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== Grammar == | == Grammar == | ||
Avalonese has 3 grammatical genders: Masculine, Feminine, and Neuter. | |||
Masculine singular nouns end in -OU, Feminine singular nouns in -AU, and Neuter singular nouns in -EU | |||
And Masculine plural nouns end in -OUN, Feminine plural nouns in -AUN, and Neuter plural nouns in -EUN | |||
Determiners end in the near-same ending trend as the nouns, such as The (Lo/La/Le/Lon/Lan/Len), or That/Those (Lou/Lau/Leu/Loun/Laun/Leun) | |||
Adjectives end in -I, Adverbs end in -O, | Adjectives end in -I, Adverbs end in -O, | ||
and | Verbs merge with the Pronoun and have 6 main tenses; | ||
"i" (I go) is marked by -AU- | |||
"you" (you eat) is marked by -A- | |||
"he" (he sleeps) is marked by -OI- | |||
"she" (she dreamt) is marked by -AI- | |||
'it" (it happens) is marked by -EI- | |||
"they" (they will do) is marked by -OU- | |||
"we" (we watch) is marked by -EU- | |||
And any unspecified ones are marked by -R | |||
the present tense is marked by - | the present tense is marked by -S, | ||
the past tense is marked by - | the past tense is marked by -F, | ||
the future tense is marked by - | the future tense is marked by -C, | ||
the | the past preterite "done" tense is marked by -N, | ||
the gerund or "-ing" tense is marked by -ST, | |||
The form of verbs called the infinitive; "to do", for example, would end in an - | The form of verbs called the infinitive; "to do", for example, would end in an -I. | ||
If any vowels were to duplicate in the process, an M would be placed between them. If any consonants were to duplicate in the process, an I would be added between them. | If any vowels were to duplicate in the process, an M would be placed between them. If any consonants were to duplicate in the process, an I would be added between them.<br /> | ||
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== History == | == History == | ||
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An example of Modern Avalonese thus follows: | An example of Modern Avalonese thus follows: | ||
Avalonese: ''"Esti, ou nao esti ei? lau estaur | Avalonese: ''"Esti, ou nao esti ei? lau estaur le denmacieu. Tcao esteis pao sfoblei en le mendeu esti hatikeur bou lan arkaun oi zagoun dei loukui bugoi, ou pronti barmeun kau u marou dei malei dafeiroun, oi, bou hatikast, zentcar hinc"'' | ||
English: ''"To be, or not to be? That is the question. Whether it's nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And, by opposing, end them"'' | English: ''"To be, or not to be? That is the question. Whether it's nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And, by opposing, end them"'' | ||