Post by dreamingfifi on Sept 20, 2013 12:55:42 GMT -6
Sentence Structure with Transitive Verbs
A transitive verb is a verb with both a subject and a direct object. In Thalas’sian, they are arranged in a sentence like so:
Examples:
With Pronouns
When a pronoun is a subject of a transitive verb, it is suffixed onto the end of the verb. The pronoun suffixes are the same as the possessive pronoun suffixes.
Examples:
If you want to put emphasis on the pronoun, use its independent version. These independent pronouns are also what you use when the pronoun is the direct object of the sentence.
Examples:
Using the reflexive is quite simple. It means that the subject of the sentence is the same as the object, like suffixing –self onto something in English, like so:
Examples:
With Adverbs and Prepositional Phrases
Adverbs and prepositional phrases that are modifying the verb are put at the end of the sentence, like so:
This is because adverbs and prepositional phrases often carry out the same duties.
Examples:
A transitive verb is a verb with both a subject and a direct object. In Thalas’sian, they are arranged in a sentence like so:
Object Verb Subject
Examples:
Naar shindu menoor. – The coward is failing the town.
Thalas’na felo Isera’duna. – The goblins burn our homes.
Zheel bashu mal’anore. – The traveler is tasting the rat.
Amare vendelu Sin’dorei. – A Bloodelf is helping me.
With Pronouns
When a pronoun is a subject of a transitive verb, it is suffixed onto the end of the verb. The pronoun suffixes are the same as the possessive pronoun suffixes.
Examples:
Naar shindu’a. – You are failing the town.
Thalas’na felo’shi. – They burn our homes.
Zheel bashu’re. – I am tasting the rat.
Amare vendelu’men. – He/She is helping me.
If you want to put emphasis on the pronoun, use its independent version. These independent pronouns are also what you use when the pronoun is the direct object of the sentence.
Examples:
Naar shindu ara. – Y’all are failing the town.
Thalas’na felo fallaa. – They burn our homes.
Zheel bashu amare. – I am tasting the rat.
Amare vendelu tamen. – He/She is helping me.
Using the reflexive is quite simple. It means that the subject of the sentence is the same as the object, like suffixing –self onto something in English, like so:
Examples:
Quan shindu menoor. – The coward is failing herself/himself/itself.
Quan felo Isera’duna. – The goblins burn themselves.
Quan bashu mal’anore. – The traveler is tasting herself/himself/itself.
Quan vendelu amare. – I am helping myself.
With Adverbs and Prepositional Phrases
Adverbs and prepositional phrases that are modifying the verb are put at the end of the sentence, like so:
Object Verb Subject Adverb(s)
Object Verb Subject Prepositional-phrase(s)
This is because adverbs and prepositional phrases often carry out the same duties.
Examples:
Naar shindu menoor anara’felomin. – The coward is failing the town by the means of fire.
Thalas’na felo’shi da selema. – They burn our homes for revenge.
Zheel bashu mal’anore ashal aran’men. – The traveler is tasting the rat on the behalf of his life.
Amare vendelu’a dash. – You are helping me well.