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Genders

Three genders exisit, although they differences are minimal. Typically, it is only the difference between the vowel. I & Î, A & Â and E & Ę are the "Genders". The A family is thought of as feminine, E masculine and I is genderless. The subtulies between them are barely disginuishable in speech and most form. Aside from slight pecularities for the genderless family, and the general idoicy of the Î sound it is usually only visible in writing.

Inflection

Articles (which come before a noun) inflect (somewhat) for mood and always for fuction. Verbs handle change for person, number (person/number suffix) and tense (prefix). An imperfect aspect (-ing) particle may follow an otherwise conjugated verb.

Nasal Vowels

As English has so few nasal sounds it may be hard to explain nasal vowels to an English speaker (they are a fairly rare thing, as I understand it). Simply start by making a general American English long "A" as in father sound (or [ɑ]). Hold it for longer than usual (just to find the sound, in the language it really is not that long). Close your mouth. Eventually the sound will come out of your nose instead of your mouth. This is how the nasal vowels were computed for this, although I can't find any IPA simbols for them. For the Ę and Î do the same thing, with general American English [ɛ] as in bed and [i] as in see.

Verbs

The I / Î Family

Imperfect Particle: Iî

I & Î	Singular	Pactual	Plural
1^st	-i	-î	-îm
2^nd	-in	-is	-îs
3^rd	-iz	-in	-în

Past	Present	Future
Î-		I-

The A / ^A Family

Imperfect Particle: Aâ

A & Â	Singular	Pactual	Plural
1^st	-a	-â	-âm
2^nd	-an	-am	-ân
3^rd	-al	-âl	-ân

Past	Present	Future
Â-		A-

The E / Ę Family

Imperfect Particle: Eę

E & Ę	Singular	Pactual	Plural
1^st	-e	-ę	-ęs
2^nd	-es	-el	-ęl
3^rd	-ef	-ęf	-ęz

Past	Present	Future
Ę-		E-

Articles

Articles can be a bit tricky. There is one rule to remeber, but in general it is too quirky to come up with rules for.

The stem vowel for subjects and direct objects will not be a nasal vowel (A, E & I not Â, Ę & Î).

Definate Articles	Declaritive / General	Neagtive / Hypothedical	Cohortive / Jussice / Optive / Precatice	Eventive / Conditional / Potential	Interogative	Dubulative	Presumptive
I & Î
Subject	I	In	Iz	Ins	Iln	Im	Isi
Co-Subject	Î	În	Îz	Îns	Îln	Îm	Îsi
Direct Object	Si	Sis	Sin	Zim	Zil	Zif	Vi
Indirect Object	Sî	Sîs	Sîn	Zîm	Zîl	Zîf	Vî
Gentive	Il	Ili	Ilis	Ilin	Ilif	Iliz	Ilim
Insturmental & Locatvie	Imî	Imîs	Imîf	Imîn	Îmi	Îmis	Îmin
E & Ę
Subject	E	En	Ez	Ens	Eln	Em	Ese
Co-Subject	Ę	Ęn	Ęz	Ęns	Ęln	Ęm	Ęse
Direct Object	Se	Ses	Sen	Zem	Zel	Zef	Ve
Indirect Object	Sę	Sęs	Sęn	Zęm	Zęl	Zęf	Vę
Gentive	El	Ele	Eles	Elen	Elef	Elez	Elem
Insturmental & Locatvie	Emę	Emęs	Emęf	Emęn	Ęme	Ęmes	Ęmen
A & Â
Subject	A	An	Az	Ans	Aln	Am	Asa
Co-Subject	Â	Ân	Âz	Âns	Âln	Âm	Âsa
Direct Object	Sa	Sas	San	Zam	Zal	Zaf	Va
Indirect Object	Sâ	Sâs	Sân	Zâm	Zâl	Zâf	Vâ
Gentive	Al	Ala	Alas	Alan	Alaf	Alaz	Alam
Insturmental & Locatvie	Amâ	Amâs	Amâf	Amân	Âma	Âmas	Âman

Thus, a fairly simple pattern.

Number

Why do I always have plural & pactual forms? Well, it's mostly just to fix the "We, your mother and I" / "We, the whole family" problem in English. Yes, I feel the need to alter the grammar of an entire language just to advoid that. One rule for the regualr plural & pactual suffi listed below, is that if it ends in a consonant, then the vowel is kept. If it ends in a vowel, the leading vowel is dropped.

	Pactual (12 or less)	Plural (13+)
I & Î	-ing	-îsh
E & Ę	-es	-ęt
A & Â	-an	-âm

Sentence Structure

(Adverb) Verb (particle) - Article Subject (Adjective) - Article Direct Object (Adjective) - Article Indirect Object (Adjective).

Salân a xâm nada amâ desa - All the pretty witches dance in the moonlight.

_{Circumflex denotes nasal vowel}

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