First Language Syntax, Grammar, and Lexicon

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on top of/above= tluqki

on bottom of/below=  kqosa

inside= sauke

outside= tlil

next to= tlaiqsu

The person is on the rock=  Tluqki telki tas.

Adverbs:

Later= oitis

Earlier= rilon

Possession:

Possessor>Possessee

Alienable and Inalienable

Grammatical Number:

singular= no marking

paucal= tqe

plural= pqoa

Noun Cases:

nominative and accusative

Person markers:

First person: 

Second person: 

Third person: 

Tenses:

Past: -eth

Present: no marking

Future: + oacith

Aspect:

Perfective: getli

Imperfective: no marking

Mixtures:

Past Perfective: -eth + getli

Past Imperfective: -eth

Present Perfective: + getli

Present Imperfective: no marking

Future Perfective: + oacith getli

Future Imperfective: +oacith

Valency:

Passive: + gauhl

Causative: + kaim

Articles:

a/an: oi

the: cau

The articles come before the nouns

Compound Words:

Tree= cqeyopewon

Forest= cqeyopewonalniqpq

Firepit= tlaifalniqpq

Field= gishaqkqalniqpq

House= chitlonalniqpq

Desert= ishunalniqpq

Eventually, -alniqpq= a place associated with *insert noun here*

Noun Incorporation/Derivation:

Performer of verb= 

Substance the noun is made of= 

The smallest unit of the noun= 

Similar to or like the noun= 

Conceptual Metaphors:

???

Other Words:

Hunter= 

Wood= 

Stone= 

Numbers:

0= tlehri

1= cai

2= tao

3= cith

4= shof

5= hlaig

6= siqcqa

7= nipuq

8= tiqcq

9= tqinca

a= tlig

b= neful

c= weluqtq

d= runeqkq

e= nusoal

f= gelmoash

10= tloqcq

11-1f= (1-f)-aith

powers of 10= poli-(1-f)

powers of 10 plus a unit= poli-(1-f) unit)

100= tihlun

powers of 100= ti-(number)

(Still in development.)

Mood(for the evolved form):

subjunctive:

indicative:

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⏰ Last updated: May 04, 2021 ⏰

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