Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun.
Adposition: prepositions ?
↓Manner/Place→ | Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palato-alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal |
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Nasal | m | n | ||||||
Stop | b | d | c | k g | q | |||
Affricate | ʧ | |||||||
Fricative | v | s z | h | |||||
Approximant | j | |||||||
Trill | r | |||||||
Lateral approximant | l |
Vowel inventory:
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
High | i | u u̹ u̽ | |
Near-high | ɪː | ʊ | |
High-mid | e | o | |
Mid | ə | ||
Near-low | æ | ||
Low | a | ɑ |
Pronunciation | Spelling |
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Definite | the
|
Indefinite | a, some
|
Uses of definite article that differ from English:
Uses of indefinite article that differ from English:
1st singular | I, me, mine
|
2nd singular | you, yours
|
3rd singular masc | he, him, his, it, its
|
3rd singular fem | she, her, hers, it, its
|
1st plural | we, us, ours
|
2nd plural | you all, yours (pl)
|
3rd plural masc | they (masc), them (masc), theirs (masc)
|
3rd plural fem | they (fem), them (fem), theirs (fem)
|
1st singular | my
|
2nd singular | your
|
3rd singular masc | his
|
3rd singular fem | her
|
1st plural | our
|
2nd plural | your (pl)
|
3rd plural masc | their (masc)
|
3rd plural fem | their (fem)
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Present | Past | Future | |
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1st person | Prefix ru- (I/we) learn
|
Prefix vʊ- (I/we) learned
|
Prefix la- (I/we) will learn
|
2nd person | Prefix bə- (you/you all) learn
|
Prefix hə- (you/you all) learned
|
Prefix gə- (you/you all) will learn
|
3rd person | Prefix gu̹- (he/she/it/they) learn
|
Prefix s̺u- (he/she/it/they) learned
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Prefix s̺ʊ- (he/she/it/they) will learn
|
Imperfective | Prefix kə- learns/is learning
|
S̺uran has a base-20 number system:
1 -
2 -
3 -
4 -
5 -
6 -
7 -
8 -
9 -
10 -
11 -
12 -
13 -
14 -
15 -
16 -
17 -
18 -
19 -
20 -
400 -
8000 -
Adjective → adverb = Prefix vu̹-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Prefix hʊ-
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Suffix -cə
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Suffix -lə
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Suffix -ho
Noun to verb = Suffix -cɪː
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Suffix -mu
Tending to = Suffix -bə
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Suffix -ʧʊ
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Suffix -zʊ
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix bə-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Suffix -cʊ
Diminutive = Suffix -s̺ɪː
Augmentative = Suffix -mʊ
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