Fyai Thǔvn - Revision history

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Updated infobox

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Tense and Mood

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	==Tense and Mood==		==Tense and Mood==
	Tense and ~~Moodis~~ marked by particles at the beginning of an utterance.		Tense and Mood are marked by particles at the beginning of an utterance.
	There are 2 tenses, past and non-past.		There are 2 tenses, past and non-past.
	The Past marking is <L'oi> and non-past utterances are unmarked.		The Past marking is <L'oi> and non-past utterances are unmarked.
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	The dubtative mood is used to indicate that the speaker believes the action in the clause ~~happened~~ or will happen:		The dubtative mood is used to indicate that the speaker believes the action in the clause probably didn't happen or will not happen:

	L'oi lǎwn cók pyïrp vae		L'oi lǎwn cók pyïrp vae

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The Copula

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	The copula is "witr" and occurs where verbs would occur:		The copula is "witr" and occurs where verbs would occur:

	~~Fyoelrt~~ pyǔ witr		Fyolrt pyǔ witr

	sun star COP.		sun star COP.

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Tense and Mood

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Morphosyntax

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	The language is strongly analytic and isolating, so there is hardly any morphology.		The language is strongly analytic and isolating, so there is hardly any morphology.
			==The Copula==
			The copula is "witr" and occurs where verbs would occur:

			Fyoelrt pyǔ witr

			sun star COP.

			"The sun is a star"

	==Pronouns and demonstratives==		==Pronouns and demonstratives==
	'''Pronouns''':		'''Pronouns''':

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Adjectives and Numerals

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	This: sunr		This: sunr

	==Adjectives and ~~Numerals~~==		==Adjectives, Numerals and Adverbs==
	Adjectives come before the noun:		Adjectives come before the noun:

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	"3 fat men"		"3 fat men"


			Adverbs are words that are otherwise adjectives that come before the verb:

			Cók pyïrp mat vae

			man bread fast eat

			"(The/A) Man eats the bread quickly"

	==General Noun Syntax==		==General Noun Syntax==

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General Noun Syntax

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	(The/A) Man and (the/a) woman eat bread and meat"		(The/A) Man and (the/a) woman eat bread and meat"


			When an utterance has both a direct and indirect object, the indirect object comes first, and they are separated by the particle "ma":

			Sérk im ma thǔvn góeltr.

			we you IND.OB bay welcome

			"We welcome you to the bay".

	==Tense and Mood==		==Tense and Mood==

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Locative and Temporal Particles

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	"And when they migrated from the east, they found a valley"		"And when they migrated from the east, they found a valley"



			==Verbs of motion==

			The following verbs can be used to denote certain motions toward the object:

			We- Ablative
			Ro - Lative
			Fa- Prolative (Move through)


			cók lre̋lt ro

			man woman LAT.

			"(The) man moved towards (the) woman"

			They can also be used with other verbs of motion, as such:

			cók lre̋lt we malrt

			man woman ABL. walk

			"(The) man walked away from (the) woman"

			"Ro" can also be placed after a verb in the non-past tense to simulate the future tense:

			Cók pyïrp vae ro

			man bread eat LAT.

			"(The/A) Man will eat bread"

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Tense and Mood

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	Volitive: Ma		Volitive: Ma

	~~Hortative: ïlr~~

	Dubtative: Lǎwn		Dubtative: Lǎwn
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	PST. POT. child sleep		PST. POT. child sleep

	"The child probably slept.		"The child probably slept."

			The imperative is used to give commands or suggestions:

			Vǎv phuwk

			IMP. sleep

			"Go to sleep"




			The dubtative mood is used to indicate that the speaker believes the action in the clause happened or will happen:

	L'oi lǎwn cók pyïrp vae		L'oi lǎwn cók pyïrp vae