narethanaal grammar notes
- OVS
- quotes indicated by ":"
- affixing the plural marker to a verb makes a plural doer of that
verb and affixing an "-n" after that makes it a singular doer of the
verb: do/doers/doer = plusarof/plusarofa/plusarofan
- reduplication of the first consonant followed by a vowel and the
consonant that follows it (or if there is no consonant followed by a
vowel the last consonant) and prefixation makes a verb or adjective
into a noun or a verb into an adjective
- postpositions come at the beginning of the sentence, clause,
possessive subphrase
- most conjunctions come before the subject (or thare phrase if the
subject is embedded in that) of the second conjoined clause except
for certain ones (when, because) that sometimes come before the
subject of the first conjoined clause which should be relocated to
the beginning of the sentence for English translation (the street
across walked when the monkey elephants with danced he. = when the
monkey walked across the street, he danced with elephants.)
- nouns combined xyz are read "x of y of z" or if y is an adjective "x
of y z" (could ostensibly be combined infinitely)
- the verb "to give" has the preposition "to" built into it so there
is no separate postposition but he object of the "to" still comes at
the beginning of the sentence/clause
- narethanaal uses a subjective structure where perceptions of things
are of the form "I am cold the outside" for the English "It is cold
outside" this extends to constructions like "They are enjoyable the
movie" for "The movie is enjoyable"
- the verb "to give" has the preposition "to" built into it so there
is no separate postposition but the object of the "to" still comes at
the beginning of the sentence/clause
- idiom: nehfoforase delor = unspecified being = someone
- idiom: less beloved = friend, less belovedness = friendliness