Lortho: Difference between revisions

From FrathWiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
No edit summary
No edit summary
Line 72: Line 72:
===Verbs===
===Verbs===


There are three major verb types: -o verbs, -t verbs, and -n verbs. Each follow a general rule for conjugation:
There are three major verb types: -o verbs, -t verbs, and -n verbs. Each follow a general rule for conjugation.
 
====-o verbs====
 
-'''o''' verbs are conjugated by subtracting the -'''o''' and adding the personal endings.
 
====-t verbs====
 
-'''t''' verbs are conjugated by changing the -'''t''' to -'''d''' then adding the personal endings
 
====-n verbs====
 
-'''n''' verbs do not change and personal endings are simply added to the verb. The exception to this rule is the verb '''<nowiki>[hɑɾlɑn]</nowiki>''' ''to be'', which will be discussed later.


{|border=1 cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=100% class="bordertable" style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #ffffff; font-size: 95%;;"
{|border=1 cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=100% class="bordertable" style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #ffffff; font-size: 95%;;"

Revision as of 14:19, 18 March 2017


Lortho
loɾtʰo
Spoken in: Lortho
Conworld: A planet which orbits a binary star
Total speakers: (insufficient data)
Genealogical classification: (Family)
(Branch)
(Subbranch)
(Language)
Basic word order: Verb Subject Object
Morphological type:
Morphosyntactic alignment:
Created by:
Brian Bourque March 2017

Overview

Lortho [IPA:loɾtʰo] is a constructed language created by Brian Bourque. It is a fusional/agglutinative language. The verbs are changed in conjugation; however, suffixes and prefixes are added to nouns to denote case.

Grammar

Noun Cases

Lortho has nine cases:

Case Modifier Example English
Nominative - kɑnsɑptʰɑ forest, woods
Accusative -mɛ kɑnsɑptʰɑ forest (direct obj.)
Dative -mɛlɑ kɑnsɑptʰɑmɛlɑ forest (indirect obj.)
Genetive Possessive Prefix¹ nimakɑnsɑptʰɑ our forest
Sublative -inɑ/ɛnɑ kɑnsɑptʰɑɪnɑ in/into the forest
Ablative -(ɛ)nat kɑnsɑptʰɑnɑt out of (from) the forest
Prolative -dɑn kɑnsɑptʰɑdɑn to/towards the forest
-dɑnɑɾ

Verbs

There are three major verb types: -o verbs, -t verbs, and -n verbs. Each follow a general rule for conjugation.

-o verbs

-o verbs are conjugated by subtracting the -o and adding the personal endings.

-t verbs

-t verbs are conjugated by changing the -t to -d then adding the personal endings

-n verbs

-n verbs do not change and personal endings are simply added to the verb. The exception to this rule is the verb [hɑɾlɑn] to be, which will be discussed later.

Present Tense
-o Verbs [konpʰɑɾo] to speak -t Verbs [pʰɾɑmit[ to push -n Verbs [ʃɑɪlɑn] to sit
konpʰɑrin, -un -inɑn, -unɑn pʰrɑmidin, -un -pʰrɑmidinɑn, -unan ʃɑɪlɑnin, -un -inɑn, -unan
-ɑnːi, -ɑnːu -ɑmin, -ɑmun -pʰɾɑmidɑnːi, -ɑnːu -pʰɾɑmidɑmin, -ɑmun -ɑnːi, -ɑnːu -ɑmin, -ɑmun
-i, -u, -ɑ -imi, -imu, -imɑ -pʰɾɑmidi, -u, -ɑ -pʰɾɑmidimi, -imu, -imɑ -i, -u, -ɑ -imi, -imu, -imɑ