GrammarWord Order
Verb-Subject-Object (VSO) in present and future tense
Verb-Object-Subject (VOS) in past tense
On Vowel Length
Many words in Lacerti have multiple meanings; more often than not, how long the speaker holds a vowel is the determining factor of whether or not a word is to be taken as a noun or as a question
A similar phenomenon can happen with the first vowel of a word and distinguishes a phrase or noun from a verb
Example:
Heloll or Helōll vs Hēloll
Commands
Based on when the command is expected to happen, added to the verb as a suffix
Now
-lllo
As soon as possible
-llla
Whenever
-llli
In the future
-lllem
Tenses
Past (modifier goes before the subject)
Immediate Past
Ko
Nostalgic Past
Kō
Distant Past
Koll
Unknown Past
Kōll
Present
No tense modifier is used
Future (modifier goes before the object)
Immediate future
Noted by the marker word Vo before the subject of the sentence
Only used if what's going to happen will happen within the next few minutes
Close Future
Noted by the marker word Vō before the subject of the sentence
Distant Future
Voll
Unknown Future
Vōll
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