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#2Amrangean by Gwaur
AmrangeanEnglish

ëghëlbaraghdas ohus uromabarghia, dur emrunot ëghöhus farghelbal

thus his/her speech went crazy, but he/she didn't speak words

PAST-speak-act_of_doing-GEN 3SG thus-become-crazy, but word-ACC PAST-3SG NEG-speak

  • ab- – prefix become
  • -aght – suffix act of doing
  • arghia – adjective crazy
  • -as – suffix genetive case
  • dur – conjug. but
  • ëgh- – prefix past tense
  • elbal – verb to speak
  • emrus – noun word
  • fargh- – prefix negation
  • ohus – pronoun he, she
  • -ot – suffix accusative case
  • urom- – prefix thus

On tenses:

The tense prefix is put on the subject, not on the verb.

On cases:

The genitive suffix is put on the thing which is owned, not the thing that owns.

The accusative suffix is put on the object.

Consonant gradation:

Every noun (in this sentence) ends in a weak consonant. When a case ending is put in there, the consonant strengthens. Consonant gradation that's relevant in here: (weak/strong)

  • s/n
  • t/d
  • l/r

Vowel harmony:

The vowel harmony has two sides:

  • a e i o u <- pure
  • ä ë ï ö ü <- modified

When an affix that has modified vowels is put on a word, the vowels in the neighboring syllable in the affixed word are also modified. Not the vowels of the entire word.