Khangaþyagon Syntax misc

Syntactical Miscellany

Paired conjunctions

A conjunction may appear as a pair, introducing sucessive clauses, each instance of the conjunction having sucessive meanings

gog... gog

either/or

nellodahi gog rikil gog vlakh su

nello	dah	i	gog	rik	il	gog	vlakh	su
worthy	be	3p	either	man	this	or	folk	whole

Either this man is worthy, or the whole folk is.

     ushu... ushu
         neither/nor

     nellodahishe ushu rikil ushu vlakh su

     nello.dah.i.she ushu rik.il ushu vlakh su

     worthy.be.3p.neg neither man.this nor folk whole

     Neither is this man worthy, nor is the whole folk.

     enge... enge
         even/still

     enge nellodahiazh rikil, enge nellodahishe vlakh su

     enge nello.dah.i.azh rik.il enge nello.dah.i.she vlakh su

     even worthy.be.3p.cond man.this still worthy.be.3p.neg folk whole

     Even if this man is worthy, the whole folk is not.

     Comparisons

     The conjunction

     arra
         than

     may be used in comparisons.

     nello'ezhmdahi rikil arra vlakh su

     nello.ezhm.dah.i rik.il arra vlakh su

     worthy.comp.be.3p man.this than folk whole

     This man is worthier than the whole folk

     Nouns as first and second person subjects

     If the subject of a first or second person verb is a noun, then that noun is identified with the speaker or hearer

     tæpa Kæshroþrast enil!

     tæp.a Kæshroþrast en.il

     command.1p Kæshroþrast thing.this

     I, Kæshroþrast, command this!