Pataxea: Difference between revisions

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=== Verbs ===

Pataxea verbal morphology is substantially less complicated than Azkali verbal morphology: unlike in Azkali, in which all verbs can conjugate for the full spectrum of tense, mood, persons, etc, only a very small subset of Pataxea verbs can. The verbs that can conjugate like this are called ''synthetic verbs'', while the rest are called ''periphrastic'' (''verbs''). The only synthetic Pataxea verbs are '''is''' (to be), '''ia''' (to have), '''ahha''' (to do), '''eiexe''' (to have), '''reas''' (to run), and '''ea''' (to give). When using a periphrastic verb, however, an auxiliary verb (mostly ''is'' and ''ahha'') with the full range of person, tense, and mood information is required to fully parse a sentence.

In Pataxea, the sentence ''Kre saxanereal sarieak'' translates to "I ate with him". This can be broken down into:

==== Overview ====

Pataxea verbal morphology is substantially less complicated than Azkali verbal morphology: unlike in Azkali, in which all verbs can conjugate for the full spectrum of tense, mood, persons, etc, only a very small subset of Pataxea verbs can. The verbs that can conjugate like this are called ''synthetic verbs'', while the rest are called ''periphrastic'' (''verbs''). The only synthetic Pataxea verbs are '''is''' (to be), '''ia''' (to have), '''ahha''' (to do), '''eiexe''' (to have), '''reas''' (to run), and '''ea''' (to give). In Pataxea, the sentence ''Kre saxanereal sarieak'' translates to "I ate with him". This can be broken down into:

{| class="wikitable"

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participle

!third person singular

masculine absolutive

masculine absolutive affix

affix

!past tense stem of ''is''

!accompaniment

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|I

|}

==== Periphrastic verbs ====

Periphrastic verbs form the vast majority of Pataxea verbs. They are called periphrastic verbs because they require synthetic verbs, which essentially act as auxiliary verbs, in order to conjugate for the full spectrum of tense, moods, persons, etc. The most common auxiliary verbs of this type are '''is''' (to be), '''ia''' (to have), and '''ahha''' (to do). Periphrastic verbs only take non-finite conjugation, which include participles, the infinitive, and an agentive suffix. The primary suffixes of these types are:

{| class="wikitable"

|+

! colspan="2" |

!Vowel ending

!Consonant ending

|-

! colspan="2" |Infinitive

| -n

| -en

|-

! colspan="2" |Agentive

| -na

| -a

|-

! rowspan="3" |Participle

!Far past

| -xs

| -eaxs

|-

!Past

| -rel

| -erel

|-

!Nonpast

| -sa

| -esa

|}

These suffixes are also occasionally used in the creation of nouns: for example, the Pataxea word ''titakaina'', meaning author, is derived from ''tita'', to read, and the agentive suffix -na.

===== Compound verb constructions =====

==== Synthetic verbs ====

== Writing system ==

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 === Verbs ===
-Pataxea verbal morphology is substantially less complicated than Azkali verbal morphology: unlike in Azkali, in which all verbs can conjugate for the full spectrum of tense, mood, persons, etc, only a very small subset of Pataxea verbs can. The verbs that can conjugate like this are called ''synthetic verbs'', while the rest are called ''periphrastic'' (''verbs''). The only synthetic Pataxea verbs are '''is''' (to be), '''ia''' (to have), '''ahha''' (to do), '''eiexe''' (to have), '''reas''' (to run), and '''ea''' (to give). When using a periphrastic verb, however, an auxiliary verb (mostly ''is'' and ''ahha'') with the full range of person, tense, and mood information is required to fully parse a sentence.
-In Pataxea, the sentence ''Kre saxanereal sarieak'' translates to "I ate with him". This can be broken down into:
+==== Overview ====
+Pataxea verbal morphology is substantially less complicated than Azkali verbal morphology: unlike in Azkali, in which all verbs can conjugate for the full spectrum of tense, mood, persons, etc, only a very small subset of Pataxea verbs can. The verbs that can conjugate like this are called ''synthetic verbs'', while the rest are called ''periphrastic'' (''verbs''). The only synthetic Pataxea verbs are '''is''' (to be), '''ia''' (to have), '''ahha''' (to do), '''eiexe''' (to have), '''reas''' (to run), and '''ea''' (to give). In Pataxea, the sentence ''Kre saxanereal sarieak'' translates to "I ate with him". This can be broken down into:
 {| class="wikitable"
 |+
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 participle
 !third person singular
-masculine absolutive
+masculine absolutive affix
-affix
 !past tense stem of ''is''
 !accompaniment
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 |I
 |}
+==== Periphrastic verbs ====
+Periphrastic verbs form the vast majority of Pataxea verbs. They are called periphrastic verbs because they require synthetic verbs, which essentially act as auxiliary verbs, in order to conjugate for the full spectrum of tense, moods, persons, etc. The most common auxiliary verbs of this type are '''is''' (to be), '''ia''' (to have), and '''ahha''' (to do). Periphrastic verbs only take non-finite conjugation, which include participles, the infinitive, and an agentive suffix. The primary suffixes of these types are:
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+
+! colspan="2" |
+!Vowel ending
+!Consonant ending
+|-
+! colspan="2" |Infinitive
+| -n
+| -en
+|-
+! colspan="2" |Agentive
+| -na
+| -a
+|-
+! rowspan="3" |Participle
+!Far past
+| -xs
+| -eaxs
+|-
+!Past
+| -rel
+| -erel
+|-
+!Nonpast
+| -sa
+| -esa
+|}
+These suffixes are also occasionally used in the creation of nouns: for example, the Pataxea word ''titakaina'', meaning author, is derived from ''tita'', to read, and the agentive suffix -na.
+===== Compound verb constructions =====
+==== Synthetic verbs ====
 == Writing system ==