Some suffixes that come last on the verb are not strictly verbal suffixes, but rather clause-final suffix. Since the position of these suffixes is strictly at the end of a clause, a switch from SOV to OVS word order results in these suffixes changing into noun suffixes. Examples follliow.
tupiya nenelo yikopumasum, i yalo yilipusumnamasu. If the ( Read more... )

Per 4pq1injbok's question, the word tum is the indefinite marker if it follows the noun. In this position, tum has lost all of its sense of singularity and therefore may be used in any grammatical number other than nullar ( -ku ). Terran scholars believe that the combination of noun + tum(u) was the first locus of Suffixaufnahme in Tiye, the ancestor of Siye ( Read more... )

The next, and often final suffix of the Siye verb is the relational suffix. The relational suffixes are:
-(e)ya         causal ('because')
-(e)ki          resultative/purposive ('so that') 
-(e)sum      protasis ('if')
-(e)su         apodosis ('then')
-(a)me        relative ('which'/'that')
-(u)mo        interrogative (makes a statement into a question)
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The next part of the Siye verb is the 'applicative' suffix. The word 'applicative' is in quotes because the term may not be accurate in terms of Terran linguistics, but it is the term which the Guild of Scholars favors (and believe me, you do not want to be out of their favor!). The applicative suffixes are:
-sum-:  causative, identical in form to ( Read more... )

The next suffix in the Siye is the causative suffix, which some have said is well-named, for it causes much distress. The causative suffix -sum- is the same as the applicative suffix -sum-, but receives separate classification because the causative suffix often changes the meaning of a verb. The addition of the causative suffix also interacts the ( Read more... )

The next suffix in the fully structured Siye verb is the number suffix. This suffix indicates the grammatical number (null, singular, dual, paucal, plural, or pantic) of either the grammatical subject or the grammatical object of the sentence (note that this is the grammatical object, rather than the semantic patient - this is important in ( Read more... )

There are two final verbal suffixes in Siye: the first is the non-final verb suffix -(a)m. This am is the same word as that used to connect nouns derived from participles. -(a)m is the final suffix of the verb, following the relational suffix. It indicates that the verb is not the final verb in the clause or, if there is a relational suffix such as ( Read more... )

The comitative case -ni in Siye indicates 'with' or 'and'. There is another word for 'and', am, but it primarily links clauses rather than individual nouns. If -ni is understood as 'with', the number agreement on the verb is not affected; if -ni is understood as 'and', the number agreement on the verb reflects the aggregate noun phrase.

Kumayam-na ( Read more... )

The three locative cases in Siye are the lative -tu/-su, locative -kem , and ablative -sum. The lative case has already been introduced in the previous post. The locative case indicates a stationary location, the lative indicates motions towards, and the ablative case indicates motion away from a point. The directional suffixes -tu and -su are ( Read more... )

Basic Siye word order is SOV. In the case of verbs like “give,” which require an indirect object as well as a direct object, the word order is SIOV, The indirect object uses the dative enclitic -tu, if animate, or the allative or lative enclitic -su, if inanimate. These enclitics are almost, but not quite, complementary.
I laye sili-me-tu liyo nimu- ( Read more... )