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Unlike European languages, Matsui has no genders. Also unlike European languages, Matsui has no built-in numbers. Whilst most languages have singular and plural inflections, Matsui has no such thing. However, Matsui does distinguish singular and plural by particles. Additionally, Matsui uses particles to distinguish the nominative, accusative, and dative cases. | Unlike European languages, Matsui has no genders. Also unlike European languages, Matsui has no built-in numbers. Whilst most languages have singular and plural inflections, Matsui has no such thing. However, Matsui does distinguish singular and plural by particles. Additionally, Matsui uses particles to distinguish the nominative, accusative, and dative cases. | ||
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| + | Matsui has four types of nouns. It has "aktinoya" nouns, "endinoya" nouns, "eaoya" nouns, and "oaoya" nouns. | ||
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| + | Aktinoya nouns represent the act of doing an action. The phrase "the act of irrigation" represents the type of noun aktinoya is. These nouns end in the letter 'i'. | ||
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| + | Endinoya nouns represent the ability to do actions. The English equivalent to endinoya is the -ability suffix. In Matsui, they end in 'ö'. | ||
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| + | Eaoya nouns are the action causers. In English, they end in either -er or -or. They are not necessarily the subject of a statement. In Matsui, these nouns end in the letter 'ë'. | ||
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| + | Oaoya nouns are the action receivers. In English, they frequently end in -tion. They are not necessarily the object of a statement. In Matsui, these nouns end in the letter 'í'. | ||
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| + | ==== Noun Particles ==== | ||
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| + | Matsui has three particles to distinguish nominative, accusative, and genitive. Additionally, it has a plural particle. | ||
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| + | Nominative nouns are distinguished with the particle ea. Accusative nouns are distinguished with oa. Genitive nouns are distinguished with ra. If the noun is plural, the particle sa follows after the particle before it, be it nominative, accusative, or genitive. | ||
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Revision as of 20:28, 31 January 2005
History
Matsui was created by King Felipe Othar because of a need for a language which all could learn without favouring any one culture. It is used in all government functions, and in national television programmes. It is also taught in primary schools as a required language. Even though it was originally created as a mere lingua franca, the language has become a living language with native speakers. These speakers are generally scattered around the nation, as the language was never intended to have been the lingua franca of any one region. The language itself is also a limited one, as it was intended to be easy to learn.
Grammar
Introduction
Unlike European languages, Matsui has no genders. Also unlike European languages, Matsui has no built-in numbers. Whilst most languages have singular and plural inflections, Matsui has no such thing. However, Matsui does distinguish singular and plural by particles. Additionally, Matsui uses particles to distinguish the nominative, accusative, and dative cases.
Nouns
Matsui has four types of nouns. It has "aktinoya" nouns, "endinoya" nouns, "eaoya" nouns, and "oaoya" nouns.
Aktinoya nouns represent the act of doing an action. The phrase "the act of irrigation" represents the type of noun aktinoya is. These nouns end in the letter 'i'.
Endinoya nouns represent the ability to do actions. The English equivalent to endinoya is the -ability suffix. In Matsui, they end in 'ö'.
Eaoya nouns are the action causers. In English, they end in either -er or -or. They are not necessarily the subject of a statement. In Matsui, these nouns end in the letter 'ë'.
Oaoya nouns are the action receivers. In English, they frequently end in -tion. They are not necessarily the object of a statement. In Matsui, these nouns end in the letter 'í'.
Noun Particles
Matsui has three particles to distinguish nominative, accusative, and genitive. Additionally, it has a plural particle.
Nominative nouns are distinguished with the particle ea. Accusative nouns are distinguished with oa. Genitive nouns are distinguished with ra. If the noun is plural, the particle sa follows after the particle before it, be it nominative, accusative, or genitive.
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