From: habarakhe4
Date: Fri Jan 17 2003 - 07:20:00 EST
NWR (New World Romance):
Phonology
Consonants
Stops: m_b, p, n_d, t, k, g, ' [?]
Affricate: dZ
Fricatives: v, S, h
Lateral and Flap: l, r
Nasals: m, n, J, N
Semi-Vowels: j, w
Vowels
i, e, a, o, y [1]
i_n, e_n, a_n, o_n, y_n (nasal versions)
Stress
Generally on the final vowel or diphthong; if so, it is unmarked.
Morphology and Syntax
NWR has no grammatical gender. The disappearance of the accusative
singular case endings of Proto-NWR (PNWR) left the masculine and
feminine forms of PNWR forms identical: dominus, a > rumn
Articles
Indefinite
The singular indefinite article is huw < PNWR solu/a. The plural
indefinite article is il < PNWR ill.
huw byel a girl; il byel girls.
Definite
The singular definite article is id < PNWR hic. The plural
indefinite article is ib < PNWR ipsu.
id byel the girl; ib byel the girls.
Number
There are no plural markers in NWR.
Genitive Construction
The `genitive' word precedes the nominative word. Every combination
of articles is allowed.
id babo id bedas `the hat of father' (lit., the father the hat)
ar (<PNWR ad) is used to mark a direct or indirect object, and also
as a locative marker:
id dan nedaje id hew.ar `the dog (dan) kills (nedaje) the cat
(hew.ar)'.
id hum dunaje fid hurd.ar `the man (hum) gives (dunaje) maize (fid)
to the pig (hurd.ar)'.
li.dyvidyl.ar `in (ar) his (li) room (dyvidyl)'.
ib li.man.ar `in (ar) his (li) hands (ib … man)'.
-ku (< PNWR quo (ablative)) is an ablative suffix. –ku becomes –Nu
following a nasal vowel:
wud.ku.ne 'y.enije `where are you coming from?' (wud where; ne
interrogative particle; 'y- 2nd person sg pronoun marker; enij come).
e.enije vele_n.Nu `I come from (New) Bethlehem' (e 1st pl sg pronoun
marker; vele_n < PNWR Bethlehem (bellem)).
Adjective
Adjective follows noun:
huw hurd nejj herud `a wild (herud) black (nejj) pig'.
nutej tam_by hywdjih `our (nutej) lovely (hywdjih) country
(tam_by)'.
A comparative is made with ka_n… ku:
li.e'a'.ka_n mi.e'a'.ku `he is older than I' (lit., his age (e'a')
than from my (mi) age)
Pronouns
Subject, possessive, direct, and indirect object sets are
distinguished.
S P D ID
sg
1 ej mi me meka_n
2 'y 'ivi 'e 'eka_n
3 ly li lyar lyarka_n
pl
1 (incl) nuh nutej nuhar nuharka_n
1 (excl) nutjy nutjy nutjar nutjark_an
2 uh uvih uhar uharka_n
3 ib ibi ibar ibarka_n
mi/'ivi id hord `my/your pig'
nutej ib na' id ny_nmej `the number (ny_nmej) of the sons (ib na')
of us (incl.) (nutej)'
The base (`subject') forms take postpositions:
ej.re `of me'
ej.bju `for me'
ej.dy_n `with me'
Examples of pronominal subject/object:
id irdin nuhar.hervaje `The Virgin cares for us'
notjy 'e.miteje ekwehi.ar `we (excl.) send you to the church
(ekwehi) '
Demonstrative Adjective
TBA
Interrogative Pronoun
ki `who?'; ki.bju `what?'
Numerals
1 yn
2 ryu
3 teh
4 katur
5 kiNe
6 he'
7 het
8 ut
9 nue_n
10 rete_n
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