Azkali language: Difference between revisions
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Verbs are much simpler structurally speaking than nouns. For example, the verb ''ezingira'', meaning ''to have needed long ago'', can simply be broken down as ''ezi-'', the far past indicative prefix, and ''ngira'', the verbal root meaning to need. Azkali verbs are very regular, only having two different sets of conjugations (usually called ''declension classes'' when discussing Azkali). The primary declension class contains all verbs with an ending of -en; the secondary declension class contains all other verbs. The names for these declension classes are misleading, as the secondary declension class contains far more verbs than the primary declension class. There are only four or five irregular verbs in most Azkali dialects (some, especially Southern Azkali dialects, have as many as twenty). | Verbs are much simpler structurally speaking than nouns. For example, the verb ''ezingira'', meaning ''to have needed long ago'', can simply be broken down as ''ezi-'', the far past indicative prefix, and ''ngira'', the verbal root meaning to need. Azkali verbs are very regular, only having two different sets of conjugations (usually called ''declension classes'' when discussing Azkali). The primary declension class contains all verbs with an ending of -en; the secondary declension class contains all other verbs. The names for these declension classes are misleading, as the secondary declension class contains far more verbs than the primary declension class. There are only four or five irregular verbs in most Azkali dialects (some, especially Southern Azkali dialects, have as many as twenty). | ||
Azkali is a ''strictly'' subject-verb-object language, contrasting with its neighboring Mallo-Brausian and Paleo-Azkali languages. Pronouns are never deleted, even when they are clear by context; as such, Azkali is classified as an anti pro-drop language. The lack of deleting pronouns when they are clear by context is a relatively new phenomena, caused by the drastic simplification of Azkali conjugation between the 1900s and 2000s. Azkali frequently employs [[w:Serial_verb_construction|serial verb constructions]], especially in cases in which the verbs occur as a part of the same larger action, or if they occur simultaneously. | |||
Azkali is a ''strictly'' subject-verb-object language, contrasting with its neighboring Mallo-Brausian and Paleo-Azkali languages. Pronouns are never deleted, even when they are clear by context; as such, Azkali is classified as an anti pro-drop language. The lack of deleting pronouns when they are clear by context is a relatively new phenomena, caused by the drastic simplification of Azkali conjugation between the 1900s and 2000s. | |||
Azkali is primarily a head-initial language. Azkali nouns go before adjectives, auxiliary verbs go before main verbs, and possesses go before possessors. Notably, Azkali uses a combination of postpositions and prepositions, with prepositions predominating. Further still, a number of prepositions fuse with the noun they modify. | Azkali is primarily a head-initial language. Azkali nouns go before adjectives, auxiliary verbs go before main verbs, and possesses go before possessors. Notably, Azkali uses a combination of postpositions and prepositions, with prepositions predominating. Further still, a number of prepositions fuse with the noun they modify. | ||
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* '''Zan''': Yes. | * '''Zan''': Yes. | ||
* '''Ketz''': No. | * '''Ketz''': No. | ||
* '''Askomoren | * '''Askomoren en''' Excuse me. (getting one's attention) | ||
* '''Goetzukuo:''' I'm sorry. | * '''Goetzukuo:''' I'm sorry. | ||
* ''(Formally)'' ''' | * ''(Formally)'' '''Maerana:''' Farewell. | ||
* ''(Informally)'' ''' | * ''(Informally)'' '''Mara:''' Bye. | ||
== Registers == | == Registers == | ||