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= Pronouns =
= Pronouns =


Pronouns in '''Amal''' are marked for number and case. There are three persons. Gender is not marked unless necessary for disambiguation. The stand-alone personal pronouns are not used widely as the person is evident from the personal verb ending. They are used for emphasis only in their simple form as the verb form itself already points to the person. This is similar to Spanish where a person will say '''''comprendo''''' - I understand instead of '''''Yo comprendo''''' - I understand.
Pronouns in '''Amal''' are marked for number, person, and case. There are three persons. The stand-alone personal pronouns are not used widely as the person is evident from the personal verb ending. They are used for emphasis only in their simple form as the verb form itself already points to the person. This is similar to Spanish where a person will say '''''comprendo''''' - I understand instead of '''''Yo comprendo''''' - I understand.


* The irregular declensions should be apparent.


{| align="center" class="gridtable"
{| align="center" class="gridtable"
|+ Pronoun Declension
|+ Pronoun Declension
! || NOM || ACC || GEN || DAT/LOC || ABL/COMP || COM || INS
! || NOM || ACC || DAT || GEN
|-
|-
! ''1sg''
! ''1sg''
| '''na / -an'''
| '''an'''
| '''ni'''
| '''ahan'''
| '''nai'''
| '''eyan'''
| '''naye'''
| '''anai'''
| '''nac'''
| '''nale'''
| '''nun'''
|-
|-
! ''2sg''
! ''2sg''
| '''te / -at'''
| '''at'''
| '''ti'''
| '''ahat'''
| '''tai'''
| '''eyat'''
| '''taye'''
| '''atai'''
| '''tac'''
| '''tele'''
| '''tun'''
|-
|-
! ''3sg''
! ''3sg''
| '''il(a/u) / -a'''
| '''a / al'''
| '''ili'''
| '''ahal'''
| '''(i)lai'''
| '''eya(l)'''
| '''ilye'''
| '''alai'''
| '''ilac'''
| '''ile'''
| '''ilun'''
|-
|-
! ''1pl''
! ''1pl''
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| '''nika'''
| '''nika'''
| '''danuk'''
| '''danuk'''
| '''nukac'''
| '''nukle'''
| '''nukun'''
|-
|-
! ''2pl''
! ''2pl''
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| '''tima'''
| '''tima'''
| '''tumda'''
| '''tumda'''
| '''tumac'''
| '''tumle'''
| '''tumun'''
|-
|-
! ''3pl''
! ''3pl''
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| '''hima'''
| '''hima'''
| '''humda'''
| '''humda'''
| '''humac'''
| '''humle'''
| '''humun'''
|}
|}


Revision as of 16:23, 19 March 2015

See also:

Introduction

Amal is meant to be a simple and euphonic personal conlang.

Phonology

p b t d k g m n s sh h w y l r a e i o u

Word Order

SOV

Nouns

morphology

Pronouns

Pronouns in Amal are marked for number, person, and case. There are three persons. The stand-alone personal pronouns are not used widely as the person is evident from the personal verb ending. They are used for emphasis only in their simple form as the verb form itself already points to the person. This is similar to Spanish where a person will say comprendo - I understand instead of Yo comprendo - I understand.


Pronoun Declension
NOM ACC DAT GEN
1sg an ahan eyan anai
2sg at ahat eyat atai
3sg a / al ahal eya(l) alai
1pl nuk / -uk inuk nika danuk
2pl tum / -ut itum tima tumda
3pl hum / -um ihum/ihma hima humda

Verbs

tense

The future tense is marked with -as-/-s(a)-. Past tense is marked with -ar-/-r(a)-. The present tense is unmarked. There are two aspects in Amal, progressive/continuous -i(y)-, and perfective -u(y)-. They are marked in the conjugation of the verb.

  • yem-an - I eat
  • yem-r-an - I did eat
  • yem-s-an - I will eat
  • yem-iy-an - I am eating
  • yem-ir-an - I was eating
  • yem-is-an - I will be eating
  • yem-uy-an - I ate
  • yem-ur-an - I have eaten
  • yem-us-an - I will have eaten


Stories often describe events that take place in the past (or an imagined past), or whose location in time is of no concern to the reader. In such cases, the -ar-/-r(a)- may be omitted.

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