From dde0a3cddc8dec7bbfc619d76d49222c600b8d7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: the lemons Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2022 06:32:47 -0500 Subject: apioform --- the | 76 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 76 insertions(+) create mode 100644 the (limited to 'the') diff --git a/the b/the new file mode 100644 index 0000000..dd4fcda --- /dev/null +++ b/the @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +/p t k b d g s z ʃ ʒ h w r ɹ j m n ŋ/ +

+/a e i o u/ + + +(C)V(ŋ) + +mora timed. +ŋ → may only appear in coda; is one mora. assimilates aggressively, including across word boundaries + +unvoiced plosives and fricatives (except for h) may be geminated. the extra consonant comprises a mora, e.g. +(k)(ka) ← each mora is parethesized + +prosody: + the first syllable of a word is pronounced at a higher pitch + the last syllables of a word at the end of a sentence are pronounced at a lower pitch + +typology: + SOV + +pronoun: + ka → 1s + kai → 1p + ta → 2s + tai → 2p + na → 3s + nai → 3p + ra → demonstrative (singular/plural) + raie → reflexive + toshu → interrogative + +verb conjugation: + -i → intransitive + -a → transitive + an transitive verb has a subject and object, whereas an intransitive verb only has a subject. + verbs in these conjucations can be used + * as the main verb of the sentence + "ka kinegi toa" → "I am eating plants" + * to modify nouns in the sentence + "ka kinegi rezi toa" → "I am eating good plants" + "api surusukiń tinońmi teja saa" → "bees are insects that make a sweetner" + -u → infinitive + -ui → infinitive intransitive + -ua → infininive transitive + the infinitive conjugations allow a verb to act as a noun. verbs conjugated with "-u" stand on their own, and those with "-ui" or "-ua" accept subjects and objects + "ka hosekui api herissa" → "my existence is related to bees" + "hoseku tou retu zea no hassa" → "eating is necessary for living" + "resha raie suttua rezi" → "people talking with each other is good" + -e → imperative intransitive + -ea → imperative transitive + an imperative verb may only be used as the main verb of the sentence. the subject is omitted, as it is implicitly the listener. + "kumań toea" → "eat food" + +verb suffixes: + -tese → irrealis + -kka → passive + -seń → negative + -doma → comparative/superlative + -ppihu → excessive (rezu → "good"; rezuppihu → "too good") + +sentence/verb conjunction particles: + me → and + ni → or + iti → because + koń → so/and thus + taso → yet + +misc particles: + no → adverbialize + "no" followed by a verb phrase will modify the postceding verb adverbally, with the modified verb acting as the subject in the adverbial phrase. + "ka no kussi hoseki" → "I pitifully exist" + "ka api no zoyai no hańshi ya saa" → "I am only a bee in reality" + to → interrogative + "to tai api soa?" → "are you bees?" + tosokka → tag question + "na yasa tosokka?" → "it's funny, isn't it?" -- cgit v1.2.3