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03-28-2014, 02:36 AM
I continually work on my language and now I have many verb forms!
Today I show a distinction in verb frms between active and passive voice. If you remember what I said about Subject (S), and Object (O), then I should also tell you about Agent (A) and Patient (P), which are similar in meaning, Agent is the actor of the verb, patient is receiver of the verb. Difference is in active sentences S=A, O=P, but in passive sentences S=P, with showing A being optional.
Compare active "The dog bit the postman" and passive "The postman was bitten (by the dog)"
So yea, I made distinct forms for active and passive depending on tense:
the root kh-v-n "die" plus suffix -i turns "die" into "cause (someone) to die" or "kill"
Active:
nokhvoni - killed
khēvoni - kill/killing
ʾakhveni - will kill
Passive:
nūkhvūni - was killed
khūvani - am/are/is killed
ʾīkhvīni - will be killed
examples:
Passive:
HY NḴVNY ʾN ǦDKL.
Hē nūḵvūnī ʾīn ǧdakal.
3ms-subject die-passive-present-singular-causitive by golem-object-plural
He was killed by the golems.
Active:
ǦDKL HYM NḴVNŠ.
Ǧdakal hēyam noḵvoneš.
Golem-plural 3ms-object die-active-present-plural-causitive
The golems killed him.
Today I show a distinction in verb frms between active and passive voice. If you remember what I said about Subject (S), and Object (O), then I should also tell you about Agent (A) and Patient (P), which are similar in meaning, Agent is the actor of the verb, patient is receiver of the verb. Difference is in active sentences S=A, O=P, but in passive sentences S=P, with showing A being optional.
Compare active "The dog bit the postman" and passive "The postman was bitten (by the dog)"
So yea, I made distinct forms for active and passive depending on tense:
the root kh-v-n "die" plus suffix -i turns "die" into "cause (someone) to die" or "kill"
Active:
nokhvoni - killed
khēvoni - kill/killing
ʾakhveni - will kill
Passive:
nūkhvūni - was killed
khūvani - am/are/is killed
ʾīkhvīni - will be killed
examples:
Passive:
HY NḴVNY ʾN ǦDKL.
Hē nūḵvūnī ʾīn ǧdakal.
3ms-subject die-passive-present-singular-causitive by golem-object-plural
He was killed by the golems.
Active:
ǦDKL HYM NḴVNŠ.
Ǧdakal hēyam noḵvoneš.
Golem-plural 3ms-object die-active-present-plural-causitive
The golems killed him.
"Turning iron ore into iron swords is a hard process, for one must first dig out the rock, and melt it to refine it, then one must pour that metal into a mould, let it cool a bit, and pound on it while it cools even further. Games are no different." - Ahzoh
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Vrkhazhian
ʾEšol ḵavud ʾelẕakud lav ʾezʾaẕud zwazaršeru ya lit žalneru lav lit t͛enud. Ṗal sa-ražheru lav raržižu paplam lav ṗal widsaṟam bemaḵu šuku lit ʾeyṭu waẏnilaẇ. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.