Common Elvish: Difference between revisions

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 :  ''i elbi '' "the person" > ''u orgu'' "the persons"
-Grade:
+Third-person agreement does not trigger euphony:
 : ''u quënda'' "he is the language" / ''quënda u'' "he, the language"
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 : ''óua quëndáëa'' "the language of his", ''quëndáëa óua'' "the language to him"
-Masculine agreement:
+Masculine agreement in first-person triggers:
 : ''nu belen'' "I am a speaker" / ''belen nu'' "I, the speaker"
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 : ''arcnu beléian'' "a speaker of mine" / ''beléian arcnu'' "a speaker to me"
-Feminine agreement:
+Feminine agreement in first-person triggers:
 : ''mi golon'' "I am a speaker" / ''golon mi'' "I, the speaker"
 : ''ambi goloun'' "I speak" / ''goloun ambi'' "I am spoken"
 : ''dalpmi golóuan'' "a speaker of mine"  / ''golóuan dalpmi'' "a speaker to me"
+the first position is the subject followed by a copula;  sentences are SOV (the object is always NEUTER); and the possessor is always the second element:
+: ''u húo ëa quënda'' "
+: ''ou hóua quëndaë bel'' "the dog speaks the language"
+: ''quëndáëa óua hóuada''  "the dog's language"
+Compare
+: ''óua quëndáëa'' "the  language of his"
+: ''óua gondáëa'' "the languages"
+Masculine roots:
+: hú, u húo, i níe,
+: hóua, ou hóua, ei néia,
+: hóuada, óua hóuada, éia néiada
+Neuter roots
+quënda, i benda, u gonda
+quëndaë, ei bendaë, ou gondaë
+quëndáëa, éia bendáëa, óua gondáëa
+quënda (when non-subject of non-pronouns)
+benda (when subject of non-pronouns or connected to masculine pronouns)
+gonda (when subject of non-pronouns or connected to pronouns)