go syntax wise.
(This post was last modified: 09-08-2016, 08:16 PM by Red.)
09-08-2016, 08:15 PM
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Conlanguages? - by Red - 06-01-2016, 01:19 AM
RE: Conlanguages? - by Darkfire - 06-03-2016, 08:29 PM
RE: Conlanguages? - by Red - 09-08-2016, 08:15 PM
RE: Conlanguages? - by Petike - 09-10-2016, 01:31 AM
RE: Conlanguages? - by Red - 09-10-2016, 09:51 PM
RE: Conlanguages? - by Petike - 09-13-2016, 11:38 PM
RE: Conlanguages? - by Slanderous - 09-11-2016, 10:04 PM
RE: Conlanguages? - by Red - 09-14-2016, 03:43 PM
RE: Conlanguages? - by Petike - 09-15-2016, 08:06 AM
RE: Conlanguages? - by Red - 09-15-2016, 05:36 PM



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