Mértéetä

General information
The Mertenessian Language (Mértéetä  /møi̯ʀ.tɪi̯.'ɪ.tä/) is the language spoken by Merts People (Mérten  /'møi̯ʀ.tɪn/), who live in the western part of the continent Saykoran, planei (to be decided). It is also the official language of the Mertenessian Federal Republic  (Mérténeccià Watýoteńpòvritä).

Classification

 * Saykoran-Napiennia Family
 * West-Saykoran Languages
 * Metza Languages
 * Mertenessian Language

Alphabet
There are two types of alphabets in Mertenessian Language: Latin Script and Mertenessian Traditional Alphabet. Both of them are the official writing system of Mértéetä.

There are 38 letters in the Mertenessian Alphabet.
 * If a vowel letter has an 'acute accent', it indicates that the semivowel /i̯/ is after the vowel.
 * If a vowel letter has an 'grave accent', it indicates that the semivowel /i̯/ is before the vowel.
 * If a vowel letter has an 'circumflex', it indicates that the semivowel /u̯/ is after the vowel.
 * If a vowel letter has an 'caron', it indicates that the semivowel /u̯/ is before the vowel.

Syntax
The syntax in Mértéetä is usually SVO, but there can be exceptions.

Genders
There are four genders in Mértéetä - Masculine, Feminine, Neuter and No-gender. However, unlike French, German, Spanish, Italian and Latin, the genders are only for living objects. Living objects can only use Masculine, Feminine and Neuter; non-living object can only use no-gender.

Articles

 * The plural of the indefinite article is icten.
 * The plural of the definite article is den.

Nouns
There are four cases of nouns in Mértéetä - Nominative, Accusative, Dative and Genitive. Using the singular, neuter forms of the word hifàt (person), which belongs to the first declension:


 * hifàt (nominative) '(the) person' [as a subject or direct object in SVO]
 * hifàteh (accusative) '(the) person' [as a direct object]
 * àhifàt (dative) 'to / for (the) person' [as an indirect object]
 * hifàté (genitive) '(the) person's' [as a possessor]

There are two grammatical declensions in Mértéetä - first declensons and second declension, consists of nouns ending in consonant & e, and other vowels.

First Declension
First declension nouns end in consonants and e.

Second Declension
Second declension nouns end in vowels (not e).

All nouns in second declension are no-gender.

Verbs

 * Verbs in Mértéetä conjugate for eight tenses: present, present imperfect, perfect, past, past imperfect, pluperfect, future and future imperfect.
 * Verbs in Mértéetä conjugate for two moods: indicative and conditional.
 * Verbs in Mértéetä conjugate for two voices: active and passive.
 * Verbs in Mértéetä conjugate for three persons: 1st person, 2nd person and 3rd person.
 * Verbs in Mértéetä conjugate for two numbers: singular and plural.
 * Although Verbs in Mértéetä conjugate for persons and numbers, the singular 3rd person form can be used for all persons and numbers.

Tenses

 * Present - to show someone does something.
 * Present imperfect - to show someone is doing something, and has not finished.
 * Perfect - to show someone has done something / finished doing something.
 * Past - to show someone did something in the past.
 * Past imperfect - to show someone was doing something in the past, and had not finished.
 * Pluperfect - to show someone had done something in the past / had finished doing something.
 * Future - to show someone will do something
 * Future imperfect - to show someone will be doing something, and will have not finished.

Moods

 * Indicative - most common used mood
 * Conditional - used after 'if'

Voices

 * Active - to show someone do something
 * Passive - to show something is done by someone
 * Depending on what is doing the action.

Persons & Numbers

 * Persons and numbers are to show who does something.
 * The singular 3rd person form can be used for all persons & numbers.

Full Table

 * 'fasino' is replaced by 'fasini' when saying that something is made by something else which is no-gender.

e.g ẋi sei fasini vais vecieur.

Adjectives and Adverbs

 * All adjectives end in -i or -o. When describing something masculine, feminine or neuter, adjectives ends in -o. When describing something no-gender, adjectives end in -i.
 * All adverbs end in -is.
 * To make an adjective/adverb comparative, nas- is added to the adjective/adverb.
 * To make an adjective/adverb superlative, -issi- is added to the adjective/adverb.