Dcuea

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Declension

1st declension Singular Plural Dual
Absolutive aattû âttuue âttuuekc
Ergative âttuui âttuuiu âttuuiukc
Locative âttuuivaa âttuuivaak âttuuivaakc
Lative âttuuttee âttuutteeu âttuutteeukc
Ablative âttuum âttuumk âttuumkc
Prolative âttuuz âttuuzzek âttuuzzekc
Genitive âttuunnai âttuunnaik âttuunnaikc
Benefactive âttuues âttuuesseu âttuuesseukc
Comitative âttuugc âttuugceu

Dcueâ is an Ergative language.

QOFFOEIFF a â b (c) d e ê f g i î k m n p s t u û v z

digraphs: dc gc kc sc tc zc

  • aa ee ii uu
  • eâ iâ uâ
  • aê iê uê
  • aî eî uî
  • aû eû iû

Ergative marking: -e/i, -ua Absolutive marking: -0 (null)

  • The man sees the woman.
  • Aattû wii dcekkei
  • Â Ê Î Û
  • â ê î û

Some transitive and intransitive verbs have different forms: nevuu to boil (something, transitive) naffeu to (be) boiled (intransitive)

Kaffiu nev dcekkei. The man boils the coffee.

Kaffiu naffe. The coffee boils. (becomes boiled)

kiu to see something (tr) kigguu to (be) seen (intr)

Ueiz kii zcuei. The dog sees the tree.

Zcui kigg. The dog is seen.

BUT

Zcui kii. The dog sees (engages in the act).

Using a noun in the absolutive by itself with an inherently transitive noun also may create a reflexive sentence:

âeizuu to shave

Zcui âeiz dcekkei. The man shaves the dog.

Dcek âeiz. The man shaves (himself).

Plurals

  • after -û, -uu = -uue
  • after -u, = -ue (rare)
  • after -â, -aa, -ê, -ee, -î, -ii = -aak, -eek, -iik
  • after -a, -e, -i = -au, -eu, -iu
  • after -m, -n = -mk, -nk
  • after all other consonants(usually doubled cononant) = -eu (-ggeu, -zzeu, etc)