Lyaib Verbs

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Contents 1 Conjugation 1.1 Aspect 1.2 Mood 1.3 Noun Classes 2 Auxiliaries 2.1 To Be 2.2 To Have

Conjugation

Lyaib verbs distinguish aspect, mood and the noun class of the focus.
The focus of an intransitive verb is the subject, the focus of a transitive verb is the direct object, the focus of "to go" and "to give" is the direction, and so on.
Definite focus nouns can be given without case prefixes. Definiteness is also assumed if no focus noun is given at all.

Note that the usual word order is (topic) - verb - (subject) - focus.

Aspect

If the verb describes a permanent state, the stressed vowel is umlauted.
If the verb describes a state change, the stressed vowel is umlauted and diphthongized (with I).
If the verb describes an action that is responsible for the current state, the stressed vowel is diphthongized (with U).
If the verb describes a repeated action, the stressed syllable is doubled.

Mood

The default mood is an assumption. Anything else is expressed with a prefix:

• known for sure: v(éi)-
• known from hearsay: hi(gh)-
• hoped: ró(r)-
• question: bfu(bf)-

Imperative is another mood. Politeness is important here:

• towards royals/deities: r(öu)-
• expressing politeness: o(d)-
• expressing equal status: ny(ïu)-
• expressing disrespect: h(é)-

Noun Classes

The noun class of the focus (see above) is a suffix that can merge with the last syllable of the verb by umlauting its vowel and/or changing its consonant:

• Noun classes with male/female/neutral distinction
  • for animals: male suffix -ëd, female suffix -eud, neutral suffix -ed
  • Noun classes for persons
    • for royals and deities: -lyegy / -jyeugy / -gyëiny
    • expressing politeness: -ügy / -uigy / -ugy
    • expressing disrespect: -nïz / -niuz / -niz
    • Noun classes for persons with equal status
      • 1st person singular: -ód / -óud
      • 1st person plural: -ïz / -iuz / -iz
      • 2nd person singular: -dub / -duib
      • 2nd person plural: -nöb / -noib / -nob
      • 3rd person singular: -nügy / -nuigy
      • 3rd person plural: -ögh / -ough / -ogh
• for social groups: -ïirh
• for nature: -iugh
• for places: -jyigh
• for objects: -lyorh
• for ideas and abstract concepts: -eudid
• for properties: -bfough

Auxiliaries

To Be

The Lyaib equivalent for "to be" is óbé, which is conjugated irregularly:

	permanent state	state change	action influencing state	repeated action	singular action
sure	bóbö	bóib	vóub	vóvób	vób
assumed	óbö	óib	óub	óbób	ób
hearsay	ghóbö	ghóib	hóub	hóhób	hób
hoped	dódö	dóid	róuz	róróz	róz
question	vób	vóib	mbfóub	bfóbfó	bfóib

To Have

The Lyaib equivalent for "to have" is lyórho, which is also conjugated irregularly:

	permanent state	state change	action influencing state	repeated action	singular action
sure	bfénhórh	bféingórh	véunhóurh	vévénhórh	vénhorh
assumed	gyórh	gyóirh	lyóurh	lyólyórh	lyórh
hearsay	hïhórh	hïihóirh	hiuhórh	hihihórh	hihórho
hoped	dórhö	dóirhöi	róurhöu	rórórho	rórho
question	bfüghórh	bfüghóirh	bfughóurh	bfughórho	bfurhó

1. Introduction
2. Pronunciation
3. Alphabet
4. Nouns
5. Verbs
6. Adjectives
7. Pronouns
8. Attributive Clauses
9. Derivational Morphology
10. Word Order
11. Vocabulary
12. Sample Text

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