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Consonants

This is the consonant system in the IPA consonant table:

	Bilabial	Labio- dental	Dental	Alveolar	Post- alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Plosive	p b		t d				k ɡ
Nasal	m	[ɱ] 1	n				[ŋ] 2
Vibrant			r
Fricative		f v		s z	ʃ ʒ		x
Affricate				ʦ	ʧ ʤ
Approximant						j	w
Lateral approximant			l

• 1: Allophone of [m] before labiodental consonants
• 2: Allophone of [n] before velar consonant

Palatalization

Some consonants come in pair with a palatalized counterpart:

Non-palatalized consonant	Palatalized counterpart
k	č
g	dž
s	š
z	ž
t	č
d	dž

This phenomenon, called palatalization, is very common, usually (but not always) when one of these consonants comes in contact with the semivowel [j]. It's very important, because it occurs many times in noun declension.

Vowels

	Front	Near-front	Central	Near-back	Back
Close	i(:) ɨ(:) u(:) e(:) o(:) a(:)
Close-mid
Mid
Open-mid
Open

Nouns

Singular
Case	Consonant	Vowel
Nominative	-	-
Genitive	-u	-w
Dative	-a	-ja
Accusative	-o	-wo
Instrumental	-en	-jen
Locative	-ot	-jot
Adlative	-ás	-jás
Delative	-ád	-jád

Plural
Case	Consonant	Vowel
Nominative	-y	-j
Genitive	-yw	-ju
Dative	-ya	-jay
Accusative	-yo	-joy
Instrumental	-yen	-jeyn
Locative	-yt	-jyt
Adlative	-ýs	-jýs
Delative	-ýd	-jýd

The dual number indicates a pair of things. It has a lesser number of endings, only four, with consonant and vowel counteparts.

Dual
Case	Consonant	Vowel
Nominative Accusative	-et	-t
Genitive Dative Adlative	-etu	-ču
Instrumental Delative	-etyn	-čyn
Locative	-ec	-ciw

Examples:

stuv = village, town
Case	Singular	Plural	Dual
Nominative	stuv	stuvy	stuvet
Genitive	stuvu	stuvyw	stuvetu
Dative	stuva	stuvya	stuvetu
Accusative	stuvo	stuvyo	stuvet
Instrumental	stuven	stuvyen	stuvetyn
Locative	stuvot	stuvyt	stuvec
Adlative	stuvás	stuvýs	stuvetu
Delative	stuvád	stuvýd	stuvetyn

mila = woman
Case	Singular	Plural	Dual
Nominative	mila	milaj	milat
Genitive	milaw	milaju	milaču
Dative	milaja	milajay	milaču
Accusative	milawo	milajoy	milat
Instrumental	milajen	milajeyn	milačyn
Locative	milajot	milajyt	milaciw
Adlative	milajás	milajýs	milaču
Delative	milajád	milajýd	milačyn

Some nouns, even if they end with a consonant, follow the vowel declension pattern. In this case their last consonant undergoes palatalization, except for the nominative and genitive in the singular, and for all cases in dual. If there is a long vowel, when palatalization occurs, the vowel gets short.

krís = king
Case	Singular	Plural	Dual
Nominative	krís	krišy	kríset
Genitive	krísu	krišu	krísetu
Dative	kriša	krišay	krísetu
Accusative	kríswo	krišoy	kríset
Instrumental	krišen	krišeyn	krísetyn
Locative	krišot	krišyt	krísec
Adlative	krišás	krišýs	krísetu
Delative	krišád	krišýd	krísetyn

Other nouns which undergo palatalization are: ák (water ‣ plur. ačy), nát (father ‣ plur. načy), héd (mother ‣ plur. hedžy)

If a noun already ends with -u, the genitive ending in the singular melds with this vowel and becomes -ú.

• mázu (house) ‣ mázú

Article

There is only the form for the definite article (the): ó. It has to be declined according to its noun.

