Dalcurian punctuation

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Apostrophe

Used to attach non static prefixes to nouns, adjectives and verbs:

• Gä'gör, gé'vélø, viti'scif

This is the only use the apostrophe has in Dalcurian.

Brackets

Curved brackets are used to add non essential information:

• Di siasáj (ön disiri æanasiaÞáli qoÞ), öcra écanelbrämösel, gä'quascr binöra. The woman (and very beautiful I might add) asked me for directions.

Square brackets are used to supplement given details, or for clarification.

• Mæ vägianösas di nepondrädn hanj acömpelniÞ [qarate]. He is trained in the way of the open hand [karate].

Colon

Used as quotation marks in direct speech, Sia gä'ságr, : Binä amör diöra:. Semi-colon Before lists, summaries, and quotes.

Comma

A single comma separates prepositional phrases, and relative taÞ clauses. A double comma separates coordinate and subordinate clauses.

Hyphen

Used to indicate a glottal stop

Termination marks

Full stop

Used to end a sentence.

Question mark

Immediately follows an interrogative pronoun, but ends a sentence in non interrogative questions. Upside down question mark is used in subjunctive constructs.

Exclamation mark

Generally used to emphasize a sentence or statement.