Azkali grammar: Difference between revisions
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| colspan="2" |mai | | colspan="2" |mai | ||
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| colspan="2" |hakel | | colspan="2" |hakel | ||
|harek | |harek | ||
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The neutral pronouns are used | The ''neutral pronouns'' work essentially the same as epicene pronouns in other languages. They are used when it is unclear of the person's gender, no specification is needed, and so on. | ||
=== Determiners === | |||
Most determiners appear to have evolved from remnants of older Azkali pronouns; specifically, it appears that they evolved from old gendered paucal and plural third person pronouns (in the ergative and possessive cases). They have in modern times lost their meaning as pronouns and instead have evolved into determiners. | |||
=== Verbs === | === Verbs === | ||
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==== ''Itu'' ==== | ===== ''Itu'' ===== | ||
''Itu'', as stated previously, is an auxiliary verb that conveys a future tense. Itu, unlike any other regular verb, conjugates for the full range of persons (i.e the first, second, and third person, plus singular, paucal, and plural grammatical numbers). It is also used in the conjugation of periphrastic, and especially compound tenses. | ''Itu'', as stated previously, is an auxiliary verb that conveys a future tense. Itu, unlike any other regular verb, conjugates for the full range of persons (i.e the first, second, and third person, plus singular, paucal, and plural grammatical numbers). It is also used in the conjugation of periphrastic, and especially compound tenses. In Contemporary Azkali, itu was a very irregular verb meaning ''to go'', but it's meaning shifted to a standard future marker, losing it's original meaning. | ||
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==== ''Isan'' ==== | ===== ''Isan'' ===== | ||
''Isan'' is the Azkali verb meaning to be. It is the most commonly used verb in the language. Along with ''huka'', to do, it is one of the only verbs that conjugate in regards to person. In addition, isan can also be used in the form of an auxiliary verb in the context of periphrastic conjugation, and particularly with compound tenses. Isan is one of the four or five irregular verbs in Azkali that are in use in most dialects. | ''Isan'' is the Azkali verb meaning to be. It is the most commonly used verb in the language. Along with ''huka'', to do, it is one of the only verbs that conjugate in regards to person. In addition, isan can also be used in the form of an auxiliary verb in the context of periphrastic conjugation, and particularly with compound tenses. Isan is one of the four or five irregular verbs in Azkali that are in use in most dialects. | ||
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==== ''Huka'' ==== | ===== ''Huka'' ===== | ||
''Huka'' is the verb ''to do''. It is irregular, and marks for person, unlike any other verb besides ''isan''. | ''Huka'' is the verb ''to do''. It is irregular, and marks for person, unlike any other verb besides ''isan''. | ||
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