Syrenian/Suffixes

Suffixes are distinguished from the main body of verb conjugations by several factors. They all

• change only the last letter of the syllable before,
• are optional,
• affect the meaning of everything to the left of themselves, and
• have vaguely adverbial meaning.

TAM

Tense-aspect-mood suffixes are the only ones with a set position: they must come immediately after the 11-slot, conjugated verb. They are suffixes, however, and not part of the verb conjugation. All of the TAM markers perform contrastive functions when they are attached to different principle parts of a verb, though a few may appear with only one form of the root. Without a TAM suffix, the Imperfective is roughly stative, while the Perfective is aorist.

TAM Name	With Imperfective	With Perfective	Word	IPA
One	Discontinuous	Momentae
Universal	Frequentive	Ubiquitous
Progressive	Progressive	No
Regressive	Regressive	No
More	Intensive	Comparative
Superlative	No	Superlative
Less	Diminuitive	Depreciative
Inferior	No	Inferior
Beginning	Inceptive	Inchoative
Ending	Cessative	Terminative
Retrospective	Perfect	Pluperfect

Certainty

• really (intensifier)
• intentionally, with purpose
• accidentally, unintentionally
• probably
• improbably

Evidentials

• definitely (confident sight)
• apparently (dubious sight)
• by hearsay
• "I-infer"-edly
• by other sense, by tracking skills, by intuition

Time

• yesterday
• today
• tomorrow
• 2 days ago
• 2 days from now

Pronoun Clarifiers

• in regards to place
• in regards to time

Syrenian
Slot:	1	2	3	4	5	6	Root	7	8	9	10	11	Suffix(es)
Function:	Case	Deixis	Class.	Person	Prep.	State		Mode	Case	Deixis	Class.	Person
For:	"On Side"								"Off Side"
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