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2. History of Retenia
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10. The Retenian syllabary
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The noun phrase follow this unchangeable order :
possessive - numerals - adjective modifier adverb - adjective - NOUN - plural clitic - demonstrative - case clitic
Examples:
まく ばねエ ざオ まン けざ
maku ban zaw may keza
1SFirst person singular (person)
speaker, signer, etc.; I.PNPronoun-POSSPossessive (case)
owns, has five very big copybook
my five very big copybooks
ざオ まン けざ ギ と
zaw may keza ji to
very big copybook PLPlural (number)
more than one/few PROXProximal (proximity)
close to speaker.DEMDemonstrative
e.g. this/ that
those very big copybooks
The most common word order is SOV. However, this order can change following the focus but this is not mandatory. In poetry, it's possible to freely change the clause's word order for esthetic reasons
Example with a simple phrase:
ぴる モ そか え はマせ.
Piru yo soka e hayase.
Piru NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument salmon ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient eat(INDIndicative mood (mood)
a common form of realis)-3AThird person animate (person)
he/she/they, not it.SGSingular (number)
one countable entity
Piru (Peter) eat salmon
Soka e Piru yo hayase.
For example to answer the question: who eat salmon?
Piru yo hayase soka e.
For example to answer the question: what does Piru do to salmons?
Soka e hayase Piru yo.
Hayase Piru yo soka e.
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