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Keβag

Every consonant comes with a lenited and palatalized counterpart. They are basic for declinantion and conjugation:

Lenited form

bh

dh

fh

gh

kh

lh

mh

nh

ph

qh

rh

z

th

vh

Alternative lenited form

ð

ɸ

ɣ

x

ł

μ

θ

β

Full form

b

d

f

g

k

l

m

n

p

q

r

s

t

v

Palatalized form

b'

d'

f'

ż

c

l'

m'

ň

p'

q'

r'

ş

t'

v'

Morphology

VSO - Shape

Article

There is both indefinite and definite article

Definite article

Masculine
Case	Singular		Plural
	Ancient form	Modern form	Ancient form	Modern form
Nominative	EN	ë	EMI	en
Genitive	ENI	ë	EMOS	en
Dative	EHO	e	EMIA	eňa
Accusative	EH	ë	EMO	en

Feminine
Case	Singular		Plural
	Ancient form	Modern form	Ancient form	Modern form
Nominative	ENA	e	ENI	e
Genitive	ENAS	en	ENOS	enu
Dative	EHA	e	ENIA	eňa
Accusative	ENA	e	ENIO	eň

Noun morphology

• 1st declension - Nouns starting in consonant and ending in consonant - Masculine

vad (son)
	Ancient term		Modern term
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	VADOM	VADE	ë vad	en βad'
Genitive	VADI	VADOS	ë βad'	enu vad
Dative	VADON	VADIA	e βad	eňa βad'a
Accusative	VADIU	VADO	ë vad'u	en βad

• 1st declension - Nouns starting in consonant and ending in vowel - Feminine

vad (daughter)
	Ancient term		Modern term
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	VADO	VADI	e vad	e βad'
Genitive	VADAS	VADOS	en vad	enu vad
Dative	VADIO	VADIA	e vad'	eňa βad'a
Accusative	VADIU	VADIO	e vad'u	eň βad'

• 2nd declension - Nouns starting in vowel and ending in consonant - Masculine

eθen (hand)
	Ancient term		Modern term
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ETENOS	ETENE	ënh eθen	eμ eθeň
Genitive	ETENI	ETENOS	ëň eθeň	eμëz eθen
Dative	ETENON	ETENIA	e-eθen	em'-eθeňa
Accusative	ETENIU	ETENO	ë-eθeňu	eμ eθen

• 2nd declension - Nouns starting in vowel and ending in vowel - Feminine

um (mother)
	Ancient term		Modern term
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	UMO	UMI	enh um	eň um'
Genitive	UMAS	UMOS	enhëz um	enhëz um
Dative	UMIO	UMIA	e-um'	eň-um'a
Accusative	UMIU	UMIO	enh um'u	eň-um'o

• 3rd declension - Nouns starting in consonant and ending in consonant

da (house)
	Ancient term		Modern term
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	DAK	DAKI	ë da	e ðac
Genitive	DAKI	DAKOS	ë ðac	enu dak
Dative	DAKON	DAKIA	e ðak	eňa ðaca
Accusative	DAKIU	DAKIO	ë dacu	eň ðac

Adjective morphology

Adjectives have a simpler morphology than nouns' one. They decline according their nouns' gender and number. As the position of adjectives is always after their nouns, if they begin in consonant, their first consonant undergoes lenition if required by the ancient last vowel of the noun. If they begin with a vowel the ancient last consonant of the desinence of the nouns could be restored (and lenited).

We have to enlist the entire declension path of nouns and adjective together, to show the changes they both may undergo.

• 1st adjectival declension - Adjectives starting in consonant after a noun ending in consonant (masculine)

bok (new)
	Ancient term		Modern term
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	VADOM BOKO	VADE BOKE	ë vad bok	en βad' bhoc
Genitive	VADI BOKI	VADOS BOKU	ë βad' bhoc	enu vad boku
Dative	VADON BOKI	VADIA BOKI	e βad boc	eňa βad'a bhoc
Accusative	VADIU BOKU	VADO BOKO	ë vad'u bhoku	en βad bhok

• 1st declension - Adjectives starting in consonant after a noun ending in vowel (feminine)

bok (new)
	Ancient term		Modern term
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	VADO BOKO	VADI BOKE	e vad bhok	e βad' bhoc
Genitive	VADAS BOKAS	VADOS BOKU	en vad bok	enu vad boku
Dative	VADIO BOKA	VADIA BOKI	e vad' bhok	eňa βad'a bhoc
Accusative	VADIU BOKA	VADIO BOKO	e vad'u bhok	eň βad' bhok

• 2st adjectival declension - Adjectives starting in vowel after a noun ending in consonant (masculine)

aɣon (old)
	Ancient term		Modern term
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	VADOM AGONO	VADE AGONE	ë vadëμ aɣon	en βad' aɣoň
Genitive	VADI AGONI	VADOS AGONU	ë βad' aɣoň	enu vadëz aɣonu
Dative	VADON AGONI	VADIA AGONI	e βadënh aɣoň	eňa βad'a aɣoň
Accusative	VADIU AGONU	VADO AGONO	ë vad'u aɣonu	en βad aɣon

