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| This page is for experimenting with changes to Gaaziketti.
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| Current "experiment": '''-sc''' as pluraliser of nouns, & changes in some other stuff.
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| See also:
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| [[Gaaziketti]]
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| [[Gaaziketti: Lexicon]]
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| == Respects in which Current Experimental Gaaziketti differs from standard [[Gaaziketti]] ==
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| === Pronunciation ===
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| 'sc' (which occurs only in final position) is pronounced 'sh' as in 'ship'.
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| === Basic syntax ===
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| The one-word sentence "'''Kossakaidu.'''" means "There is a jeweller."
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| But "'''Kossakaidusc'''" means "There are jewellers."
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| === Nouns ===
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| These inflect for number only.
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| Singular: '''(nil)'''
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| Plural: '''-sc'''
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| === Articles ===
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| These still take case endings '''-e, -o, -ai''' but are invariant for number.
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| Def. '''l'''
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| Indef. '''k'''
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| === Personal pronouns ===
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| 1st person singular: '''me, mo, mai'''; plural: '''nome, nomo, nomai'''.
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| 2nd person singular: '''ve, vo, vai'''; plural: '''nove, novo, novai'''.
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| 3rd person animate singular: '''te, to, tai'''; plural: '''ge, go, gai'''.
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| 3rd person inanim. singular: '''se, so, sai'''; plural: '''ge, go, gai'''.
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| === Demonstratives ===
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| These can serve as adjectives or as pronouns. As an (attributive) adjective, the order is: noun-demonstrative-article, and the demonstrative is not inflected for number. The article is compulsory. As a pronoun, the construction is demonstrative-article, and the article is inflected for number, by adding '''-sc'''. Again the article is compulsory.
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| '''taa(sc)''' that, those
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| '''nii(sc)''' this, these
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| E.g.: '''kooba taa le''', ''that jacket'' (nominative); '''nii lo''', ''this'' (as pronoun, accusative); '''taasc lai''', ''those'' (dative); '''Koobasc nii ke''', ''one of these jackets'' (nom.).
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| === Some illustrative sentences ===
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| '''Kuubu lo deelasc les ceccasc ken paa.'''
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| The slave’s enemies are soldiers.
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| '''Kossakaidu les haiga lo mennu lon raazu.'''
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| The jeweller criticises the movie’s name.
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| '''Kossakaidu les siimo mennu lon raazuce haiga le nauzu.'''
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| The movie whose name the jeweller criticised is original.
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| '''Haiga lo mennu lo raazu de kossakaidu le cooqi.'''
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| The jeweller who criticises the movie’s name is silent.
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| '''Cooqi de kossakaidusc les haiga lon raazu.'''
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| The silent jewellers criticise the movie.
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| '''Kossakaidu les haiga lok cooqi den raazu.'''
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| The jeweller criticises the movie silently.
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| (Can be read as: "There is some criticising, which is (a) by the jeweller, (b) of the movie, and (c) silent.)
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| === Lexicon ===
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| As for regular Gaaziketti, with the exception of differences outlined above. See [[Gaaziketti: Lexicon]].
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