Þolb

Þolb vocabulary

Language is ergative:

absolutive: no ending ergative: -eþ

adjective ending -r

there are no prepostions. these are done with adverbs.

Word order: V-E-A

• Walm gelþ kolm halbeþ melmr.
• (past) walk house man toward
• The man walked into the house.

• Walm gelþ kolm balþteþ grûmpr.
• The girl walked inside the house.

Overview

Þolb is an ergative-absolutive language. Word order is generally Patient-Verb-Agent.

Nouns - ðâpþtpontek

Nouns are divided into several classes, depending on the type of item. Each class has a special set of pronouns. Ony classes one and two have a first person pronoun. Several of the classes have special words that may belong only to those classes, as well as special affixes. Some words may fall into several classes.

Nouns have four cases: Ergative, absolutive, genetive and dative.

1. Divine/humans of a higher status - twilmerd

This class is used to describe the divine as well as those of a higher social status than oneself, usually royalty. This is the smallest class of nouns.

Pronouns

• First person = waþelb
• Second person = nurlemp
• Third person = klondrempt

Special words

• kþeltomp - man or woman, person
• þmeltilb - God
• þkwelmport - King
• twilmerd - important person/VIP

2. Humans

Pronouns

• First person = telm
• Second person = meþt
• Third person = dwamp

Verbs - ðâpþthempt

Compared to the complex class system of nouns, verbs are relatively simple. Verbs fall into two types, transitive and intransitive.

verbs	perfective	continuous	habitually	negative
imperative	∅	þkek	hem	ran
would	mâr	þâr	hâr	lar
negative	mek	þek	hek	rek
want	milþ	þilþ	hilþ	rilþ
must	mump	þump	hump	rump
can	muþ	þuþ	huþ	ruþ
need	menð	ð	henð	renð
become	mo	has´	aës´	aës´
make	pam	pas	aëpd	oëpd

Alphabet - kormpbarþt

a â b d ð e g h k l m n ng o p r t þ u û w y

Examples

Darm halb remp. The man has arrived.