Khangaþyagon Adverbs etc: Difference between revisions
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Adverbs agree with the verb they qualify, and thus carry all the same segunakar. | Adverbs agree with the verb they qualify, and thus carry all the same segunakar. | ||
''hirrihangar rissuwanihangar zerrishar'' | |||
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|hirr-||i-||ha-||ng-||ar||rissu-||wan-||i-||ha-||ng-||ar||zerrish-||ar | |||
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|fly||3P||CONT||PT||PL||fast||ADV||3P||CONT||PT||PL||bird||PL | |||
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The birds were flying swiftly. | |||
Adverbs are usually [[Khangaþyagon_Derivational_Morphology|derived]] from [[Khangaþyagon_Adjectives|adjectives]] with the segunak -wan. This follows the degree of comparison, when present. | |||
''hirrir rissuezhmwanir zerrishilar'' | |||
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|hirr-||i-||r||rissu-||ezhm-||wan-||i-||r||zerrish-||il-||ar | |||
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|fly||3P||PL||fast||COMP||ADV||3P||PL||bird||this||PL | |||
|} | |||
These birds fly more swiftly. | |||
When an adverb is used to qualify an attributive adjective, it takes a [[Khangaþyagon_Verbs|participle]] segunak. This is usually the past participle '''-osht''', but if the adjective is itself a present participle, the present participle segunak '''-ont'' is used. | |||
''rik tra mœzawanosht'' | |||
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| rik || tra || mœza- || wan- || osht | |||
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| man || strong || great || ADV || PP | |||
|} | |||
The very strong man. | |||
''glaf peshtont rissuwanont'' | |||
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| glaf || pesht- || ont || rissu- || wan- || ont | |||
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|| horse || run || PrP || swift || ADV || PrP | |||
|} | |||
The swiftly running horse. | |||
===Pronouns=== | ===Pronouns=== | ||
The first, second and proximate third personal pronouns of Khangaþyagon are formed as y+person, where the person ending is the same as that for verbs. They may take the same segunakar as nouns, with the exception of modsegunakar (deixis doesn't make much sense with pronouns). There is also an obviate third person pronoun, de, and a reflexive pronoun, ansidi. See [[Khangaþyagon_Pronouns|the syntax section]] for more on the usage of pronouns. | The first, second and proximate third personal pronouns of Khangaþyagon are formed as y+person, where the person ending is the same as that for [[Khangaþyagon_Verbs|verbs]]. They may take the same segunakar as [[Khangaþyagon_Nouns|nouns]], with the exception of modsegunakar (deixis doesn't make much sense with pronouns). There is also an obviate third person pronoun, de, and a reflexive pronoun, ansidi. See [[Khangaþyagon_Pronouns|the syntax section]] for more on the usage of pronouns. | ||
===Conjunctions=== | ===Conjunctions=== |
Latest revision as of 10:47, 1 August 2019
Adverbs, Pronouns and Conjunctions
Adverbs
Adverbs agree with the verb they qualify, and thus carry all the same segunakar.
hirrihangar rissuwanihangar zerrishar
hirr- | i- | ha- | ng- | ar | rissu- | wan- | i- | ha- | ng- | ar | zerrish- | ar |
fly | 3P | CONT | PT | PL | fast | ADV | 3P | CONT | PT | PL | bird | PL |
The birds were flying swiftly.
Adverbs are usually derived from adjectives with the segunak -wan. This follows the degree of comparison, when present.
hirrir rissuezhmwanir zerrishilar
hirr- | i- | r | rissu- | ezhm- | wan- | i- | r | zerrish- | il- | ar |
fly | 3P | PL | fast | COMP | ADV | 3P | PL | bird | this | PL |
These birds fly more swiftly.
When an adverb is used to qualify an attributive adjective, it takes a participle segunak. This is usually the past participle -osht', but if the adjective is itself a present participle, the present participle segunak -ont is used.
rik tra mœzawanosht
rik | tra | mœza- | wan- | osht |
man | strong | great | ADV | PP |
The very strong man.
glaf peshtont rissuwanont
glaf | pesht- | ont | rissu- | wan- | ont |
horse | run | PrP | swift | ADV | PrP |
The swiftly running horse.
Pronouns
The first, second and proximate third personal pronouns of Khangaþyagon are formed as y+person, where the person ending is the same as that for verbs. They may take the same segunakar as nouns, with the exception of modsegunakar (deixis doesn't make much sense with pronouns). There is also an obviate third person pronoun, de, and a reflexive pronoun, ansidi. See the syntax section for more on the usage of pronouns.
Conjunctions
Conjunctions in Khangaþyagon have a very strong tendency to be palindromic, eg
- beb
- and
- gog
- or
- shosh
- but
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