• 2nd adjectival declension - Adjectives starting in vowel after a noun ending in vowel (feminine)

aɣon (old)
	Ancient term		Modern term
	Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural
Nominative	VADO AGONO	VADI AGONE	e vad aɣon	e βad' aɣoň
Genitive	VADAS AGONAS	VADOS AGONU	en vadëz aɣon	enu vadëz aɣonu
Dative	VADIO AGONA	VADIA AGONI	e vad' aɣon	eňa βad'a aɣoň
Accusative	VADIU AGONA	VADIO AGONO	e vad'u aɣon	eň βad' aɣon

Pronouns

Personal

English	Nominative		Genitive		Dative		Accusative
	Ancient form	Modern form	Ancient form	Modern form	Ancient form	Modern form	Ancient form	Modern form
I	GA	gë	GOS	go	GOSIA	goşë	GAMO	gëm
Thou	DA	dë	DOS	do	DOSIA	doşë	DAMO	dëm
He	LO	le	LU	lë	LUIA	lëjë	LUMO	lëm
She	SO	se	SA	së	SAIA	sëjë	SAMO	sëm
It	NA	në	NES	në	NESIA	nëşë	NAMO	nëm
We	MAN	ma	MANES	man	MANESIA	manheşë	MANEMO	manhëm
You	TEL	t'e	TELOS	t'el	TELOSIA	t'ełëşë	TELOMO	t'ełëm
They	KOD	ke	KODOS	kod	KODOSIA	koðëşë	KODOMO	koðëm

Possessive

English	Ancient form	Modern form	Modern lenited form
My	GOS	go	ɣo
Your (thou)	DOS	do	ðo
His	LU	lë	łë
Her	SA	së	zë
Its	NES	në	nhë
Our	MANES	man	μan
Your	TELOS	tel	θel
Their	KODOS	kod	xod

Possessive pronouns (a genitive form of personal pronouns) come after their nouns and endure lenition, if required. Examples:

• my house: ë da go
• of my house: ë ðac ɣo

• to her daughter: ë vad' zë
• we see their daughter: lo kat e vad'u xod

Verb morphology

Verbs conjugate according to person, number and aspect. They do not conjugate according to tense.

• 1st conjugation - Verbs starting in consonant

kato (to see)
Person	Imperfective		Perfective
	Ancient form	Modern form	Ancient form	Modern form
I	LA KATE	lë xac	OLAS KATE	olë kac
Thou	LEM KATEN	lë kac	OLEM KATEN	ol kac
He/She/It	LO KAT	le xa	OLO KATO	ol xat
We	LUV KATOM	lo kat	OLU KATOM	olë xat
You	LUS KATI	lo kac	OLU KATIS	olë xac
They	LI KATUN	l'ë xatu	OLI KATUN	ol' xatu

• 2nd conjugation - Verbs starting in vowel

aso (to eat)
Person	Imperfective		Perfective
	Ancient form	Modern form	Ancient form	Modern form
I	LA ASE	l-aş	OLAS ASE	olëz aş
Thou	LEM ASEN	lëμ aş	OLEM ASEN	olëμ aş
He/She/It	LO AS	l-a	OLO ASO	ol-as
We	LUV ASOM	loβ as	OLU ASOM	olë as
You	LUS ASI	loz aş	OLU ASIS	olë aş
They	LI ASUN	l'-asu	OLI ASUN	ol'-asu

The meaning of past is expressed by an adverbial particle, placed after the verb:

• DA → dë (lenited form: ðe)

Negative declensions

Verbs form negative sentences with special negative declensions:

• 1st conjugation - Verbs starting in consonant

kato (to see)
Person	Imperfective		Perfective
	Ancient form	Modern form	Ancient form	Modern form
I	ME LA KATE	μë xac	ME OLAS KATE	μolë kac
Thou	ME LEM KATEN	μë kac	ME OLEM KATEN	μol kac
He/She/It	ME LO KAT	μe xa	ME OLO KATO	μol xat
We	ME LUV KATOM	mo kat	ME OLU KATOM	μolë xat
You	ME LUS KATI	mo kac	ME OLU KATIS	μolë xac
They	ME LI KATUN	m'ë xatu	ME OLI KATUN	μol' xatu

• 2nd conjugation - Verbs starting in vowel

aso (to eat)
Person	Imperfective		Perfective
	Ancient form	Modern form	Ancient form	Modern form
I	ME LA ASE	m-aş	ME OLAS ASE	μolëz aş
Thou	ME LEM ASEN	μëμ aş	ME OLEM ASEN	μolëμ aş
He/She/It	ME LO AS	m-a	ME OLO ASO	μol-as
We	ME LUV ASOM	moβ as	ME OLU ASOM	μolë as
You	ME LUS ASI	moz aş	ME OLU ASIS	μolë aş
They	ME LI ASUN	m'-asu	ME OLI ASUN	μol'-asu

Examples:

• Did you see my house?: ol kac dë po ë dacu ɣo?
• My name is Marco: le bhe ë sefo go Marco
• He was eating your apple: l-a dë e galoňu ðo

Sentences

• Did you read the book?: olëμ arec dë po ë recu?
• What are you writing?: lë tawş po pacu?
• I speak Keβag: lë qhal' gë e Keβażu
• Don't you speak Keβag?: μë qal' po e Keβażu?