ó = the
Case	Singular	Plural	Dual
Nominative	ó	ony	ont
Genitive	onu	onju	onču
Dative	ona	onja	onču
Accusative	ono	onjo	ont
Instrumental	onen	onjen	ontyn
Locative	onot	onyt	onec
Adlative	onás	onýs	onču
Delative	onád	onýd	ontyn

Adjectives

The adjectives must agree with their nouns in number and case, but only in attributive position. In prepositive position adjectives are not declined:

• Attributive position: nom.: dén mila (a good woman), gen.: dénu milaw (of a good woman)
• Prepositive position: ó mila dén ér (the woman is good), ony milaj dén eruk (the women are good)

Declension

The adjectival declension follows the nominal declension's pattern, with the distinction between consonant and vowel endings. Adjectives always come before their nouns, except for participles, that can occur after.

If the adjective comes before a nouns which is definited, it melds with the article, and it uses the definite adjectival declension.

• Dén mila: a good woman
• Dénon mila: the good woman
• Dényenon milajeyn: with the good women

Here there are samples from two adjectives:

dén = good
Case	Singular	Plural	Dual
Nominative	dénon	dényjon	déneton
Genitive	dénun	dénywon	dénetun
Dative	dénan	dényajon	dénetun
Accusative	dénon	dényojon	déneton
Instrumental	dénenon	dényenon	dénetynon
Locative	dénoton	dényton	dénecon
Adlative	dénáson	dénýson	dénetun
Delative	dénádon	dénýdon	dénetynon

pana = high
Case	Singular	Plural	Dual
Nominative	panan	panajon	panaton
Genitive	panawon	panajun	panačun
Dative	panajan	panajayn	panačun
Accusative	panawon	panajoyn	panaton
Instrumental	panajenon	panajeynon	panačynon
Locative	panajoton	panajyton	panaciwon
Adlative	panajáson	panajýson	panačun
Delative	panajádon	panajýdon	panačynon

If the adjective falls after the noun, it never use the definite declension, and the article appears before the noun:

• ó mila okelav = the beloved woman

Comparison

There are two degrees of comparison: the comparative form and the superlative form:

They are formed by adding prefixes to the normal form of the adjective:

• Comparative: add pu- (mantaining the -): dén ‣ pu-dén
• Superlative: add saj- (mantaining the -): dén ‣ saj-dén

The second term of the comparison for comparative form is introduced by ča:

• lak mila pu-lán ča šik ér: this woman is more beautiful than that one

Pronouns

Personal

These are the forms of personal pronouns:

Present

Case	I	You (thou)	He	She	It
Nom.	kí	to	za	hí	héj
Gen.	kiju	tow	zaw	hiju	heju
Dat.	kija	toja	zaja	hija	heja
Acc.	kijo	tó	zao	hijo	hejo
Instr.	kijen	tojen	zajen	hijen	hejen
Loc.	kijot	tojot	zajot	hijot	hejot
Adl.	kijás	tojás	zajás	hijás	hejás
Del.	kijád	tojád	zajád	hijád	hejád

Relative

These are the forms of the relative pronoun:

ksé = that, which, who
Case	Singular	Plural	Dual
Nominative	ksé	kší	kset
Genitive	ksew	kšú	kseču
Dative	kšá	kšáy	kseču
Accusative	ksewo	kšóy	kset
Instrumental	kšén	kšéyn	ksečyn
Locative	kšót	kšýt	kseciw
Adlative	kšás	kšýs	kseču
Delative	kšád	kšýd	ksečyn

These forms are used more rarely than in English, because in relative sentences participles are more actively used.

Verbs

Verbs have a rich system of conjugation. There are one infinitival form, 3 participles, 4 moods and at least 5 tenses in the indicative mood. Verbs do conjugate according to the person, with different endings for each person, in singular, plural and dual. Each form has a passive counterpart, because there is a separated passive conjugation.

