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, as
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
nellodahilt vlakh su arra rikil
| nello | dah | i | lt | vlakh | su | arra | rik | il |
| worthy | be | 3p | imp | folk | whole | as | man | this |
May the whole folk be as worthy as this man.
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!
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