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Conjugation and Sentence structure of Gataali
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In Gatsaali, each pronoun has its own separate verb conjugation. There are two types of verbs; type 1 and type 2.
Type 1 verbs end in -is.
Type two verbs end in -oc.
Present tense conjugation of both verbs is as follows:
| Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | Feminine | -a | excl. | -en |
| Masculine | -aa | incl. | -ate | |
| 2nd Person | Feminine | -it | -ut | |
| Masculine | -in | - | ||
| 3rd Person | Feminine | -ib | -ili | |
| Masculine | -u | - | ||
| 4th Person | -ils | - |
| Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | Feminine | -a | excl. | -om |
| Masculine | -aa | incl. | -ote | |
| 2nd Person | Feminine | -od | -ot | |
| Masculine | -on | - | ||
| 3rd Person | Feminine | -ok | -olo | |
| Masculine | -u | - | ||
| 4th Person | -ols | - |
The sentence structure of Gatsaali follow the VSO structure. The placement of the verb at the front of the sentence is crucial and all sentences must be headed with an initial conjugated verb. Since the subject and object are marked with tense, the word order of these two are not as important but the object typically follows subject. Verb particles are always at the end of the sentence(simple sentences; in complex sentences it can be predicate final).
Example:
Boku ecits a ga edza hi laa we laish.
boku et͡ʃit͡s æ gæ ed͡za hi lɔ ʍe laiʃ
There.is-3MThird person masculine (person)
he/they-PREPresent man-NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument.SGSingular (number)
one countable entity in my-GENGenitive (case)
possessive home-ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient.SGSingular (number)
one countable entity and know-1MFirst person masculine (person).PREPresent him-ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient not-NEGNegative (polarity)
not.PARTUnknown code
There is a man in my house and i do not know him.
-note the sentence final particle and the verb initiating the sentence.
Du ecits a shislsot.
du et͡ʃit͡s æ ʃistɬot
be-3SGUnknown code.MMasculine gender (gender)
masculine or male.loc man-Nom.SGSingular (number)
one countable entity in refrigerator-ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient.SGSingular (number)
one countable entity
The man is in the refrigerator.
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