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#5Zoģaŋ by Gwaur
ZoģaŋEnglish

Erimbi ve exóronoxe zyi mynexajoloev zaxe ķogoogev.

I will become a family of evil languages in twelve hours.

become-FUT(III) 1SG.ERG family-OBL TRANSL language-GEN=PL.INDEF-CARD evil hour-ESS=C.DEF-CARD

  • eriņ - v. to become
  • exóron - n. family (class II)
  • ķond – n. hour (class I)
  • mynexa – n. language (class I)
  • ve – prn. 1SG.ERG (class III)
  • zaxe – evil, bad
  • zyi – postp. translative

Word order VSO

1. NOUNS

1.1 CASES

Case suffixes for noun class I:

  • -jo – genitive
  • -go – essive

Case suffixes for noun class II:

  • -oxe – oblique

1.2. CONJUGATION RULES

Class I:

  • If the noun ends in a consonant and the suffix starts with a consonant, the suffix consonant replaces the noun consonant.
  • If the noun ends in a vowel and the suffix starts with a consonant, the suffix is simply added after the noun.

Class II:

  • If the noun ends in a consonant and the suffix starts with a vowel, the suffix is simply added after the noun.

1.3. NUMBERS

Numbers are attached as a clitic to the nouns.

  • 12 definite affix: -og-
  • Plural indefinite affix: -lo-

The number affix string is closed with a suffix for cardinal or ordinal numbers.

>Cardinal suffix: -(e)v

1.4 ADJECTIVES

Adjectives come after the nouns they describe.

2. VERBS

2.1. TENSE PARTICLES

If no tense particle precedes the verb, the tense is a future tense.

2.2. TENSE SUFFIXES

Future 2 for subject noun class III: -bi

2.3. CONJUGATION RULES

If the tense suffix begins with a voiced plosive and the verb ends in <ņ>, the <ņ> changes into a nasal in the same place of articulation as the plosive.

3. TIME PHRASE

Using a time word (hour, month, etc.) in the essive case and a definite number will generate a meaning of "in X timeunits".