Language Structure Problems

Building Grammatical Sentences in Grammax

Constituent Order

• OVS
• ADJ-N
• Post-positions
• PP-V

Nominal Function Affixes and Free Function Morphemes

• Genders: 3. Marked with free articles preposed to the NP
  1. am -- natural objects: animals, objects in nature, foods
  2. ukt -- artificial artifacts: tools, buildings, professions,
  3. sil -- intangible: peace, vengance, ideas
• Number: marking depends on gender: each gender has its own corresponding bound morpheme prefixed to the noun in addition to the article (see above).
  • Singular is zero marked
  • Prefixes for the dual are:--
    1. 1: mala-
    2. 2: tikra-
    3. 3: en
• Prefixes for Plural are:
  • 1: ma-
  • 2; ti-
  • 3: en-

Verbal Function Affixes and Free Morphemes

• Tense: is accomplished through a free morpheme placed after the verb for present and past and a circumfix of free morphemes in the future
  • Future: -- ti -- ak
  • Present -- so
  • past -- le
• Agreement: Verbs agree with their subjects in number Agreement is marked on verbs with a bound prefix
  • singular is zero marked
  • dual: tiri-
  • plural: en-
• all transitive verbs are marked with -ak

Lexicon

Form the following sentences:

1. The child eats.
2. The idea falls on the ground.
3. The children had a big house
4. The hammer will hit the 2 round stones
5. The teachers have some funny ideas.
6. The small child had the two sharp stones far from the house.
7. The hammer will fall.
8. The stones hit the floor.

Additional questions