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==== Questions and Negation ==== | ==== Questions and Negation ==== | ||
For binary questions, the answer must be 'Fe'(Yes) or 'Sezo'(No). For non-binary questions, the question appears right after the verb root. | |||
: Vicyisoma''nuru''!? | |||
: 2SG.AGT-IND-AOR-do-''what'' | |||
: What have you done!? | |||
: Licyirjasurru''senu''? | |||
: 3SG.AGT-IND-AOR-happen-''when'' | |||
: When did it happen? | |||
==== Noun Incorporation ==== | ==== Noun Incorporation ==== | ||
Nouns, when they are incorporated into transitive verbs, lose their declension affixes, with only the root left. When nouns need to appear on an intransitive clause, they appear after the verb, with all the affixes. When on noun phrases, there is nothing special, with the nouns declining normally. There is no “class agreement”, instead of gender agreement, so adjectives don’t have any agreement with the object they are giving characteristics. All adjectives are singulare tantum. They also don’t decline. Adjectives appear after the noun. There are no articles for adjectives. | Nouns, when they are incorporated into transitive verbs, lose their declension affixes, with only the root left. When nouns need to appear on an intransitive clause, they appear after the verb, with all the affixes. When on noun phrases, there is nothing special, with the nouns declining normally. There is no “class agreement”, instead of gender agreement, so adjectives don’t have any agreement with the object they are giving characteristics. All adjectives are singulare tantum. They also don’t decline. Adjectives appear after the noun. There are no articles for adjectives. | ||
==== Sequential verbs ==== | ==== Sequential verbs ==== | ||
=== Pronouns === | === Pronouns === | ||
Pronouns are quite difficult in Vethari. The basic forms, are the Agentive and Patientive affixes on verbs. They usually appear as affixes, but sometimes alone, like answering questions like: Who was it? | Pronouns are quite difficult in Vethari. The basic forms, are the Agentive and Patientive affixes on verbs. They usually appear as affixes, but sometimes alone, like answering questions like: Who was it? | ||