Khangaþyagon Syntax misc

Syntactical Miscellany

Implicit corporeal possession

For nouns denoting parts of the body, the posessor may be omitted if it can be understood from context.

nakra ya iður

nakr-	a	ya	iðu-	r
close	1P	1P	eye	PL

I close my eyes.

Paired conjunctions

A conjunction may appear as a pair, introducing sucessive clauses, each instance of the conjunction having sucessive meanings

gog... gog

either/or

nellodahi gog rikil gog vlakh su

nello	dah	i	gog	rik	il	gog	vlakh	su
worthy	be	3P	either	man	THIS	or	folk	whole

Either this man is worthy, or the whole folk is.

ushu... ushu

neither/nor

nellodahishe ushu rikil ushu vlakh su

nello	dah	i	she	ushu	rik	il	ushu	vlakh	su
worthy	be	3P	NEG	neither	man	THIS	nor	folk	whole

Neither is this man worthy, nor is the whole folk.

enge... enge

even/still

enge nellodahiazh rikil, enge nellodahishe vlakh su

enge

nello

dah

i

azh

rik

il

enge

nello

dah

i

she

vlakh

su

even

worthy

be

3P

COND

man

THIS

still

worthy

be

3P

NEG

folk

whole

Even if this man is worthy, the whole folk is not.

Comparisons

The conjunction

arra

than, as

may be used in comparisons.

nello'ezhmdahi rikil arra vlakh su

nello	ezhm	dah	i	rik	il	arra	vlakh	su
worthy	comp	be	3P	man	THIS	than	folk	whole

This man is worthier than the whole folk

nellodahilt vlakh su arra rikil

nello	dah	i	lt	vlakh	su	arra	rik	il
worthy	be	3P	IMP	folk	whole	as	man	THIS

May the whole folk be as worthy as this man.

Nouns as first and second person subjects

If the subject of a first or second person verb is a noun, then that noun is identified with the speaker or hearer

tæpa Kæshroþrast enil!

tæp	a	Kæshroþrast	en	il
command	1P	Kæshroþrast	thing	THIS

I, Kæshroþrast, command this!

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