Gramvor (Grammar Words)
ba something
be switches position of subject and object
bi equals, is reciprocally equivalent to
bo
bu not, no
ca there, near person addressed
ce pronoun used un subordinate clauses to refer back to something in main clause
ci here
co pronoun that refers back to previous phrase
cu there, not near person addressed, yon, yonder
da 3d person pronoun
de from
di
do now, present tense marker
du
fa
fe
fi
fo
fu after, future tense marker
ga
ge
gi during, marks progressive verb
go I, me
gu
ha if
he
hi
ho
hu marks what follows as modifying what precedes it
ja and/or
je and
ji if and only if
jo whether or not
ju
ka what
ke marks what follows as a phrase that can be handled as an argument
ki
ko to, towards
ku opening quotation mark, closed by beku
pa before, marker of past tense
pe opening parenthesis bepe closes it.
pi
po
pu
sa marks what precedes it as modifier of what follows
se
si marks what precedes as a quantifier
so
su
ta
te converts predicate indefinite noun
ti
to the, converts predicate to definite noun
tu
va
ve
vi
vo
vu
xa
xe acts as suffix to make sentence modifier
xi
xo
xu
za
ze more than. If not followed by a quantity, "more than one" is understood. Plural marker.
zi you
zo
zu
They're here at the Ceqli Wiki:
Rex, how do you mark a multipart name?
ReplyDeleteRex May
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Ceqli Blog: To ze gramvor
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Right now, I figure for just a two-parter I'll use zo twice, thus.
ReplyDeleteSlarizo Sulkizo. Or, it can be framed bezo Slari Sulkizo. And _maybe_ use a hyphen, which could be xi. SlarixiSulkizo, but that last has a problem with ambiguity. Too often 'xi' would happen to be part of a name.
More on that. I figure that written Ceqli makes it clear where a long name begins, of course. Hwaxiqtonzo. And stress pattern will show where it starts in speech. HWAxiqtonzo.
ReplyDelete'Zo' would also often be part of a name. Is there a mechanism for enunciating non-Ceqli names?
ReplyDeleteWhat I did in Qakwan was define a "never occurs elsewhere noway nohow" particle, pronounced like French 'eu' in 'feu', to mark the end of a name. The beginning is marked with a different "here comes a name" particle, which may be omitted if the name naturally conforms to Qakwan morphology.
(In "practice", the "here comes a name" particle is used the first time the name is uttered, regardless of its Qakwaniness, and omitted thereafter, again regardless of its Qakwaniness.)