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|valign="top"|Basic word order Basic word order | |||
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|valign="top"|Morphological type Morphological type | |||
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In the terminology of Seuna, it is said that there are 37 (45 in base 8) possible "head-events". | In the terminology of Seuna, it is said that there are 37 (45 in base 8) possible "head-events". | ||
(The ampersand is the first letter of the Seuna alphabet. It is just a symbol that support | (The ampersand is the first letter of the Seuna alphabet. It is just a symbol that support | ||
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UGO ………. group ... WAGO groups | UGO ………. group ... WAGO groups | ||
HALGO …… family – this is a good example of a compound word | HALGO …… family – this is a good example of a compound word | ||
GWO ……… member GAWO DWA .... a part DAWA | |||
UGO ………. group WAGO UDA .... the whole WADA ... units, wholes | |||
HALGO …… family – this is a good example of a compound word | |||
fire fire.GO = firebrigade fire..GWO = fireman ..... or maybe fire.LA | |||
GYA = man | GYA = man | ||
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LA = person | LA = person | ||
LAWA = people, human | LAWA = people, human | ||
There are also forms used when the agent is unknown or unimportant. | There are also forms used when the agent is unknown or unimportant. | ||
These forms are -'''oi'''- for the singular and -'''eu'''- for the plural. | These forms are -'''oi'''- for the singular and -'''eu'''- for the plural. | ||
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Swedish and German ''man'', French ''on'' and English ''one'' | Swedish and German ''man'', French ''on'' and English ''one'' | ||
a house is built = someone built a house | a house is built = someone built a house | ||
I have a page ?? (empty) called "The calendar" and "Some fundamental units". | |||
Latest revision as of 23:41, 8 November 2008
| Authors aside | |
| Basic word order Basic word order | |
| Morphological type Morphological type | |
| Morphosyntactic alignment | |
In the terminology of Seuna, it is said that there are 37 (45 in base 8) possible "head-events".
(The ampersand is the first letter of the Seuna alphabet. It is just a symbol that support
the following vowel. So a word with @ initially, actually starts with a vowel.)
After the "head-event" there is the "initial-span-sound". The 11 possible "initial-span-sounds" are
AU O OI I IA A UA U EU E AI *
- Notice that no opening diphthongs allowed in initial position
vowel = span.sound ? = flow.sound ?
The above constitutes what in SEUNA terminology is called a "word". Most concepts in Seuna are represented by a "word". Many particles (and a few concepts such as cat = MEU) are represented by shorter "sound-strings" (called "mini-words" in Seuna terminology), but the vast majority of concepts are represented by "words".
GWO ……… member ... GAWO members UGO ………. group ... WAGO groups HALGO …… family – this is a good example of a compound word
GWO ……… member GAWO DWA .... a part DAWA UGO ………. group WAGO UDA .... the whole WADA ... units, wholes HALGO …… family – this is a good example of a compound word
fire fire.GO = firebrigade fire..GWO = fireman ..... or maybe fire.LA
GYA = man
GAYA = men, male
BYA = woman BAYA = women, female
LA = person LAWA = people, human
There are also forms used when the agent is unknown or unimportant. These forms are -oi- for the singular and -eu- for the plural. An obvious question is ... if they agent is unknown, then how do you decide which of the two forms to use.
The answer is that if the action is typically performed by one person you use the oi form.
Whereas if the action is typically performed by more than one person, you use the eu form.
bundeurin dwolo = they say a house was built
caito kludoirus = (I guess) the book will be written
skriver = 'writing happens' (on écrit) [IMPERSONAL] The equivalent of the English passive is expressed by using the impersonal _with a direct object_, e.g. skriver ul levr = on écrit un livre = a book is being written These forms roughly correspond to indefinite pronouns such as Swedish and German man, French on and English one a house is built = someone built a house
I have a page ?? (empty) called "The calendar" and "Some fundamental units".
