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#3Ryqnu by salpfish
RyqnuEnglish

Kytoziicutapšuuvôpyylzmôo kvatumiizundlariha, randzuqin.

I know you will speak beautiful words.

(lit. I know that you shall create words with a beautiful ability of the mouth.)

beautiful-mouth-ability-use.DEON.INTR.STAT-3SG.ACC.G9-ADVZ 2SG.ERG-word-make.IRR.TRANS-3PL.ACC.G8-FUT 1SG.ERG-know.REAL.TRANS-3SG.ACC.G9

  • iicu — n. mouth
  • kva — pn. 2sg ergative
  • kyto — adj. beautiful
  • mii — v. to make
  • n — pn. 3sg accusative gender 8
  • ndl — pn. 3pl accusative gender 8
  • ran — pn. 1sg ergative
  • suqi — v. to know (facts)
  • šuuvo — v. to be used (instrumental)
  • tap — n. ability
  • tu — n. word
  • zm — pn. 3sg accusative gender 9
  • -Ø — (verb stem ending) realis transitive stem
  • -iil — deontic intransitive stative stem
  • -zu — irrealis transitive stem
  • -ee — adverbalizer (takes deontic stem)
  • -ariha — future tense (takes irrealis stem)
  • -Ø, -(vowel) — (nominal ending) singular unmarked case
  • -i — (nominal ending) plural unmarked case
  • alignment: split tripartite, transitive sentences take ergative and accusative
  • unmarked case: ergative or accusative
  • directionality: head-final
  • gender 8: abstract concepts
  • gender 9: actions
  • relative clauses: marked by relevant pronoun (e.g. “The man went to the store I saw him” for “I saw the man who went to the store”)
  • noun incorporation: stick in nouns (and modifiers) before the verb stem
  • vowel harmony: <a e i> become <o ô y> near other <o ô y>s (long <ee> becomes <ôo>)
  • sandhi: sometimes happens, is written. don’t freak out if a word doesn’t look exactly like it does in the dictionary