Recinese Grammar/Morphology
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An overview of Recinese grammar and morphology.
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The word order of Recinese is SOV, with any indirect objects coming after the object in dative case. There is no declension or conjugation, save for the nominative case which is marked by the appended word /a/. If the pronoun /ta/ not dropped and in the nominative case, it can be assumed it is referring to third person. If it is the object, then it is third person.
Several types of compounds exist, with two being denoted by affixes placed between the head and descriptor.
| Type | Affix | Usage |
|---|---|---|
| Endocentric | none | Denotes a special kind of the head word |
| Exocentric | ai | Denotes a special kind of unexpressed semantic head |
| Copulative | da | Denotes the sum of the two words |
| Appositional | none | Two contrary words providing different descriptions for the same referent |
| Affix | Type | Usage |
|---|---|---|
| di | nominalizer suffix | forms nouns |
| fo | verb-noun suffix | agent of action |
| dain | verb-noun suffix | patient of action |
| cai | noun-noun prefix | augmentative |
| u | noun-noun prefix | diminutive |
| Affix | Type | Usage |
|---|---|---|
| cung | adjectivizer suffix | forms adjectives |
| do | adjectivizer suffix | similar to |
| dcet | adjectivizer suffix | identical to |
| Affix | Type | Usage |
|---|---|---|
| nem | adjective-adverb suffix | forms adverbs |
| Affix | Type | Usage |
|---|---|---|
| ca | verbalizer suffix | general transitive action |
| dca | verbalizer suffix | general intransitive action |
| ce | verbalizer suffix | state of being |
| feng | verbalizer suffix | process of becoming |
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