LNat'ie'

Overview

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=Basic Grammar= Pronouns

Sing       Plural

1    o'              o'en    This is the exclusive 'we', inclusive is oi'en

2    i'                i'en

3    ie'             ie'en

These pronouns include, when needed, the verb -to be. I am = o'

Declensions are done with prefixes

Genitive     Accusative      Dative

at'-             ep'-              it'-

For possession, the pronoun or owner is declined and placed in the modifier 1st position, for instance: the word for book is get, so my book would be get at'o'  (book gen-I)

LNat'ie' is an inflecting language, OVS, Objects can be led by the definitive prefix, L-, all modifiers follow the word they modify

the verb to see- gan, to look for- tori  verbs are made negative by the verbal suffix -(a)ni. If the verb ends in a consonant, the -'ani is used, if a vowel, then -'ni is used (these always get the stress in the word ANi, NI - gan'ANi,  tori'NI

I see you - ep'i' gan o' (accusative prefix (ep')-you(i') see (gan) I (o')

I don't see you - ep'i' gan'ani o'

we see your book ep'get at'i' gan o'en  (accusative(ep')book(get) genitive(at')you(i') see(gan) I(o')plural(en)  ep'get at'i' gan o'en

he doesn't look for the book - ep'Lget tori'ni ie

Verbal Tense

Tense is indicated by Inixes, or affixes added within the word itself, usually after the first consonant in the vowel. The exception is progressive indicator is a suffix added to the subject of the verb

Present (-)                            Progressive suffix

past     (-u-)

(perfect)     (-u'-)                     (-tet)

future   (-ut-)

future perfect (-utu'-)

I looked for him - ep'ie tuori o'

He has not looked for me - ep'o' tu'ori'ni ie'

I will see (a) book - ep'get gutan o'

they will have seen his book - ep'get at'i' gutu'an ie'en

We will be seeing you - ep'i' gutan o'entet

he has not seen you - ep'i' gu'an'ani ie'

we were watching a movie(oanter) -  ep'oanter guan o'entet

they will not be watching a movie - ep'oanter gutan'ani ie'en

Time, Duration

All markers used to indicate time that affect the whole sentance and not just a verb or noun (I will go next year-  Next year affects both a subject and a verb, so it belongs in the broad category)  will be placed at the very beginning of the sentance. Duration markers are put in the modifier spot for the verb they modify

voc-

year - iwen

next (adj) sha

previous (adj) isa

5 - sam

30 - ordi

to make(v) seter

hour - tike*

I looked for him for 5 hours - ep'ie tuori tike sam o'

Next year, I will be 5 years (old) - Iwen sha (next modifies year) iwen sam o'

next year I will have making (this) movie for 30 years - Iwen sha ep'oanter sutu'er iwen ordi o'tet

we haven't seen each other in 5 years! - ep'oi'ensek gu'an'ani iwen sam oi'en

I will see you in 2 years - iwen sha sewe ep'i gutan o'

I saw him last year - iwen isa ep'ie guan o'

To just say no, as in an interjection to state disbelief, say ania*

1: ep'oi'ensek gu'an'ani iwen sam oi'en

2: Ania! iwen isa ep'i guan o'!


 * hours is a rough translation. The word tike actually refers to a period of time about 100 std minutes long.

Interrogatives and pronouns

who     nier

what    shier

when   pier

where  atier

why     edier

how    ka'ier

replace final (-ier) with the following for appropriate pronouns

proximal (this) est

distal (that)      iset

Negative (none) eril

All (everyone)   aler

now = this time(when)- pest

here = this place(where) - atest

this = this thing(what) - shest

Numbers

1- awe

2- sewe

3- or

4- pri

5- sam

6- kot

7- diet

8- oin

9- semp

10- disam

11- disawe

12- dishewe (ss= sh)

13- disor

14- dipri (no sp sound)

15- disham

20- sewedi

21- sewedisawe

22- sewedishewe

30- ordi

40- pridi

99- sempdishemp

100- odis

101- odisawe

110- odisdisam

125- odishewedisham

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