Yeuric: Difference between revisions
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==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||
The basics of Yeuric | The basics of Yeuric grammar are rather easy to follow, being an agglutinative language. | ||
Different parts of speech are formed through different infixes: | Different parts of speech are formed through different infixes: | ||
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:-o- forms copulative verbs | :-o- forms copulative verbs | ||
:-a- forms adverbs (may be changed later) | :-a- forms adverbs (may be changed later) | ||
These infixes function as a form of nonconcatenative morphology, as they cause vowel aternations in the root, rather than adding additional material to it, see "hlawa" /ɬɑu̯/, "to speak" > "hlauwa" /ɬœu̯/, "speech" | |||
Basic verbs form the language's roots, notice how "hlawa" ("to speak") has none of these infixes. | Basic verbs form the language's roots, notice how "hlawa" ("to speak") has none of these infixes. | ||
===Syntax=== | |||
: páru⸗ḥa⸗za⸗wya páeru⸗v ‧ẉel‧ kávi⸗ḥa⸗za⸗wya teuli⸗v⸗ṛé? | Noun incorporation is incredibly common to the extent of seeming almost polysynthetic. For example, "páruḥazawyapáeruv‧ẉel‧káviḥazawyateulivṛé?", which means "Won't you take my hand and follow my lead?" (From the song "Whistling Tree", by Haunted Like Human), this breaks down roughly as: | ||
: take-fut-2.if¹-1.gen hand-acc and follow-fut-2.if-1.gen guidance-acc-ṛé² | :páru⸗ḥa⸗za⸗wya páeru⸗v ‧ẉel‧ kávi⸗ḥa⸗za⸗wya teuli⸗v⸗ṛé? | ||
:take-fut-2.if¹-1.gen hand-acc and follow-fut-2.if-1.gen guidance-acc-ṛé² | |||
#"if" = "informal" | |||
#"‧ṛé " is roughly for "won't?" questions | |||
===Morphology=== | ===Morphology=== | ||