Amal

See also:

• lexicon
  • thematic lexicon
• phrases

Introduction

Amal is meant to be a simple and euphonic personal conlang.

Phonology

p b t d k g m n s sh h w y l r a e i o u

Word Order

SOV

Pronouns

Pronouns in Amal are marked for number, person, and case. There are three persons. The stand-alone personal pronouns are not used widely as the person is evident from the personal verb ending. They are used for emphasis only in their simple form as the verb form itself already points to the person. This is similar to Spanish where a person will say comprendo - I understand instead of Yo comprendo - I understand.

Pronoun Declension

	NOM	ACC	DAT	GEN
1sg	an	ahan	eyan	anai
2sg	at	ahat	eyat	atai
3sg	a / al	ahal	eya(l)	alai
1pl	uk	ahuk	eyuk	ukai
2pl	ut	ahut	eyut	utai
3pl	um	ahum	eyum	umai

Verbs

tense

The future tense is marked with -as-/-s(a)-. Past tense is marked with -ar-/-r(a)-. The present tense is unmarked. There are two aspects in Amal, progressive/continuous -i(y)-, and perfective -u(y)-. They are marked in the conjugation of the verb.

• yem-an - I eat
• yem-r-an - I did eat
• yem-s-an - I will eat
• yem-iy-an - I am eating
• yem-ir-an - I was eating
• yem-is-an - I will be eating
• yem-uy-an - I ate
• yem-ur-an - I have eaten
• yem-us-an - I will have eaten

Stories often describe events that take place in the past (or an imagined past), or whose location in time is of no concern to the reader. In such cases, the -ar-/-r(a)- may be omitted.