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#4Rynu by salpfish
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Akat ropsomun ohnonkutrav, hatsma tsuntap tajnyntysmpo.

Even without speaking any words out loud, her speech had turned crazy.

despite LOC-3SG.ERG.G(IX) one.ADV-3SG.ACC.G(VIII)-be_real.IRR 3SG.NOM.G(I)-3SG.ACC.G(IX).GEN mouth-skill-OBL crazy.ADV-3SG.ACC.G(VIII)-grow.REAL-3SG.ACC.G(IX)-SG.PST

  • akat – conj. despite, even though, albeit, even in spite of
  • hat – pn. 3sg class I nominative pronoun
  • kutraj – v. to be visible, to be real
  • n – pn. 3sg class VIII accusative pronoun
  • ohno – num. one, 1; adj. singular, alone, detached
  • samun – pn. 3sg class IX ergative pronoun
  • sm – pn. 3sg class IX accusative pronoun
  • tajnva – adj. crazy, untrue
  • tap – suff.IX. skill, ability
  • tsum – n.V. mouth, speech
  • yti – v. to grow, to become
  • SOV word order.
  • Split tripartite alignment.
    • Transitive verbs take ergative subjects and accusative objects.
    • Active intransitive verbs take absolutive subjects.
    • Stative intransitive verbs take accusative subjects.
  • Nouns
    • Main three cases:
      • Ergative
        • Unmarked on nouns
      • Accusative
        • Unmarked on nouns
        • Accusative pronouns can also function as nominalizers
      • Absolutive
        • Marked as -un on nouns
      • Pronouns preserve all three cases:
        • 3sg class I (humans): hat, ht, hun
        • 3sg class VII (intangible things, such as words): nu, n, nuq
        • 3sg class IX (abstract concepts): sam, sm, samun
      • Other cases are built on top on them:
        • Genitive: A-B-a C
          • A is the possessor as a nominative pronoun or noun.
          • B is the accusative pronoun for the possessed noun.
          • C is the possessed noun.
        • Locative: rop-A
          • A is an ergative pronoun or an ergative noun.
  • Verbs
    • Dictionary form ends in i, y, or j.
    • Realis stem: S (remove the ending of the dictionary form)
      • Transitive verbs and active intransitive verbs use this stem.
      • Other stems built onto this stem.
    • Stative stem: S + nasal mutation
      • e.g. final stops become prenasalized.
      • Stative intransitive verbs use this stem.
    • Irrealis stem: S + (u or v)
      • Standing alone, means “without doing ~”.
    • Conjugations:
      • i | singular
      • pa | singular past
    • Incorporation:
      • Nouns and adverbs can be part of the verb, placed before the stem.
  • Adjectives
    • End in -va by default.
    • If incorporated into verb without the suffix, functions as an adverb.
  • Vowel harmony
    • Suffixes will occasionally change vowels depending on the vowels in the preceding syllables of the word.
    • Default vowels: ‹a i u›
    • If a word contains ‹o› or ‹y›, any following ‹a›s and ‹i›s will shift to ‹o› and ‹y›