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Word order, copula usage, and sentence compounding
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1. Dictionary Classes
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3. Feirie Kinesics
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4. Feirie Phomo
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5. Languages of Mala
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6. Orthography
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Simple sentences are OVS.
Pronouns and determiners are clitics that attach to the word closer to the verb from them. An intervocalic r is added when necessary.
Adverbs are used liberally in Feirie, with every verb having a adverbial form used to describe other verbs. Adverbs always come after the verb.
Adjective are placed on the opposite side of the noun as the verb phrase.
For expressing states about oneself, the verb 'glow' is used. This is typically used for describing emotions, directions, descriptions and locations.
shwa rse ha
sadness glow-PROGProgressive (aspect)
be verb-ing FEMFeminine (gender)
feminine or female-1First person (person)
speaker, signer, etc; I-SUBSubject (argument)
I am sad. (I glow sadness)
While rare and seldom used, reflexives do exist in the form of replacing the object pronoun with a copy of whatever the subject pronoun is:
sesoixsoixrha
FEMFeminine (gender)
feminine or female-1First person (person)
speaker, signer, etc; I-OBJObject (argument)=surprise-PLUPluractionality
multiple instances occur-PFVPerfective (aspect)
completed action=FEMFeminine (gender)
feminine or female-1First person (person)
speaker, signer, etc; I-SUBSubject (argument)
I surprised myself a couple times.
This only works in the first and second person, where pronouns exist. For third person reflexives, the verbal voice marker is put before the verb:
<EXAMPLE>
When both the subject and object are either first or second person, the way of marking reciprocity is to use a subject pronouns in place of an object pronoun:
ha fic sha
MASCMasculine (gender)
masculine or male-1First person (person)
speaker, signer, etc; I-OBJObject (argument) follow-INCEPInceptive (aspect)
beginning of an action FEMFeminine (gender)
feminine or female-2Second person (person)
addressee (you)-SUBSubject (argument)
You started following me.
se fic sha
MASCMasculine (gender)
masculine or male-1First person (person)
speaker, signer, etc; I-SUBSubject (argument) follow-INCEPInceptive (aspect)
beginning of an action FEMFeminine (gender)
feminine or female-2Second person (person)
addressee (you)-SUBSubject (argument)
You and I started following each other.
When one or both noun phrases contain third person entities, the verbal voice marker rna is put before the verb:
<EXAMPLE WITHOUT>
<EXAMPLE WITH>
In Feirie marking a object as belonging to someone is as simple as putting a pronoun next to the noun on the opposite side as the verb. The pronoun must match in case, gender, formality and person as the owner.
A plain sentence, and then the same two with a possessed object:
swur swir nu
book read-INCEPInceptive (aspect)
beginning of an action FEMFeminine (gender)
feminine or female-FEMFeminine (gender)
feminine or female-1First person (person)
speaker, signer, etc; I-SUBSubject (argument)-FORFormal (respect/formality)
for formal situations
I started reading the book.
po swur swir la
FEMFeminine (gender)
feminine or female-MASCMasculine (gender)
masculine or male-2Second person (person)
addressee (you)-OBJObject (argument) book read-INCEPInceptive (aspect)
beginning of an action FEMFeminine (gender)
feminine or female-MASCMasculine (gender)
masculine or male-1First person (person)
speaker, signer, etc; I-SUBSubject (argument)-FORFormal (respect/formality)
for formal situations
I started reading your book.
ru swur swir nu
FEMFeminine (gender)
feminine or female-FEMFeminine (gender)
feminine or female-1First person (person)
speaker, signer, etc; I-OBJObject (argument) book read-INCEPInceptive (aspect)
beginning of an action FEMFeminine (gender)
feminine or female-FEMFeminine (gender)
feminine or female-1First person (person)
speaker, signer, etc; I-SUBSubject (argument)-FORFormal (respect/formality)
for formal situations
I started reading my book.
In the second one, the wording looks like "I started reading me book.", and that's exactly what it is. Feirie uses normal pronouns as possessive ones.
When there is an adjective along with a pronoun noun, the adjective goes between the two:
po fir swur swir la
FEMFeminine (gender)
feminine or female-MASCMasculine (gender)
masculine or male-2Second person (person)
addressee (you)-OBJObject (argument) red_orange-ADJAdjectival
syntactic book read-INCEPInceptive (aspect)
beginning of an action FEMFeminine (gender)
feminine or female-MASCMasculine (gender)
masculine or male-1First person (person)
speaker, signer, etc; I-SUBSubject (argument)-FORFormal (respect/formality)
for formal situations
I started reading your red book.
To express possession of a third person, simple juxtaposition is used, with the possessee closer of the two to the verb.
<EXAMPLE>
When there are multiple objects, differentiated only by an adjective, a noun can be referred to by the noun form of the adjective.
Using the same example sentence from above:
u-fir swur swirla
GLOSS MISSING
I started reading your red book.
If there was a need to constantly refer to this "red book", as opposed to one of another color, one might just say:
u-fur swirla
GLOSS MISSING
I started reading your red (thing).
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