Verbs are divided in two conjugation patterns, depending on their infinitival endings:

• 1st conjugation = -uč
• 2nd conjugation = -or

By dropping these endings we'll get the verbal root, basis of verbal conjugation.

Infinitive

This is the infinitival form, that you'll find in dictionaries.

We'll use two sample verbs, to show the conjugation:

to Love	to Eat
Keluč	Setor

Participles

Verbs have three participles: present participle, past participle, and future participle, which doesn't exist in English, but express the same meaning of the other two participles but in the future.

Present	Past	Future
keláv	okeláv	tekeláv
setáv	osetáv	tesetáv

The past participle has an active meaning; osetáv doesn't mean that has been eaten, but which has eaten.

The vowel in the -áv ending gets short when declined:

• nom. keláv (loving) ‣ gen. kelavu (of loving)

Participles are very important in the construction of relative sentences.

Indicative

The indicative mood is the mood of reality, that shows happenings, tales, indications, etc. It has 5 tenses. Two tenses are simple, three tenses add prefixes.

Present

Person	Keluč	Setor
1st sing.	kelu	setu
2nd sing.	keluc	setec
3rd sing.	kele	sete
1st plu.	kelun	seten
2nd plu.	keluj	setej
3rd plu.	keluk	setek
1st dual	kelune	setene
2nd dual	keluje	seteje
3rd dual	keluke	seteke

Past

The past tense marks an action, occured in the past. It is formed by adding the infix -uv- for the 1st conjugation or -ev for the 2nd conjugation, and then the present endings of the 2nd conjugation, except for the 3rd person in singular, which adds nothing.

Person	Keluč	Setor
1st sing.	keluvu	setevu
2nd sing.	keluvec	setevec
3rd sing.	keluv	setev
1st plu.	keluven	seteven
2nd plu.	keluvej	setevej
3rd plu.	keluvek	setevek
1st dual	keluvene	setevene
2nd dual	keluveje	seteveje
3rd dual	keluveke	seteveke

Future

The future tense marks an action, which will occur in the future. It is formed by adding the infix -us- for the 1st conjugation or -es for the 2nd conjugation, and then the present endings of the 2nd conjugation, and by adding the prefix te(k)- before the main root.

Person	Keluč	Setor
1st sing.	tekelusu	tesetesu
2nd sing.	tekelusec	tesetesec
3rd sing.	tekeluse	tesetese
1st plu.	tekelusen	tesetesen
2nd plu.	tekelusej	tesetesej
3rd plu.	tekelusek	tesetesek
1st dual	tekelusene	tesetesene
2nd dual	tekeluseje	teseteseje
3rd dual	tekeluseke	teseteseke

Plusquamperfect

The plusquamperfect tense marks an action, occured in the past of another past action. It is formed by adding the prefix o(k)- to the forms of the past tense.

Person	Keluč	Setor
1st sing.	okeluvu	osetevu
2nd sing.	okeluvec	osetevec
3rd sing.	okeluv	osetev
1st plu.	okeluven	oseteven
2nd plu.	okeluvej	osetevej
3rd plu.	okeluvek	osetevek
1st dual	okeluvene	osetevene
2nd dual	okeluveje	oseteveje
3rd dual	okeluveke	oseteveke

Future in the past

The future in the past tense marks an action, occured in the future of another past action. It is formed by adding the prefix o(k)- to the forms of the future tense.

Person	Keluč	Setor
1st sing.	otekelusu	otesetesu
2nd sing.	otekelusec	otesetesec
3rd sing.	otekeluse	otesetese
1st plu.	otekelusen	otesetesen
2nd plu.	otekelusej	otesetesej
3rd plu.	otekelusek	otesetesek
1st dual	otekelusene	otesetesene
2nd dual	otekeluseje	oteseteseje
3rd dual	otekeluseke	oteseteseke