Difference between revisions of "Akachenti"
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| − | |se: || hese: || how are (you)? || denuded | + | |se: || hese: || how are (you)? || how be? || denuded |
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| − | |se || ise ganchá || it is, (it) does beauty (to) me.<small>PAT</small> || á-patientive | + | |se || ise ganchá || it is, (it) does beauty (to) me.<small>PAT</small> || it's beautiful to me || á-patientive |
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| − | |se || isikachan evagonchan || Kachan | + | |se || isikachan evagonchan || it is, Kachan, my home voice || Kachan is the language I speak at home || e-patientive |
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| − | |se: || ise: ganche || it's beautiful || i-agentive | + | |se: || ise: ganche || it is beautiful || it's beautiful || i-agentive |
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| − | |sen || isen ís || it.<small>AGT</small>, what (it) is, (it) is that.<small>PAT</small> || í-patientive | + | |sen || isen ís || it.<small>AGT</small>, what (it) is, (it) is that.<small>PAT</small> || it is what it is || í-patientive |
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| − | |sen || hesen || what is (it)? || denuded | + | |sen || hesen || what is (it)? || what is it? || denuded |
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[[Category:Kingdoms and Thorn]] | [[Category:Kingdoms and Thorn]] | ||
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Revision as of 11:12, 1 May 2017
Akachenti is the most commonly spoken major dialect of the Kachan language, spoken by the Ogunn people. It is an incorporating fusional polysynthetic language with fluid-S active morphosyntactic alignment and relatively free word order with default OVS.
Contents
Phonology
Vowels
Consonants
The Copula
Thus far, we posit Pre-Modern Akachenti copular forms of se:, "to be", and the nominalized sen, "what (one) is".
| lexeme | sample | definition | translation | alignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| se: | hese: | how are (you)? | how be? | denuded |
| se | ise ganchá | it is, (it) does beauty (to) me.PAT | it's beautiful to me | á-patientive |
| se | isikachan evagonchan | it is, Kachan, my home voice | Kachan is the language I speak at home | e-patientive |
| se: | ise: ganche | it is beautiful | it's beautiful | i-agentive |
| sen | isen ís | it.AGT, what (it) is, (it) is that.PAT | it is what it is | í-patientive |
| sen | hesen | what is (it)? | what is it? | denuded |
