Intricacies of Ryôrskyuorn grammar
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a series of notes and explanations of different aspects of Ryôrskyuorn's grammar
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Tenses:
Ryorskyuorn has no perfect/imperfect tense. Rather, it has a near- and a far-past tense, indicated by either the inclusion or omission of the word roughly translated as "very", i.e. very much/far in the past. In the case of something that happened which continues to affect you, in most cases you'd use the near-past tense, which equates to the event happening recently, i.e. I was recently injured, I recently read that book. Similarly, something that no longer affects you will often be described in the far-past, i.e. I was injured a while ago (but I'm fully healed, now), I read that book long ago (but can't remember it well anymore).
The same applies to events occurring in the future, whether near or eventual - the use or lack of use of the word "very" indicates an action that will be taking place soon, i.e. I will go to the party (on the weekend), I will walk the dog (later today), or in a while, i.e. we'll all die (one day), I'm going to be a doctor (when I grow up).
Coding of Evidentiality:
Ryorskyuorn uses a mixture of visual sensory, nonvisual sensory, and reportative evidentiality. This is achieved via conjugation of the word "appearance", the rough equivalent of the english "seem". Essentially, an affix is used to indicate that the situation seems this way because of what you see, feel, smell, etc, or were told.
Conjugation:
The term vōly (movement) is assumed to mean a species' natural movement, i.e. swimming, walking, flight. When a being is using a different method of movement (i.e. a bird walking or a human swimming), conjugation includes an affix meaning land, water, or sky, depending on the situation. There is also an affix to indicate transportation via manmade vehicle
Vocabulary:
rather than up and down, jumping is described as inward and outward relative to the centre/core of the planet, i.e. jumping away from the planet's heart and returning toward it.
Questions:
Most questions are indicated by the particle rak rak ahead of the question itself. The only exceptions are WH questions (who, what, where, when, why, how), which are indicated by the use of one of these words at the end of the question ✎ Edit Article ✖ Delete Article
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