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{{Ilya}}
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=Nouns=
 
==Plurals==
 
*'''-t'''/'''-at''' for most words
*'''-m'''/'''-em''' for words ending in front vowels other than [a] or when the word ends with a coronal plosive
 
The plural endings do not change the original stress of the word: '''neko''', cat... '''nekom''' cats, '''muj''', man... '''mujat''', men. Note that adjectives do not agree with plural nouns.
 
If there are other words (such as '''zida''' (much/many) or numbers) that indicate plurality, the plural ending may be omitted.
 
Gender is not indicated in most nouns.  For animals, use '''muj''' and '''jena''' as adjectives after the noun.
 
=Articles=
 
Ilya only has a definite article, but it inflects for case.
 
* the NOM -- '''al'''
* the ACC -- '''el'''
 
The preposition '''di''' (of/from/about) is used without an article to express the partitive sense, e.g. '''icub di qahua'''... a cup of coffee, '''al darab di yuga'''... the piece of cake.
 
No article is used when a word is being used in a generic sense, e.g. '''amu qahua, yuga ilha tayeb'''... I like coffee, cake is good.
 
It is always permissible to drop articles after prepositions.
 
No article is necessary before names, words used as names, abstract nouns ('''-(e)ya'''), or infinitives ('''-ek/-mak''').
 
=Determiners=
 
The following words precede the noun and often substitute for '''la''' or '''un''' and add a degree of precision:
 
*this -- '''hada'''
**e.g. this thing, these things -- '''hada ceya, hada ceyat'''
**as a pronoun: this, these -- '''hada, hadam'''
*that -- '''sela'''
**e.g. that thing, those things -- '''sela ceya, sela ceyat'''
**as a pronoun: that, those -- '''sela, selat'''
 
*all -- '''kul(u)'''
**e.g. all things, everything -- '''kul ceyat'''
**as a pronoun: all, everyone -- '''kulu'''
*each, every -- '''kada'''
**e.g. each thing, everything -- '''kada ceya'''
**as a pronoun: each one, every one -- '''kularen''' (persons only)
*some -- '''nej'''
**e.g. something, somethings -- '''nej ceya, nej ceyat'''
**as a pronoun: someone -- '''nejaren''' (persons only)
*no -- '''ne , la'''
**e.g. nothing, no one -- '''nul, neren'''
**as a pronoun: none, no one -- '''neren''' (persons only)
 
The following (when adjectives) require an article unless plural:
 
*many -- '''zida'''
**e.g. '''ceyat zida'''... many things
**e.g. '''al zida ceyat'''... the many things
*few -- '''cua'''
**e.g. '''ceyat cua'''... few things
**e.g. '''al ceyat cua'''... the few things
*same -- '''ista'''
**e.g. '''al ceya ista, al ceyat ista'''... the same thing, the same things
*other, else -- '''otra'''
**e.g. '''al ceya otra, al ceyat otra'''... the other things, the other thing
**e.g. '''ceya otra, ceyat otra'''... another thing, other things.
 
The preceding particles are often followed by...
 
*thing -- '''ceya'''
*person -- '''aren'''
*time -- '''ura''' (time, hour of the day)
**'''ima''' (occasion)
*place -- '''omra''' (area)
**'''lu''' (location)
*amount, quantity -- '''anza'''
*manner, way, how -- '''mod'''
*case, situation, circumstance -- '''miq'''
 
Others:
 
*both -- '''bada'''
**'''bada ceyat'''
*enough -- '''bas'''
**'''bas ceyat'''
*such -- '''tan'''
**'''tan ceyat'''
*certain -- '''tok'''
**'''tok ceya, tok ceyat'''
*sole, only -- '''nur(a)'''
**'''al nura ceya, nur ceya'''
 
=Pronouns=
 
*this -- '''hada'''
**as a pronoun: this, these -- '''hada, hadam'''
*that -- '''sela'''
**as a pronoun: that, those -- '''sela, selat'''
 
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==Accusative==
 
*'''te''' The polite/formal form.
*'''il''', neuter | '''ila''', feminine | '''ilu''', masculine.
 
==Possessive==
 
*'''nai''' is more common than '''anai'''.
 
==Nominative==
 
*'''-el''' is the formal form of the 3rd person singular.
*'''-te''' The polite/formal form of 2nd person singular.
 
=Prepositions=
 
==Spacial -- '''di lum'''==
 
*at, to -- '''a'''
*in front of -- '''elya'''
*behind -- '''baad'''
*from, out of -- '''di'''
*in, into -- '''bi'''
*outside -- '''bara'''
*above, over, on -- '''ala'''
*below, under -- '''teha'''
*between, among -- '''tus'''
*by, beside, up to -- '''janiba'''
*toward -- '''a'''
*along -- '''bija'''
*across, through -- '''dum'''
*around -- '''sim'''
*opposite -- '''anir'''
 
==Temporal -- '''di zaman'''==
 
*at, to -- '''a'''
*before -- '''anta'''
*after -- '''baad'''
*since -- '''mun'''
*in (hence) -- '''dagu'''
*during -- '''dum'''
*until -- '''ala'''
 
==Relational -- '''di suhed'''==
 
*of -- '''di'''
*about, concerning -- '''duara'''
*for, in order to, benefiting, on behalf of -- '''heyara'''
*by (actor, author) -- '''bi'''
*with, in company of, using -- '''maa'''
*without, except -- '''ona'''
*opposite, against, in spite of -- '''anir'''
*approximately, around, close to -- '''sim'''
 
[[Category:Conlangs]][[Category:Cadim]]

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