Syrenian/Suffixes
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< Syrenian
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" | |||||||||||
| Phonology • Texts | |||||||||||||
