Veteline Syntax
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1. Veteline Nouns
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2. Veteline Syntax
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3. Veteline Verbs
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All normal Veteline syntax operates under a few basic rules.1. No two nouns can touch each other
2. The topic is the first noun
3. The inherent auxiliary and the verb should be separated.
However, there is a more complex standard order
1. Topic
2. Inherent auxiliary
3. Other nouns that are a subject or object
4. Verb
5. Nouns in prepositional phrases
a is used as an epenthetic particle, or maybe the word and, to prevent any sentences that would break these rules. Especially in early Veteline and Northern dialects, a was not necessary if there was an adjective, or, more rarely, a preposition, preventing the rules from being broken.
Nouns generally precede the rest of their phrase, especially in set adjectival descriptions, but this can be broken. Verbs precede adverbs.
Relative clauses use a separate order:
1. Inherent auxiliary of relative verb
2. Relative particle
3. Object of verb
4. Verb
5. Other nouns
Copulas can be dropped in subordinate clauses, but not in other situations.
Another common sentence structure is the clause of multiple action. It is roughly analogous to an indirect command or statement in Latin. The main verb must respond to some sort of action, such as reporting on an action, understanding it, or forming an opinion of it.
1. Inherent auxiliary of main verb
2. Main verb subject (benefactive normally, causative if inherent auxiliary is je, sometimes uku, afi, or any kind of verb with negative connotations)
3. Pronoun of subject of dependent clause in accusative (o if the dependent clause has a noun in subject)
4. Other main verb nouns
5. Topic of dependent clause in normal case
6. Main dependent clause verb in benefactive or causative, whichever is the opposite of the main verb subject's case. There are some exceptions, such as the vocative being attached for any imperatives.
7. Other dependent clause nouns
8. Main verb
9. Alternate place for other dependent clause nouns or other main verb nouns
10. Inherent auxiliary of dependent clause
11. All adverbs
Sentences are made imperative by putting the subject, and sometimes nouns with prepositions following them, into the vocative. Sentences are made questions in a handful of methods, in order of commonness of use:
1. Inherent auxiliary in the internal, with root of verb gaining vocative case.
2. Auxiliary rotation. Je -> uku -> ta -> zata -> ni -> afi -> fi.
3. Inherent auxiliary in the inferential, with root of verb in benefactive. This expects yes.
4. Inherent auxiliary in the contrafactual, with root of verb in causative. This expects no, and sometimes has auxiliary rotation and often is in the incipient.
5. Specific question verbs, such as ta vige.
6. No marking, just using intonation and context. ✎ Edit Article ✖ Delete Article
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