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Fun with Nouns and Verbs
Other Noun Things
At a high level, noun-phrases can be marked for direct ownership or number. The general pattern is like this:
<article> [pronoun] [negation] [number] <verb>
Pronouns
Here's some of the pronouns:
English | L'ewa |
---|---|
me, I | mi |
My system and I | mi'a |
you | ro |
we (all-inclusive) | mi'o |
your system and you | ro'a |
This (near me) | ti |
That (near you) | ta |
That (far away) | tu |
Numbers
Numbers are in base six. Here are a few numerals:
Decimal | Seximal | L'ewa |
---|---|---|
0 | 0 | zo |
1 | 1 | ja |
2 | 2 | he |
3 | 3 | xu |
4 | 4 | ho |
5 | 5 | qi |
6 | 10 | jazo |
36 | 100 | gau |
Here are few non-numerals-but-technically-still-numbers-I-guess:
English | L'ewa |
---|---|
all | to |
some | ra'o |
number-question | so |
Negation
As L'ewa is more of a logical language, it has several forms of negation. Here are a few:
English | L'ewa |
---|---|
contradiction | na |
total scalar negation | na'o |
particle negation | nai |
na can be placed before the sentence's verb too:
ti na spalo
This is something other than an apple
Verb Forms
Verbs have one form in L'ewa. Aspects like tense or the perfective aspect are marked with particles. Here's a table of the common ones:
English | L'ewa |
---|---|
past tense | qu |
present tense | qa |
future tense | qo |
perfective aspect | qe |
Modality
Modality is going to be expressed with emotion words. These words have not been assigned yet, but their grammar will be a lot looser than the normal L'ewa particle grammar. They will allow any two vowels in any combination that might otherwise make them not "legal" for particles.
- VV (ii)
- V'V (i'i)
Explicitly Ending Noun Phrases
In case it is otherwise confusing, ko can be used to end noun phrases grammatically.