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[comments] Menu 1. General order 2. Interrogation case 3. Relative clauses
[top]General order


It is an SVO language like english. The word order is "subject - verb - object".

"I eat an apple" = mogais ÿ aknyr - mogʰɑjs ʑ ɑkʰnʏɾ
The adjective usually goes after the noun, but this rule can be modeled depending of the consonantic harmony.

“I have white toys” = ḡorais edé sterinén awslikin - g͡ʝoɾɒws edə steɾɪnn̩ ɒwslɪkʰɪn (in the other way round, it would be pronounced /ns/ somewhere and this is ugly) “I am a golden god” = wtais ÿ gmaharat dygm - tɑjs ʑ gʰm̩ɑʁ̩ɑɾɑt dʏgʰm̩ (in the other way round, it would be pronounced /gmgm/ somewhere and this is ugly)
Kind of like adjectives, the only adverb can go either at the end or at the beginning of the sentence.
"I want a cat right now" = toreém kyrais ÿ emá - toɾejəm kʰʏɾɑjs ʑ emɑ̤ or = kyrais ÿ emá toreém
If there are several adverbs, the accentuated one goes first.
"I really want a cat right now" = toreém kyrais ÿ emá koterasnyt - toɾejəm kʰʏɾɑjs ʑ emɑ̤ kʰoteɾɑsnʏt
[top]Interrogation case
There are two kinds of interrogation : the global one and the one with an interrogative. The first kind can only be answered using "yes" or "no". In a global interrogation, the sentence is introduced by the particle "geém".
“Are you a cat ?” = geém wteis ÿ emá ? - gʰejəm tejs ʑ emɑ̤
The second kind of interrogation is based upon an interrogative like ham - /ʁ̩ɑm/ (where), him - /ʁ̩ɪm/ (who), kalow - /kʰɑɫow/ (how), kawm - /kʰɒwm̩/ (what), pohiem - /poʁ̩jem/ (how many), suham - /suʁ̩ɑm/ (from where) or táp - /tɑ̤p/ (why). And the interrogative goes at the end of the sentence.
"How many cats are there ?" = tar emán pohiem ? - tɑɾ emɑ̤n poʁ̩jem
[top]Relative clauses
The em conjunction is used as a global relative pronoun and replaces several of them in english : "that" in three cases, "who" in one case and "what" in one case. It is always followed by a comma and the verb goes right after it. 1. Relative pronoun "that", active tense.

"It is the cat that I love" = wtéis o emá em, ehrais - /təjs o emɑ̤ em eʁ̩ɾɑjs/


2. Relative pronoun "that", passive tense.

"It is the cat that loves me" = wtéis o emá em, ehréis iown - /təjs o emɑ̤ em eʁ̩ɾəjs jown/
3. Relative pronoun "that", human.

"The man that I met" = wtéis o pereha em, uporaḡ - /təjs o peɾeʁ̩ɑ em upoɾɒwk/


4. Relative pronoun "who".

"It is the man who has the cat" = wtéis o pereha em, ḡortéis o emá - /təjs o peɾeʁ̩ɑ em g͡ʝoɾtəjs o emɑ̤/
5. Relative pronoun "what".

"It is what I love" = wtéis em, ehrais - /təjs em eʁ̩ɾɑjs/


The conjunction can be replaced by the equivalent interrogative. In that case, the conjunction disappears and the interrogative goes at the end of the sentence.

"I wonder what is for dinner" = Erehrais em, wtéis o kaḡos - /eɾeʁ̩ɾɑjs em təjs o kʰɑg͡ʝos/ OR Erehrais, wtéis o kaḡos kawm - /eɾeʁ̩ɾɑjs təjs o kʰɑg͡ʝos kʰɒwm̩/
Literally "I wonder what, is the dinner" or "I wonder, is the dinner what" (but it's not the same "what" in Pozdewk, since the first one is a conjunction used as a relative pronoun, and the second one an interrogative used as a relative pronoun). Also notice that the replacement is only possible with "what" and "who". Other interrogatives can not be translated with em.
"I wonder where is the dinner" = Erehrais, wtéis o kaḡos ham - /eɾeʁ̩ɾɑjs təjs o kʰɑg͡ʝos ʁ̩ɑm/ BUT NOT Erehrais em, wtéis o kaḡos


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