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|''me | |''me wora''||I was||''meme woren''||we were | ||
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|''te | |''te woret''||you (sg) were||''tete woret''||you (pl) were | ||
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|''ta | |''ta woret''||he was||''ga woren (oirat)''||they were | ||
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The future tense of 'to be' is | The future tense of 'to be' is | ||
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|''me ve | |''me ve bud''||I will be||''meme ve budun''||we will be | ||
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|''te ve | |''te ve bud''||you (sg) will be||''tete ve bud''||you (pl) will be | ||
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|''ta ve bud''||he will be||''ga ve budun (bud)''||they will be | |''ta ve bud''||he will be||''ga ve budun (bud)''||they will be | ||
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''Ve'' is described as a non-present participle that is placed between the subject and a past or future verb. It is not used with '' | ''Ve'' is described as a non-present participle that is placed between the subject and a past or future verb. It is not used with ''wora'', but it is used with ''bud'' | ||
Revision as of 21:28, 19 January 2008
An eclectic language created from texts from the Teach Yourself language books, originally produced by the English Universities Press, latterly by Hodder and Stoughton.
The guiding principle was to take foreign language words from the contents pages of each grammar and use them as the basis of an imaginary language. Also used were irregularities affecting verbs and nouns, etc., and descriptions of courtesy language (notably, Japanese, Samoan and Modern Persian).
The language creator is Andrew Smith.
Details of the language speakers and culture are as yet unknown.
Pronunciation
Consonants:
| labial | dental | alveolar | postalveolar | palatal | velar | glottal | |
| unvoicedstops | p | t | k | ||||
| voiced stops | b | d | g | ||||
| affricates | tʃ | ||||||
| unvoiced fricatives | f | s | ʃ | ||||
| voiced fricatives | v | h | |||||
| nasals | m | n | ŋ | ||||
| lateral | l | ||||||
| approximant | ɹ | ||||||
| semivowels | w | j |
Vowels:
OT2.0 has the vowels /i ɪ e ɛ a ʉ ʊ ɔ ɑ/. i, e, ʉ are always long and are written with a circumflex. a can be long or short and is written with an accent. ɔ is considered as a long ɑ and also written with an accent.
Orthography:
In the latin alphabet:
a b ch d e f g h i k l m n ng o p r s sh t u v w y
The 'original' conscript for OT2.0 is as yet unknown.
Wohant to be
The present tense of 'to be' is as follows:
| me mi | I am | meme en | we are |
| te si | you (sg) are | tete ti | you (pl) are |
| ta ti | he is | ga en (ti) | they are |
The pronouns for 'she' and 'it' are da and ten respectively. If the subject is a plural noun, the verb form is ti rather than en.
In older literature the forms of the verb for 'we are' and 'they are' are emo and eno. These forms are not used in the spoken language.
The past tense of 'to be' is
| me wora | I was | meme woren | we were |
| te woret | you (sg) were | tete woret | you (pl) were |
| ta woret | he was | ga woren (oirat) | they were |
The past tense of 'to be' translates both 'I have been' and 'I was' It can also acts as an auxiliary.
The negative verb marker is a clitic. After a consonant it is shim, after a vowel him.
| me ve tehim | I was not | meme ve enshim | we were not |
As an independent word shim means 'nothing'.
The future tense of 'to be' is
| me ve bud | I will be | meme ve budun | we will be |
| te ve bud | you (sg) will be | tete ve bud | you (pl) will be |
| ta ve bud | he will be | ga ve budun (bud) | they will be |
Ve is described as a non-present participle that is placed between the subject and a past or future verb. It is not used with wora, but it is used with bud
