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== tense ==
== tense ==


The future tense is marked with '''-as-/-s(a)-'''. Past tense is marked with '''-ar-/-r(a)-'''. The present tense is unmarked. There are two aspects in Amal, progressive/continuous '''-i(y)-''', and perfective '''-u(y)-'''. They are marked in the conjugation of the verb.
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|-
* '''yem-an''' - I eat
! tense
* '''yem-r-an''' - I did eat
! infix
* '''yem-s-an''' - I will eat
! example
* '''yem-iy-an''' - I am eating
! English
* '''yem-ir-an''' - I was eating
|-
* '''yem-is-an''' - I will be eating
| Simple Present Tense
* '''yem-uy-an''' - I ate
| ''-''
* '''yem-ur-an''' - I have eaten
| '''ish-an'''
* '''yem-us-an''' - I will have eaten
| I drink
 
|-
 
| Present Perfect Tense
Stories often describe events that take place in the past (or an imagined past), or whose location in time is of no concern to the reader. In such cases, the '''-ar-/-r(a)-''' may be omitted.
| ''-ar''
| '''ish-ar-at'''
| you have drank
|-
| Present Obligatory Tense
| ''-ash''
| '''ish-ash-uk'''
| we are obliged to drink
|-
| Simple Past Tense
| ''-iy''
| '''ish-iy-um'''
| they drank
|-
| Immediate Past Tense
| ''-id''
| '''ish-id-an'''
| I just drank
|-
| Past Perfect Tense
| ''-ir''
| '''ish-ir-an'''
| I had drunk
|-
| Simple Future Tense
| ''-uy''
| '''ish-uy-uk'''
| we will drink
|-
| Future Possible Tense
| ''-ug''
| '''ish-ug-a'''
| he may drink
|-
| Future Perfect Tense
| ''-ur''
| '''ish-ur-an'''
| I will have drunk
|-
| Future Obligatory Tense
| ''-ush''
| '''ish-ush-ut'''
| you (all) will be obliged to drink
|}


[[Category:Conlangs]]
[[Category:Conlangs]]

Revision as of 16:51, 19 March 2015

See also:

Introduction

Amal is meant to be a simple and euphonic personal conlang.

Phonology

p b t d k g m n s sh h w y l r a e i o u

Word Order

SOV

Nouns

morphology

Pronouns

Pronouns in Amal are marked for number, person, and case. There are three persons. The stand-alone personal pronouns are not used widely as the person is evident from the personal verb ending. They are used for emphasis only in their simple form as the verb form itself already points to the person. This is similar to Spanish where a person will say comprendo - I understand instead of Yo comprendo - I understand.


Pronoun Declension
NOM ACC DAT GEN
1sg an ahan eyan anai
2sg at ahat eyat atai
3sg a / al ahal eya(l) alai
1pl uk ahuk eyuk ukai
2pl ut ahut eyut utai
3pl um ahum eyum umai

Verbs

tense

tense infix example English
Simple Present Tense - ish-an I drink
Present Perfect Tense -ar ish-ar-at you have drank
Present Obligatory Tense -ash ish-ash-uk we are obliged to drink
Simple Past Tense -iy ish-iy-um they drank
Immediate Past Tense -id ish-id-an I just drank
Past Perfect Tense -ir ish-ir-an I had drunk
Simple Future Tense -uy ish-uy-uk we will drink
Future Possible Tense -ug ish-ug-a he may drink
Future Perfect Tense -ur ish-ur-an I will have drunk
Future Obligatory Tense -ush ish-ush-ut you (all) will be obliged to drink
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