LEXICON
| Word | Gramm. cat. | Translation |
| arke | n. | manner, way (of) |
| marker | Also used to mark some adverbs |
| Bosht'arke | adv. | Correctly, right, well |
| Eka | n. | Frequency, repetition |
| En | pron. | Impersonnal pronoun. Similar to "it rains". Also used as a means to change the subject back to a former one, when two were previously used |
| Ir | dem. | This, that |
| Jafiker | v. | to train, to learn, to exercise |
| Kada | n. | try, attempt |
| Kel | n. | Doubt |
| Ker | v. | To make |
| marker | the make of, the act of making... (fiselker : rope-making) |
| kshfokmuer | v. | to kill, to be dead, to die, to violate (a corpse), to 'unspark' (a "spark" being a soul, to unspark would be to destroy the soul completely) |
| Meksher | v. | to be certain, to be sure, to ascertain, to make sure |
| Nakom | adv. | literally : "not-with" |
| Nat | poss. | Indicates a possessor-possession relation |
| Natsko | adv. | Never |
| Ofor | n. | (a) bonus, (a) plus |
| Parsh | n. | thought, mind |
| Pusir | v. | to can, to be able to, to have the power to |
| Rer | v. | to cut |
| Rerna | n. | sword |
| Newea | pers. pron. | Mixed gender (masc+fem) plural 2nd pers |
| Shuker | v. | to pass (an exam), to overcome (an obstacle), to succeed |
| Sted | part. | Interrogative or conditional particle. |
| Upnu | n. | count, number, amount |
| adv. | most, many |
| -uker | marker | to make so... (attached to a verb), applies to the last object used |
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SYNTAX AND GENERAL NOTES
Genders
| Feminine | usually ends in -a | |
| Masculine | -e | |
| Mixed | ends in -ae or -ea | |
| Neutral | -e | -i |
The mixed gender can be used for someone you don't know the gender of.
It is an insult to use the neutral gender when speaking about a person. Possession
Possessive pronouns are always 3 letters long.
The first letter indicates the gender of the possessor, the second their number. The third is for the number of the object.
| The possessor can be | feminine | L |
| masculine | M |
| mixed/undefined | N |
| and also | singular | E |
| plural | A |
| The object can be | singular | T |
| plural | S |
The object of the possession is always considered neutral in gender. Example :
| Feminine singular possessor, plural object : | les |
| Mixed plural possessor, plural object : | nas |
| Masculine plural possessor, singular object : | mat |
Nouns
Nouns don't decline according to gender. Or number.
All words can be compounded together to make another word having a general meaning consisting of both words used. Verbs
| The infinitive takes | -ar to mark the past |
| -er to mark the present |
| -ir to mark the future |
Tense markers are at the end of a verb.
The verb is always preceded by the personal pronoun corresponding to the subject.
Imperative is formed by adding -o at the end of a verb. Adverbs
Adverbs go after the word(s) they modify or, if they directly modify a verb, inside the verb, between the personal marker and the infinitive. Example :
| Text : | Etsko-kom, ta kwesidje'arke ayatair. |
| Gloss : | Time-company, [casual 2nd pers sg] (slow+adverb marker) learn(future). |
| Translation : | With time, you will slowly learn. |
Numeration
Numerals are constructed in a base-10 system. They are all made of dissylabic words (except units) which take from these roots :
| 0 | Ni | Unit |
| 1 | Ba | |
| 2 | Pa | |
| 3 | Ta | |
| 4 | Da | |
| 5 | Ka | |
| 6 | Ga | |
| 7 | Je | |
| 8 | Ye | |
| 9 | La | |
| 10 | Ma | Tens |
| 100 | Na | Hundreds |
| 1000 | Ra | Thousands |
| Half | Se | |
| Quarter | She | |
Some words can have several forms.
Examples :
| 4 : | Da or Dani |
| 37 : | Tamajeni |
| 50 : | Kama or Séna |
| 718 : | Jenapamayeni |
| 4001 : | Darapani |
Particles
Some particles change the meaning of the whole clause. They go at the end of the clause they modify.
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