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===Morphology=== | ===Morphology=== | ||
*Instrumental case (''instrumentởl'') | *Instrumental case (''instrumentởl'') | ||
*Pseudo-dual dative and instrumental endings in ''-ma'': '' | *Pseudo-dual dative and instrumental endings in ''-ma'': ''walsnejma dweama öčima'' 'with one's own two eyes' | ||
*Possessive adjectives in ''-ow'' or ''-in'' more widespread (''ty marchogowea | *Possessive adjectives in ''-ow'' or ''-in'' more widespread (''ty marchogowea Arþyrowy'' 'Arthur's knights', modern ''ty marchogowea Arthyra'') | ||
*Infinitives in ''-ti'' or ''-thi'' (e.g. ''dealati'', '' | *Infinitives in ''-ti'' or ''-thi'' (e.g. ''dealati'', ''rieþi'') | ||
*Pro-drop when the subject is not 3rd person | *Pro-drop when the subject is not 3rd person | ||
*3sg, 2pl and 3pl present and future perfective forms in ''-t'', ''-te'' and ''-nt'' (e.g. ''dealảt, dealảte, dealảnt'', sometimes for more archaic effect ''dealaït, dealaïte, dealaïnt''); the 3pl form is always used with a plural subject. | *3sg, 2pl and 3pl present and future perfective forms in ''-t'', ''-te'' and ''-nt'' (e.g. ''dealảt, dealảte, dealảnt'', sometimes for more archaic effect ''dealaït, dealaïte, dealaïnt''); the 3pl form is always used with a plural subject. | ||
*''ne'' used without ''als''. | *''ne'' used without ''als''. | ||
*''est'' and ''sunt'' are used for 3sg and 3pl present of '' | *''est'' and ''sunt'' are used for 3sg and 3pl present of ''bỵt'' (The modern forms ''les/os'' and ''len/lesun/ỏn/osun'' are from ''gleḋ/ot est'' 'here is' and ''gleḋ/ot sunt''.) | ||
*definite articles in genitive phrases: a genitive phrase of the form X DEF.GEN Y.GEN is implied to be definite (cf. Hebrew and Irish). On the other hand, Modern Albionian usually requires X to take the definite article as well. | *definite articles in genitive phrases: a genitive phrase of the form X DEF.GEN Y.GEN is implied to be definite (cf. Hebrew and Irish). On the other hand, Modern Albionian usually requires X to take the definite article as well. | ||
*The use of ''-li'' on verbs for interrogatives: '' | *The use of ''-li'' on verbs for interrogatives: ''znạš-li?'' 'dost thou know? kennst du?' This still survives as a way to mark conditional clauses in modern formal language. | ||
*''-mo'' is sometimes used instead of ''-m'' for dative (but not instrumental) singular masculine and neuter adjectives and pronouns: ''spiewejte jemo pieseň nowa'' 'sing unto him a new song', ''prechodnejmo'' 'fleeting'. ''-mo'' is still found in literary poetry but it doesn't consistently correspond to the Proto-Slavic dative. <!-- I chose to change mu to mo to make it sound like Archaic Biblical Hebrew -ėmo --> | *''-mo'' is sometimes used instead of ''-m'' for dative (but not instrumental) singular masculine and neuter adjectives and pronouns: ''spiewejte jemo pieseň nowa'' 'sing unto him a new song', ''prechodnejmo'' 'fleeting'. ''-mo'' is still found in literary poetry but it doesn't consistently correspond to the Proto-Slavic dative. <!-- I chose to change mu to mo to make it sound like Archaic Biblical Hebrew -ėmo --> | ||
*Adjectives may come before nouns. | *Adjectives may come before nouns. | ||