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Revision as of 05:16, 9 July 2007

Þolb | Þolb vocabulary >>


there are no prepostions. these are done with adverbs.

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.

Prefixes

  • Plural marker = wen-
  • Ergative marker = keþ-
  • Genetive marker = þû-
  • Dative marker = tir-

Pronouns

Absolutive
  • First person = waþelb
  • Second person = nurlemp
  • Third person = klondrempt
Ergative
  • First person = keþwaþelb
  • Second person = keþnurlemp
  • Third person = keþklondrempt
Genetive
  • First person = þûwaþelb
  • Second person = þûnurlemp
  • Third person = þûklondrempt
Dative
  • First person = tirwaþelb
  • Second person = tirnurlemp
  • Third person = tirklondrempt

Special words

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

2. Humans

  • Plural marker = w
  • Ergative marker = k
  • Genetive marker = þ
  • Dative marker = t

Pronouns

Absolutive
  • First person = þkwâm
  • Second person = meþt
  • Third person = klont
Ergative
  • First person = k þkwâm
  • Second person = k meþ
  • Third person = k klont
Genetive
  • First person = þ þkwâm
  • Second person = þ meþt
  • Third person = þ klont
Dative
  • First person = t þkwâm
  • Second person = t meþt
  • Third person = t klont

Special words

3. Animals/plants/the natural world

4. Tools/buildings/Inanimate objects

5. Places

Verbs - ðâpþthempt

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

There is no tense in the language, but aspect. Aspect and mood are expressed by a word at the beginning of the sentence. These words may be combined together, with a hyphen.

verbs perfective continuous habitually negative
imperative mok þkek hem lâmp
would mâr þâr hâr lâr
negative mek þek hek lek
positive milk þilk hilk lilk
want milþ þilþ hilþ lilþ
must mump þump hump lump
can muþ þuþ huþ luþ
need menð þenð henð lenð

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.
  • Þkek meþt wipt k þkwâm.
  • I love you.
  • Milk halb gelþ t kolm r melm.
  • The man walked into the house.

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

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