Kôt

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Kôt is a constructed fantasy language. It is a tonal polysynthetic language

Tones:

  • a: neuter low [2-2]
  • ā: neuter high [4-4]
  • à: falling [5-2]
  • á: rising [3-5]
  • â: rising-falling [2-5-4]

Morphemes:

Subject personal adfixes:
I: -tên-
You (sing): -kśȳn-
He/She/it: -fót-
We (incl): -mar-
We (excl): -rrejn-
You (plur): -kîś-
They: -fnàt-

Verbal adfixes:
ve-: imperfective aspect
fjô-: perfective aspect
sá-: repetitive aspect
ćû-: ongoing/continuous aspect

ku-: past
ci-: distant past
lê-: recent past (just)
łok-: future
ljúq-: remote future

s-: imperative
lōv-: formal imperative

tók-: volitive
peć-: causative
ná-: inceptive
ûc-: continuative
kjêv-: terminative
lun-: optative
nâ-: evidential
bē-: dubitative


mô-: interrogative
pô-: passive
so-: reflexive

gł-: negative

Adjectival adfixes:
a-: determinative
kôl-: this
suź-: that

Examples:

The house is big: arrýnćûpûl: DET + house + CONT + big
I've read a good book: fjôkumîtmûłtlêtên: PERF + PASS + book + beauty + read + I
Did you read that book?: môvekukôlmîttlêkîś: QUES + IMPERF + PASS + that + book + read + you-PL
This book is beautiful: suźmîtćûmûł: this + book + CONT + beauty
This book isn't beautiful: suźmîtćûgłmûł: this + book + CONT + NEG + beauty
I don't believe this book is beautiful: suźmîtbēćûmûł: this + book + DUBIT + CONT + beauty
They say this book isn't beautiful: suźmîtnâćûgłmûł: this + book + EVID + CONT + NEG + beauty
We want to buy that book: vetókkôlmîtbréźrrejn: IMPERF + VOLIT + that + book + purchase + we(excl)
It rain: vefrenśàg: IMPERF + rain + fall
It's beginnig to rain: vefrennáśàg: IMPERF + INCEP + rain + fall
It seems it keeps on raining: veûcfrennâśàg: IMPERF + CONTINUATIVE + rain + EVID + fall
I'd like rain to stop: fjôtókkjêvfrenśàgtên: PERF + VOLITIVE + TERMINATIVE + rain + fall + I

  • bréź: purchase
  • fren: rain
  • kôt: kôt language
  • mît: book
  • mûł: beauty
  • pûl: big
  • rrýn: house
  • śàg: fall
  • tlê: read