Dr'Agusc

Dr'Agusc is an a priori language, very much a work in progress

Author: Rpiereck [[1]]

Word Order

VSO

prepostions

adjectives before nouns

Personal Pronouns

Gender

There are two genders in Dr’Agusc: human and neuter (anything that isn’t human goes here).

Number

There are two numbers: singular and plural.

Personal Pronouns

da - I

ti - you

ka - he/she

ta - it

ni - we

tin - you (plural)

en - they (both human and neuter)

Exclusive/Inclusive first person plural

A distinction can be made between an inclusive or exclusive form of the first person plural. The inclusive form is the default form (ni), and it includes both the speaker and the audience. The exclusive form ads the negating prefix at- to the pronoun, and excludes the audience:

Bam ni Súa sun - we eat bread (inclusive form)

Bam atni Súa sun - we, but not you, eat bread (exclusive form)

Accusative and Dative forms

The accusative and dative forms of personal pronouns are formed by adding -t to the pronoun for the accusative, and -ti for dative.

dat/dáti - me

tit/títi - you

kat/káti - him/her

tat/táti - it

nit/níti - us (inclusive)

atnit/atníti - us (exclusive)

tint/tínti - you (plural)

ent/énti - them (both human and neuter)

Possessive forms

The possessive form of the personal pronouns is formed by using the infix -r- for the singular, and -ur- after the first consonant for the plural forms. The infix -ur- becomes the stressed syllable in that word:

dra - my, mine

tri - your, yours

kra - his/her/hers

tra - its

núri - our, ours (inclusive)

atnúri - our, ours (exclusive)

túrin - your, yours (plural)

enúr - they (both human and neuter)

Joining words

When the last letter of a possessive form is the same as the first one of the possessed noun, then the last letter can be dropped and the pronoun can join the noun with an apostrophe:

dr’Agúsc - my language

Article - Tcéret

The indefinite article - Atbílit Tcéret

The default form of a noun in Dr’Agusc is said to be in the indefinite article, hence it is not written:

Masc - a tree

Ézek - a bottle

Pívot - a dog

Ersc - a girl

The definite article - Bílit Tcéret

For the definite article the word u is used before consonants and uz before vowels.

U Masc - the tree

Uz Ézek - the bottle

U Pívot - the dog

Uz Ersc - the girl

If there is a word (numeral, adjective, etc.) in between the article and the noun, than the article noun/consonant rule agrees with the adjective, not the noun:

Uz áscunit Pívot - the brown dog

U páve Érsce - the three girls

The definite article is seldom used, much less than in English, it is used mostly for emphasis.

The negative article - Atnámit Tcéret

The negative article denotes the “lack”, or negativity of a noun, and it is formed by the word yut used in place of the definite article:

Yut Masc - no tree

Yut Ézek - no bottle

Yut Pívot - no dog

Yut Ersc - no girl

Nouns - Blimtce

Gender - Plíem

Nouns are either human or neuter. Neuter encompasses everything that is not human. The main difference between the genders is how they interact with modifiers (numerals, adjectives, etc). Human nouns have a singular and plural form, while neuter nouns don’t. When counting neuters a counter word must be used, but not for human. The plural form of human nouns is formed by adding the suffix -e:

An Pádar - one father

An-jun Sémor - one sheet of paper (jun is the counter for flat objects)

Bit Scápore - two teachers

Bit-kun Pétcor - two cups (kun is the counter for vessels for liquids)

Páve Pádare - three fathers

Páve-jun Sémor - three sheets of paper