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There are only two consonants allowed to terminate a word. These are '''s''' and '''n'''.
Each of them has a number of functions when it is appended to a word.


== '''-s''' ==
==Some grammar==
 
Predicates can not be adjectives. They must be nouns. Hence you can not say "He is good". But you must say "He is a good one".


1) Appended to a noun, this puts the noun in the vocative case. Used mostly with the 464 personal names.
The reason for this is because I want to be able to drop the copula in the present tense without creating any ambiguity. Let me explain.


2) When appended to an object it makes the object definite. (Remember when we have SVO the subject is definite, and when we have VSO the subject is indefinite)
"the big man's beer" is rendered '''beer man big''' in Seuna.
However this could be reanalysed '''[beer man] big''' which would be "the man's beer is big" if adjective predicates are allowed. This ambiguity is avoided when you must say "the man's beer is a big one".


We could get way with no indefinite pronouns ? What about peripheral arguements ? Get hold of some    typological surveys on discourse.
==More old rubbish===


3) When appended to an adjective, it gives the comparative.
==What is called the passive voice==


4) When appended to an verb, it shows that the truth of the statement is "inferred" (it is an evidential marker).
This is made by end.sticking fi to the verb.
'''bundorinfi dwolo''' = they say a house was built (immaterial whether still standing or not) ???'''dwolo rin bundoi'''???


== '''-n''' ==
'''dwolo bundortanfi''' = they say the house has been built (it is still standing)  ???'''dwolo rin bundoi'''???


1) When making compound words from two nouns, it is infixed. For example ;-
'''caito kludorusfi''' = (I guess) the book will be written  ???'''caito rus kludoi'''???


kloganjutu = shoe size
==The causative, the inchoative and the reciprocal==


2) When suffixed to an adjective , it makes a noun. For example ;-
'''timpaya''' = to make hit


{| border=1
'''solbaye''' = to make drink
  |align=center| black
  |align=center| '''hau'''
  |align=center| to black one
  |align=center| '''haun'''
    |}


3) When suffixed to an pronoun , it makes a noun. For example ;-
'''timpala''' = to start to hit


{| border=1
'''solbale''' = to start to drink
  |align=center| my shoe
  |align=center| '''kloga mi'''
  |align=center| that shoe is mine/my one.
  |align=center| '''kloga min'''
    |}


4) When appended to an verb, it is an evidential marker meaning "reported".
'''timpawa''' = to fight


==Some grammar==
==Other==


Predicates can not be adjectives. They must be nouns. Hence you can not say "He is good". But you must say "He is a good one".
You ought to hit him = you should hit him = '''timpohire na'''


The reason for this is because I want to be able to drop the copula in the present tense without creating any ambiguity. Let me explain.
You must hit him = '''timpuhire na'''


"the big man's beer" is rendered '''beer man big''' in Seuna.
You can hit him = '''timpawire na'''
However this could be reanalysed '''[beer man] big''' which would be "the man's beer is big" if adjective predicates are allowed. This ambiguity is avoided when you must say "the man's beer is a big one".


==Index==
==Index==


{{Seuna index}}
{{Seuna index}}

Latest revision as of 03:19, 30 May 2009

Some grammar

Predicates can not be adjectives. They must be nouns. Hence you can not say "He is good". But you must say "He is a good one".

The reason for this is because I want to be able to drop the copula in the present tense without creating any ambiguity. Let me explain.

"the big man's beer" is rendered beer man big in Seuna. However this could be reanalysed [beer man] big which would be "the man's beer is big" if adjective predicates are allowed. This ambiguity is avoided when you must say "the man's beer is a big one".

More old rubbish=

What is called the passive voice

This is made by end.sticking fi to the verb.

bundorinfi dwolo = they say a house was built (immaterial whether still standing or not)  ???dwolo rin bundoi???

dwolo bundortanfi = they say the house has been built (it is still standing)  ???dwolo rin bundoi???

caito kludorusfi = (I guess) the book will be written  ???caito rus kludoi???

The causative, the inchoative and the reciprocal

timpaya = to make hit

solbaye = to make drink

timpala = to start to hit

solbale = to start to drink

timpawa = to fight

Other

You ought to hit him = you should hit him = timpohire na

You must hit him = timpuhire na

You can hit him = timpawire na

Index

  1. Introduction to Seuna
  2. Seuna : Chapter 1
  3. Seuna word shape
  4. The script of Seuna
  5. Seuna sentence structure
  6. Seuna pronouns
  7. Seuna nouns
  8. Seuna verbs (1)
  9. Seuna adjectives
  10. Seuna demonstratives
  11. Seuna verbs (2)
  12. Asking a question in Seuna
  13. Seuna relative clauses
  14. Seuna verbs (3)
  15. Methods for deriving words in Seuna
  16. List of all Seuna derivational affixes
  17. Numbers in Seuna
  18. Naming people in Seuna
  19. The Seuna calendar
  20. Seuna units
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