Paradigm Tables

Morphological patterns, declensions, and conjugations for Cendjilanti

Rare morphology - prefix antonyms

Some words in Cendjilanti become their own antonym when the "tse-" prefix is added. This only applies to the words kept in this paradigm.

	Regular	Antonym
"To insert"/"remove"	bicinge	tsebicinge
"To think"/"misconceive"	ndiome	tsendiome

Affixes

	Universal
Type indicator suffix: fruit	-ngi
Type indicator prefix: animals	mbu-
Type indicator suffix: colors	-tsi
Rare prefix: antonyms	tse-

Verb conjugation

Using the verb "njila"; to speak, "enjila" meaning to be speaking, and "njilandi" meaning to have spoken. There are only three tenses in Cendjilanti, as listed below. The English translations for conjugated verbs don't match the way they function in the language itself.

	First person	Second person	Second person plural	Third person	Third person plural
Simple present	njila	enjila	enjilele	enjila	enjilele
Present continuous	enjila	enjila	enjilele	enjila	enjilele
Simple past	njilandi	enjilandi	enjilandele	enjilandi	enjilandele