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Sentence Structure and Word Formation | Conversational Sennin Basic Conjugation/Tense
Verb conjugation is relatively straightforward. Each verb has 7 forms based
around its root word. Take "ios" ( see ) for instance. The root
word of any verb in its "natural" or "bare" form is without the -or, -os, or
-on suffix, so the root of "ios" is "i", giving us the following:
A natural verb, aside from being in the simplest present tense, can also be used as a command, or turned into a personal or declarative gerund when the natural verb is proceeded by "va". See below for more information. Articles/Gender
Sennin has an entire slew of article elements that directly precede every
improper noun and many proper nouns depending on the context, voice, and
mood of the speaker. The only situations where articles are not necessary is
when referring to something/someone in either possessive or general terms
(general usually requires the subject be pluralized).
Sennin does not have inherit gender as a speaker of a western language might understand. As it is, I have 7 forms of "gender" shown here:
Personal Pronouns
Are as follows:
Other Pronouns
Sennin pronouns of this variety don't differ incredibly from English...
aside from the "this" column, wherein English it is this, this, this, here,
now, and thus, respectively, and the "that" column, where it is that, that,
that, there, and then, repsectively. "Reason" has no correlative beyond
"Query", and "Way" has none for "That", "No", and "Every".
In Sennin, there is an answer for all of these in response to the query, though the "this" and "that" correlatives are not nearly as specific. That is because when speaking in terms of "this" and "that", it is assumed that the object in question is already known, or easily accessable. For something a bit more proper, include the object before the pronoun: "eru tac" meaning "this way".
Remember that every question must end in ci, otherwise it is a statement: Iuue simply means "I don't know why", whereas Iuue ci means "why?" Simple Verbs
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Adjectives
Adjectives are more or less wild cards in Sennin, much like English. They
can be made out of verbs, nouns, and names, and many adjectives can be
turned into all of these as well.
Take a word like "dark": gaur. Here are some regular derivations/conjugations for it: Opposite: gaurnu Lack of: guarnu Full of: gauriil Possability: gauroc Liking: gauriun Disliking: gaurial Inhabitant: gauran, gaurinot, gaurim Diluted meaning: gaurubu Strong meaning: gaurodo To turn an adjective into an adverb, simply conjugate it to match the tense of the verb you're trying to describe. For instance: "he swam carefully" would be U angeia imana, where the adjective is iman. Whether the swimming was carefully done in the past or future is determined from the verb it's describing. To turn an adjective into a noun, simply give it gender. Asdudo, "green", can become aasdudo, "the green", or even goasdudo, "The[reverence] Green". Just be careful about giving states of being a gender that is meant for use in reference to people. It can be taken as comedy, sarcasm, or even just plain lunacy. Case, Plural, and
Possessive
CASELorem ipsum, etc. etc. PLURAL Plural is simple: just append whatever word you want to pluralize with "-ai". So POSSESSIVE To express possession of something, use the appropriate pronoun as a prefix to the subject:
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