Yhát is the descendant language of E'át, which descended from Aθá and Adāta. It was created as part of a language change relay on zompist bboard.
• Nouns are followed by their modifying adjectives. For instance:
Hór prá
sheep brave
"brave sheep".
Elements are arranged in the order:
(article) - noun - quantifier - adj of character - adj of appearence - other adj - demonstrative
• The indefinite article ka is used to indicate indefinite nouns the when they first appear in the conversation, but when it is expected that they will play an important role in the further conversation.
Ávvin ka ják. Sákvon múkaj ják, tsif ánspvin an...• Adpositional phrases are ordered time - manner - place.
Námvin láqap akanázal ilNgvodz.• Possesion is marked on the noun of the possesed item (and its adjectives). If the possesor is named, the possesor follows the possesed.
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názalin horse-1stSgPOS "My horse" |
paqáken Tsinqan throne-3rdSgPOS Tsinqan "Sinakin's throne" |
• Verbs are followed by their modifiers.
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pázvy qhóter attack-PERF-1stPl energetic "(we) attacked energetically" |
anspdzéjon prá strike-IMPER-2ndSg brave "(you) strike bravely" |
• Verbal moods have the following uses:
The non-finite verb forms have a variety of uses.
• The Perfective Participle is a verbal adjective that describes qualities that are the result of a completed action. As adjective, they come after the noun they modify.
khírl ikélajv akakál• The Imperfective Participle is a verbal adjective that describes qualities that are simultaneous with the main action.
qázon pázajdz• The Sequential Verbal Noun is used to describe events that took place in a sequence. The series must be closed with a finite verb.
Lés rúlas ypázajv, héfaqe ávaqe ypléjajv, ývvy yhákin.• The Superveniant Verbal Noun (il+Infin.) indicates that the main action took place before that of the clause.
Illizáqaj vi sák, ézvon ahúna ngví.• The Synchronous Verbal Noun (ral+Infin.) indicates that the main action took place simultaneously with or during that of the clause.
Rallizáqaj vi sák, pázva hyhákina.• The Prior Verbal Noun (kl-/kol+Infin.) indicates that the main action took place after that of the clause.
Kollizáqaj vi sák, plédzy hyhákina.• Standard word order is VSO. The verb plus auxiliaries comes first, followed by the subject plus modifiers, followed by the direct object plus modifiers, followed by an indirect object. Adjectives follow the nouns they modify.
Ézdzon ahúna ngví.• Nouns may be fronted for a variety of reasons - usually to emphasize some element of the sentence. It is used with questions (see below), and with focus constructions, such as assertive focus (where the speaker believes the hearer has no information about the subject) counter-presuppositional statements (where the hearer may have a false idea), exhaustive listing statements (where the speaker asserts a unique situation where the rest of the clause is true only with respect to it and false in all other situations), and other situations where some element of the sentence is to be emphasized.
If the subject is to be emphasized it (plus modifiers) is moved in front of the verb. If any other noun is to be emphasized, it (plus modifiers) is moved in front of the verb and the appropriate pronoun is inserted in its ordinary place in the sentence.
Éf ézdzon ngví.• Yes-no questions are formed by moving the verb to the end of the sentence.
Tsinqan afpaqák álpon ?• In Question-word questions the item being questioned is replaced by a question word which is moved before the verb. If the item being questioned is not the subject of the sentence, often a passive construction will be used to make it the subject.
Qhú ývvon halésa rúlasa ? Ývvon Tsinqan• Relative clauses are introduced with the relative particle u.