Questions involving the Language

[Kitsune]

Please post any grammar questions and such you may have here. I, being the creator of Niora, will be pleased to further your study of Niora.

[lagginator]

Where does all the other stuff in a sentence go? For example, in the sentence, "She walked across the room and sat down," where do the prepositions and the second verb go?

[lagginator]

How2FutureTense plox

[Kitsune]

Apr 8, 2008 20:20:49 GMT -5 lagginator said:

Where does all the other stuff in a sentence go? For example, in the sentence, "She walked across the room and sat down," where do the prepositions and the second verb go?

For that particular sentence, you would say:

'Across the room [adverb particle] walk [past tense particle] she, and sit* [past tense particle] she.'

*The verb 'to sit' can include the preposition 'down'. So 'aheshi' means both 'to sit' and 'to sit down'

Translated:

'Atuu me ipe tukai sho khlake saha na, eta aheke saha na.'

Prepositions that are not included in the verb are placed before the verb as an adverb. The particle 'sho' is put in between the preposition and the verb. If the preposition is describing a noun, it is placed before the noun with the word 'me' in between. 'Me' is the adjective particle. And if you have an entire prepositional phrase (like, 'across the room') describing a verb, then you place the entire phrase before the verb and add 'sho' in between.

Simple enough? =]
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As for future tense, all you have to do is add the particle 'moshe' after the conjugated verb. (Past tense is the same way, only adding 'saha' instead.)

For example:

I walk = khlake la
I walked = khlake saha la
I will walk = khlake moshe la

In the above 'khlakeshi' is 'to walk', 'la' is 'I', 'saha' is the past tense particle, and 'moshe' is the future tense particle.

Yes?

[lagginator]

Thank'ee.

[Kitsune]

Ukiso du. =)