Mantiqo Grammar
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1. Mantiqo Grammar
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2. Mantiqo roots
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3. Mantiqo Syntax
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Nouns are divided into 16 classes, differentiated by vowel pattern.
| Name | Vowel Pattern | Contains | Plural ending |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a-a-a | People | -n |
| 2 | a-a-i | Supernatural beings, mysteries, questions | -nan |
| 3 | a-a-o | Pieces of land | -ma |
| 4 | a-a-e | Young people, buildings | -na |
| 5 | a-i-a | Machines and tools | -na |
| 6 | a-i-i | Fascimiles | -m |
| 7 | a-i-o | Signs, writing, music | -ma |
| 8 | a-i-e | Transportation | -me |
| 9 | a-o-a | Augmentative | -san |
| 10 | a-o-i | Diminutive | -sen |
| 11 | a-o-o | Weapons, dangers | -m |
| 12 | a-o-e | Containers | -na |
| 13 | a-e-a | Animals, opposites | -n |
| 14 | a-e-i | Plants, young animals | -ni |
| 15 | a-e-o | Food | -no |
| 16 | a-e-e | Decoration | -ne |
Nouns also have many, many, prefixes that indicate case.
Nominative- base
Accusative- ti-
Dative- ko-
Vocative- le-
Locative- mi-
Adverbial- he-
Instrumental-Comitative- fe-
Allative- ne-
Predicate (stative verb object in formal speech)- qi-
Elative- tlo-
Temporal- sye-
Semblative- tli-
I'll add more as I need them.
Adjectives behave like nouns, and take the same case endings in most scenarios. Genitives can be nouns behaving like adjectives, or also put into a noun phrase where they normally go after the head noun.
Verbs, instead, have only 6 classes
| Name | Infinitive pattern | Indicative pattern | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | i-o-a | i-o-o | performing actions |
| 2 | i-e-a | i-e-e | making, building, constructing |
| 3 | i-a-a | i-a-o | stative verbs |
| 4 | i-i-a | i-i-i | communication |
| 5 | i-e-i | i-i-e | destruction, diminutives |
| 6 | i-o-i | i-i-o | religious significance, augmentatives |
Verbs also take further affixes in the following pattern:
pronouns-passive auxiliary-adverbs-verbs-tense-dependent clause affixes. Many moods are conveyed through adverbs, which may take either the infinitive or indicative. Present is the base tense, and perfect is formed by affixing -m. Future is formed by affixing -si. All other tenses combine one of those with an adverb.
Participles/gerunds are formed by adding -n(a) before the tense ending. qi- is the passive auxiliary.
-qa is attached to the verb of an intransitive relative clause, and -qata is attached to the verb of a transitive relative clause. ✎ Edit Article ✖ Delete Article
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