Küpautë

Consonant inventory: f k m n p q s t v z ɕ ʁ ʃ ʑ ʒ ʥ ʨ χ

Click IPA symbols for audio Vowel inventory: a e i o u ɔ ɛ ʌ Syllable structure: (C)V ?

Stress pattern: Penultimate — stress is on the second last syllable ?

Word initial consonants: f k m p q s t v z ɕ ʁ ʑ ʒ ʥ χ

Mid-word consonants: f k m n p q s t v z ɕ ʁ ʃ ʑ ʒ ʥ ʨ χ

Word final consonants:

Spelling rules:

Nouns
Nouns have six cases:


 * Nominative is the doer of a verb: dog bites man.
 * Accusative is the done-to of a verb: man bites dog.
 * Genitive is the possessor of something: dog’s tail hits man.
 * Dative is the recipient of something: man gives ball to dog.
 * Locative is the location of something: man goes to town.
 * Ablative is movement away from something: man walks from town.

Grammar
Main word order: Subject Verb Object (Prepositional phrase). “Mary opened the door with a key” turns into Mary opened the door with a key.

Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned after the noun.

Adposition: prepositions ?

Articles
Uses of definite article that differ from English:


 * Used to talk about countable nouns in general: English’s ‘I like cats’ would translate to ‘I like the cats’
 * Used for languages: ‘The English’

Uses of indefinite article that differ from English:


 * Not used for non-specific countable nouns: non-specific means ‘I am looking for a (any) girl in a red dress’, whereas specific means ‘I am looking for a (particular) girl in a red dress’
 * Not used for non-specific mass (uncountable) nouns: non-specific means ‘Would you like some (any) tea?’ whereas specific means ‘Some tea (a specific amount) fell off the truck’

Verbs
Pûcheten uses a standalone particle word for future tense:

Perfect aspect

The perfect aspect in English is exemplified in ‘I have read this book’, which expresses an event that took place before the time spoken but which has an effect on or is in some way still relevant to the present.

Pûcheten uses an affix for the perfect aspect:

Numbers
Pûcheten has a base-10 number system:

1 - ẑa

2 - khu

3 - ma

4 - tafe

5 - zanö

6 - reche

7 - ẑi

8 - ge

9 - aw

10 - qaw

11 - ẑa ŝo qaw “one and ten”

100 - peẑümaw “hundred”

101 - peẑümaw ẑa “hundred one”

200 - khu peẑümaw

1000 - fawkhu “thousand”

Derivational morphology
Adjective → adverb = Prefix ʥe-

Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Prefix ɕɛ-

Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Prefix ma-

Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Prefix mʌ-

Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Prefix ɕo-

Noun to verb = Prefix fe-

Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix qu-

Tending to = Prefix χe-

Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Prefix ʒɛ-

Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Prefix kʌ-

One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix vɔ-

Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Prefix pa-

Diminutive = Prefix zu-

Augmentative = Prefix χo-