Amjati

[roninbodhisattva]

Do you want the system to focus more on tense or more on aspect?

[Ossicone]

I don't know.

[roninbodhisattva]

Well flip a coin dammit. ;-)

[MrKrov]

Does "Land on the edge" count as a side?

[roninbodhisattva]

Sure.

[Ossicone]

I'll figure it out eventually.
I'm not good at working directly.

(But I'd probably say aspect.)

[Ossicone]

Amjati verbs are a bitch and I finally got them stabilized. So I made another table to better show the relation between the tense marking and person marking. They affixes move around a bit and get confusing. I feel like I've created a monster. O_O



EDIT: Just realized the key is wrong. Blue and pink are switch. :-s

[cybrxkhan]

O_O

[roninbodhisattva]

I could look for myself, but are each of those cells unique, or are some of the same as others?

[cybrxkhan]

I could look for myself, but are each of those cells unique, or are some of the same as others?

There seems to be some reoccurring patterns, or at least that each individual column, or each individual row, on its own, contains more or less the same affix with minor differences (due to phological rules, I guess?).

[roninbodhisattva]

Oh yeah- another question: what's the different between simple and potential.

[Ossicone]

Yes, I should explain.

Each cell should be unique.
The only ones that are the same are the imperatives, between the singular and plural forms with the attached pronouns.

Going across you will see the same person affix. Which can change depending on it's position. Take a look at the 3rd person masculine affix e- /ar.

Going down you will see the same tense affix. Which changes by person and number.

In each cell you have:
Affixes
Attached form
Unattached form

The simple is your regular present/past/future.
The potential covers a more murky area. It'll be used as a kind of subjunctive and conditional combined.

[roninbodhisattva]

The simple is your regular present/past/future.
The potential covers a more murky area. It'll be used as a kind of subjunctive and conditional combined.

Gotcha.

[Ossicone]

Also, the person affixes don't always appear the same in the attached form. I think this is what you were getting at cybercam.
And that is due to phonological rules.

[Ossicone]

Here is a very very rough draft of my Amjati grammar.

Any corrections, suggestions etc. will be most welcome.

What I want to add:
-Moar examples
-Objective based formatting (how to make a passive, how to make a comparative etc)

What I'd like to know:
- Please check my terminology. I don't know these fancy words. ;)
- Does it make any sense?

[Sankon]

Amjati verbs have three moods – simple, potential and imperative. The simple is an imperative sentence and the potential is used for both subjunctive and conditional meanings.

I'm confused by this sentence. Are you saying that the simple and imperative have merged? Or is it just a brainfart?

Everything else makes sense. I would want a little more detail, sure, but that will come in time.

[Ossicone]

I'm confused by this sentence. Are you saying that the simple and imperative have merged? Or is it just a brainfart?

Everything else makes sense. I would want a little more detail, sure, but that will come in time.

I meant indicative. :oops:
Thanks.

Yeah. This is a very rough version. More details will come eventually.

[Testyal]

You seem to have an addiction to palatals.

[Micamo]

Nope. That would be me.

[Ossicone]

Not really. There aren't too many palatals and they are put to good use.