Posted by Mark Rosenfelder on 23:11 8/13/01
In reply to: Grammatical terms in Kebreni posted by Philip Newton on 5:59 8/13/01
OK, we now have some Kebreni grammatical terms (see the Kebreni grammar). They are mostly loan-translations of the Cadhinor/Verdurian forms, thus:
| Noun | sutnu | 'name' |
| Verb | tazugte | 'acting' |
| Adjective | bryniunte | 'describing' |
| Pronoun | maz'eu | 'trustee' |
| Number | riuh'te | 'counting' |
| Relativizer | mehurte | 'leaning' |
To name verb forms, conjugate nizu, as suggested by Philip.
To refer to a class of verb forms, use the characteristic vowel or affix plus nezi 'word(s)': a-nezi, antibenefactive forms in general; e-nezi, volitional forms; ri-nezi, polite forms; te-nezi, subordinate forms, etc. (See nezi in the lexicon.)
No word is needed for 'adverb', since subordinating forms are used for those.