Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun.
Adposition: prepositions ?
↓Manner/Place→ | Bilabial | Labiodental | Dental | Alveolar | Palato-alveolar | Velar | Glottal |
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Nasal | n | ||||||
Stop | b | t d | k g | ||||
Affricate | ʧ | ||||||
Fricative | v | θ | s | h | |||
Approximant | ɹ | ||||||
Trill | r | ||||||
Lateral approximant | l |
Co-articulated phonemes
↓Manner/Place→ | Labial-velar |
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Approximant | w |
Vowel inventory:
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i | ||
Near-high | ɪ | ʊ | |
Mid | ə | ||
Low-mid | ɛ | ʌ | |
Near-low | æ | ||
Low | ɑ |
Pronunciation | Spelling |
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Singular | No affix dog
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Plural | Suffix -ɪ dogs
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Definite | the
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Indefinite | a, some
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Uses of definite article that differ from English:
Uses of indefinite article that differ from English:
1st singular | I, me, mine
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2nd singular | you, yours
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3rd singular masc | he, him, his, it, its
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3rd singular fem | she, her, hers, it, its
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1st plural | we, us, ours
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2nd plural | you all, yours (pl)
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3rd plural | they, them, theirs
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1st singular | my
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2nd singular | your
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3rd singular masc | his
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3rd singular fem | her
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1st plural | our
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2nd plural | your (pl)
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3rd plural | their
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Present | No affix learn
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Past | Suffix -a learned
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Remote past | If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɹl Else: Suffix -ʌɹl learned (long ago)
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Argenta uses a standalone particle word for future tense:
Future | Particle before the verb: su - will learn
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Progressive | If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɹ Else: Suffix -ɪɹ is learning
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Habitual aspect
The ‘habitual’ aspect refers to actions that happen habitually, such as I learn (something new every day), as opposed to actions that happen once (I learned something).
Argenta uses an affix for habitual:
Habitual | Suffix -ʌ learns
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Argenta has a base-10 number system:
1 -
2 -
3 -
4 -
5 -
6 -
7 -
8 -
9 -
10 -
11 -
100 -
101 -
200 -
1000 -
Adjective → adverb = Prefix akt-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Suffix -en
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɹn
Else: Suffix -uɹn
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -ntɑ
Else: Suffix -ɛntɑ
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Suffix -ik
Noun to verb = If ends with vowel: Suffix -l
Else: Suffix -ʊl
Tending to = Suffix -ik
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -ɛ
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Suffix -ʌθ
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If ends with vowel: Suffix -x
Else: Suffix -ox
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -as
Diminutive = Suffix -it
Augmentative = Suffix -ɑ
Power over = Suffix -nos
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -tex
Opposite = Prefix us-
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